Reports serve the purpose of conveying information, findings, analysis, or summary of data. They provide a documented record of specific information, often in a formal and structured format. "Add Report" typically refers to the action or functionality within a system, software, or application that allows users to create and generate a new report.

Details

In detail, you have to provide the information which are listed below:

• Report Name: The report name is the name of the report which will be generated. In this field, you have to provide the name of the report which you want to generate. The report name should be a unique name which should be easy to understand.
• Report Type: Report type is the type of report which is to be generated. In this field, you have to select the type of report which you want to generate For example: Performance Stats Report. You can select different types of reports by clicking on the drop-down icon. Based on the report type selection, the configuration will be changed.
• Visualization: Visualization refers to the view type of the report i.e.: the type in which you can see the report after it is generated. For example: Tabular, Word, and HTML.

Notes:

• If you want to view all the data that are being updated for each and every sample, then you have to click on the Show All Data Samples checkbox.
• You can download the generated report in the following three formats:

1. Tabular: To download the report in the tabular format, you have to click on the Tabular icon in Visualization. On clicking this icon, the Show All Data Sample checkbox will be enabled. On the enable Show All Data Sample checkbox, the Include Metric Charts and the Override Template/Favorite Chart Selection checkbox will be disabled.
2. Word: To download the report in the Word format, you have to click on the Word icon in Visualization.
3. HTML: To download the report in the HTML format, you have to click on the HTML icon in Visualization.

Note: On selecting the HTML format of Report Settings, it will appear a report setting dialog box where you have to enable/disable the report type for which you need to generate the report. Once you have selected the type of report you want to use, you have to click on the Apply button in order to generate the report.

The type of available report types are as follows:

1. Analysis Summary
2. Performance Summary
   1. Overview
   2. Sessions
   3. Transactions
   4. Pages
   5. Network
   6. Errors
3. Metrics Summary
4. Metrics Charts

Report Time Period

The report time period refers to the specific duration or time frame for which data is collected, analyzed, and presented within the report. It defines the scope of the report in terms of time, indicating the period covered by the information presented in the report. In the report time period, you can select any one of the following two given options by clicking on the corresponding radio button:

• Preset: On clicking the preset option settings, you will get the following options:
  1. Live:By selecting this option, you can view live data. For Example: Last 5 Minutes, Last 10 Minutes, Last 30 Days, This Week, This Month, This Year, etc.
  2. Today:By selecting this option, you can view the data for the current day.
  3. Past: By selecting this option, you can view past data. For Example: Yesterday, Last Week, Last 2 Weeks, Last 2 Months, Last Year, etc.
  4. Whole Scenario: By selecting this option, you can view the data of the whole scenario.
  5. Events: By selecting this option, you can view data for some specific events. For Example:Black Friday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, Cyber Monday.
• Custom: On clicking the custom option settings, you have to provide the Start and End Date Time by clicking on the Calendar icon. Once you click on the icon, a calendar popup will appear where you can select the From and To fields. You can select the Time in the From and To fields by clicking on the Increase icon or Decrease icon. Once you have selected the time which you want to apply, then you have to click on the Set option to apply the time. In case, you don't want to apply the time, you have to click on the Cancel option.
• View By: In the View By option, you can specify the format of aggregated data (such as hours, minutes, and seconds) based on the selection of the Preset option. For Example: If you select ‘Last 10 minutes’ in the preset option, then the ‘View By’ option contains ‘Seconds’ and ‘Minutes’ only. If you select ‘Last 4 Hours’ in the preset option, then ‘View By’ contains ‘Seconds’, ‘Minutes’, and ‘Hours’. On selecting the ‘Auto’ option, the view by value is automatically considered based on the progress interval defined in scenario settings.

Note: ‘Auto’ means visualizing data based on the most appropriate frequency corresponding to the metrics data relevant to the specified time duration.

• Exclude Non-Business Hours: You can also exclude the data from the report during non-business hours for a specific time range by selecting the Exclude Non-Business Hours checkbox. On selecting the checkbox, you can select the rule list for the non-business hours duration that you have configured in NBH (Non-Business Hours). For Example: In case, if you select “NBH_Alert” from the drop-down then the selected non-business hours will be excluded from the report time period.

Note: The Exclude Non-Business Hour will be enabled only if the NBH rule is configured. Non-business Hours are not supported for Compare Reports.

Metric Options

In metric options, you can choose a metric from the below-mentioned methods:

• Select Metrics: To generate reports based on the selected metrics, you can select the Select Metrics radio button. Once you select this checkbox, the corresponding Metric Selection window will appear where you have to provide the following details:
  1. Report Set Details: In this, you have to provide the report set name, chart type, graph type, and formula type from their respective drop-downs.
  2. Metric Group: In this, you have to select the metric group name from which you want to select the metric. For Example Access Log, and CPU Stats.
  3. Metrics: In this, you have to select the corresponding metrics related to the metric group you have selected. For Example: AL 1xx (%), AL 2xx (%).
  4. Subject: In this, you have to select the subject for which you want to generate the report i.e.: All or Selected Subject. On clicking the Selected Subject option, you will be redirected to the Select Subject window where you have two options: Advanced and Specified.

Notes:

1. You can select the threshold values and enable ‘Charts Per Subject’ to view one chart per subject instead of one chart for all the indices added in a Widget/Report Set.
2. You can also apply the threshold value by clicking on the Threshold checkbox. Once you click on the checkbox, you have to provide the following details listed below:\
   1. Minor: In this, you have to provide the minor value that you want to set for the threshold.
   2. Major: In this, you have to provide the major value that you want to set for the threshold.
   3. Critical: In this, you have to provide the critical value that you want to set for the threshold.
3. Once you have selected all the values in their corresponding fields, you have to click on the Add button to add the report set in the Report Sets section.
4. You can also delete the added report sets by clicking on the Delete icon.
5. You can save the selected metrics as a ‘Template’, by clicking on the Save As Template button.
6. You can perform search operations in the metric group by providing the metric group name in the Search bar.
7. You can perform search operations in the metrics by providing the metrics name in the Search bar.
8. In case you want to select All metrics, you have to click on the checkbox corresponding to the search bar.
9. In case you want to add the Threshold and Chart Per Subject, you have to select the Include Metric Charts checkbox.

• Using Template: In this option, you can select an already existing template by clicking on the Using Template Radio button. On clicking the radio button, a corresponding drop-down will appear from which you can select the required template.

Notes: You can perform these operations in the Using Template option which is listed below:

1. In case you want to add the metric charts, you have to select the Include Metric Charts checkbox.
2. In case you want to override the templates or favorites chart selection, you have to click on the Override Template/Favorite Chart Selection checkbox and select the type of chart you want to use by the corresponding drop-down such as Line, Bar, Area, etc.

• Using Favorite: In this option, you can select a pre-defined favorite by clicking on the Using Favourite radio button. On clicking the radio button, a corresponding drop-down will appear from which you can select the required favorite.

Notes: You can perform these operations in the Using Favorite which are listed below:

1. In case you want to add the metric charts, you have to select the Include Metric Charts checkbox.
2. In case you want to override the templates or favorites chart selection, you have to click on the Override Template/Favorite Chart Selection checkbox and select the type of chart you want to use by the corresponding drop-down such as Line, Bar, Area, etc.

Threshold Configuration Option

The threshold configuration option is displayed when the visualization is selected as HTML. This is the default template created in CSV format to define the threshold values for various fields of the report, such as Min, Max, Avg, Standard Deviation, and various percentile values. In the threshold configuration option, you have to select the Threshold Configuration from the drop-down. You can perform the following operation in the threshold configuration option window:

• Download: You can download the threshold configuration by clicking on the Download icon in the CSV file format.
• Upload: You can upload an existing threshold configuration file by clicking on the Upload icon from your local.
• Delete: You can delete an existing threshold configuration file by clicking on the Delete icon.

Notes:

• The file which you want to upload from your local should be in CSV file format.
• The Threshold Configuration and Summary option will only be enabled in case of an HTML Visualization Report.

Filter By Value Option

You can discard the undesired graphs in the report by using the ‘Filter by Value’ option. There are the options in the filter by value, which are listed:

• All Non-Zero: On selecting this option, all the non-zero graphs will also be displayed in the report.
• All Zero: On selecting this option, all the zero graphs will also be displayed in the report.
• Advance: On selecting this option, you can apply some advanced level options based on value, such as <, >, <=, >=, Top, Bottom, and in between, which helps to achieve the desired output. You can also select some advanced options based on the following options: Avg, Min, Max, and Count. You can select these options by clicking on their corresponding drop-down icons.

Notes:

1. To enable the filters, you have to first need to select the Enable Filter checkbox.
2. In the Advance option, you can either include or exclude the Value in the report.
3. In case you want to perform the include operation into the report, then you have to select ‘Include’ from the corresponding drop-down and you have to select the operation such as: ‘=’, ‘>=’, ‘<=’, Top, Bottom, In-Between which you want to perform and then provide the corresponding value in the given field and subsequently, you have to select the filter by option in the ‘By’ fields such as Avg, Min, Max, and Count.
4. Once you have provided all the values to their corresponding fields, you have to click on the Generate button in order to generate the report. On clicking the generate button, a confirmation message will appear and the generated report will be displayed on the screen.

Summary

In summary, you will get overall information regarding the data that are available in a report. In the summary window, you can see the following details:

• Executive Summary (Optional): It is a short document or section of a document, produced for business purposes, that summarizes a longer report or proposal or a group of related reports in such a way that readers can rapidly become acquainted with a large body of material without having to read it all.
• Conclusion (Optional): A conclusion is not merely a summary of the main topics covered or a re-statement of your research problem, but a synthesis of key points and, if applicable, where you recommend new areas for future research.

Note: All the above configurations are applicable for Metric Report. For other available report type you need to add some more functionalities as follows:

Compare Report

Compare Report compares two or more Test Runs or Releases. Trend Report shows the trends of configured monitors over a specific time. Compare/Trend Report gives an insight into how a particular website or application has performed during a particular trend period chosen by the user.

Note: The extra configurations for Compare Report except Metric report are as follows:

• Trend Compare: This is enabled to view the trend between different time periods of metrics in the report. It is the same as comparing trends in the dashboard. 
• Metric Options:

1. Select Metrics: To generate reports based on the selected metrics. It is as same as Metric Report
2. Using Template: To generate reports based on the selected template from the drop-down list. It is also as same as Metric Report. 
3. Using Favorite: To generate the report from a favorite. This is also as the Metric Report.

Note: The Report Metric Settings will not be valid for Compare Report Type. It is only for the Metric Report Type.

• Measurement:
  1. Measurement Name: A measurement Name is a unique name, that is assigned to a particular measurement. Auto suggestions for measurement names are provided based on the start and end time of the measurement, day, and current session.
  2. Select Comparison Time Period: The user needs to select the time period for the Comparison of the report.
     1. Preset: In preset time format, you can select the time format as
        1. Live: It is to compare live data. For example - Last 5 minutes, Last 10 minutes, Last 30 days, This week, This Month, This year.
        2. Past: It is to compare past data. For example - Last week, Last 2 weeks, Last 2 months, Last year.
        3. Events: It is to compare data for some specific events. For example - Black Friday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Cyber Monday.
     2. Start and End Time: This will show the start and end date and time for the comparison measurements.
  3. View By: You can set a sample interval in graphs for comparison by changing the unit & value in the View by & View by Value option. View by contains the following options:
     1. Auto: It is used to select sample intervals automatically as per the duration of compared measurements.
     2. Second: It contains the values, such as: 1 Sec, 10 Sec.
     3. Minute: It contains the values, such as: 1 Min, 10 Min.
     4. Hour: It contains the values, such as: 1 Hour, 4 Hours.
     5. Days: It contains the values, such as: 1 Day.

Notes:

1. The Measurements which are selected will be included in the Report.
2. Once you have entered the measurement data, you have to click on the Add button in order to add the measurement. The data added is displayed in the table below. You can also update an existing measurement by clicking on the Update button.
3.  You can also generate a trend report by clicking on the Trend Compare checkbox and selecting the data values such as Avg, Min, and Max.

Excel Report

An Excel template is a report layout that a user can design in Microsoft Excel for retrieving and formatting the enterprise reporting data in Excel. Excel templates provide a set of special features for mapping data to worksheets and for performing additional processing to control how the data is output to Excel workbooks.

Report Time Period

Note: This is also as same as Metric Report.

Preset Specified in Template: This is the time period specified in the template that is taken for the Excel report. This is only for the Excel Report.

Metric Option

• Template: You need to select the template name from the drop-down list.
• Aggregate By: To aggregate the entire report in a single column, select the Aggregated by option from the drop-down provided. For example, if you want to capture the data of the last one week, then select on Week(s) option.

  Note:

  • To upload a template, click the Upload button.
  • To download a template, click the Download button.
  • To delete a template, click the Delete button.

Hierarchical Reports

This report is based on the meta-data component. There are multiple drop-downs up to the maximum level of hierarchy in the test run. For example, if there are a maximum of 5 levels of metadata in a test run, then there are 5 drop-downs. Each drop-down is filled with a unique list of specific levels of metadata components. In addition, the drop-down should be filtered by the previous selection. The next drop-down is enabled only after selecting any value in the current drop-down.

Note: All the available configurations for generating a Hierarchy report are as same as for the Metric Report. The extra more is Meta Data.

Meta Data

There are multiple drop-downs up to the maximum level of hierarchy in the test run. For example, if there are a maximum of 5 levels of metadata (tier, server, instance, and so on) in a test run, then there are 5 drop-downs. Each drop-down is filled with a unique list of specific levels of metadata components.

• Include Metric Charts: To include metric charts in the report.