Create a trend report
Use Report Designer to create, configure, and style pie reports.
- Navigate to the Reports → Create a Report.
- On the Data tab, fill in the mandatory fields:
- Report name - enter the desired name;
- Table - select the table you want to use as a source.
- Click Next or the Type tab to continue.
- On the Type tab, click the Trend icon of the Time Series category:
- Click Next.
Fill in the mandatory fields, and configure the data, then click Refresh to generate a report.
The Report Designer can stop the report generating if there is a large amount of data to display. Use Conditon Builder to limit the data sampling or try another type of report.
- Customize the style of the report created, and click Refresh.
- Click Save.
To open the saved report, navigate to the Reports → All reports menu and select one from the list.
Configure the data
On the Configure tab, use settings to specify the source datasets to build the desired report.
To configure a report, follow the steps below:
- On the Configure tab, specify the report dataset.
- Click Refresh to build the report.
- Click Save to save the report.
Use the Condition Builder to establish additional conditions for data filtering and grouping.
Click the icon 
to open the Condition Builder, establish your conditions, then click Refresh to apply changes.
The Configure tab fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Trend by | Select a datetime table column as a time parameter you want to monitor. |
| Group by | Select a table column as a criterion for data grouping. |
| Per | Select a time period for the data changed:
|
| Add data table | Set this checkbox on to show the data table below your report view. |
| Aggregation type | The data aggregation allows preparing the combined datasets for data processing according to the user needs. Select a type of the data aggregation with one of these options:
The Sum and Average settings make sense if the aggregation column keeps the numeric data. The aggregation option selected is applied to the table column set in the Aggregation column field. |
| Aggregation column | Select a table column with numeric values for data aggregation. The Aggregation Column is only available if the Aggregation type option is not Count. |
| Groups limit | Set the limit of the data groups shown in your report with a particular number in this field. |
| Show rest as other | Set this checkbox on to show the data groups not included in Groups limit as one. The Show rest as other is only available if the Groups limit option is specified. |
Customize the style
You can configure the report look in any way you want with the style settings.
To customize a report style, follow the steps below:
- On the Style tab of your report, configure the settings.
- Click Refresh to apply the changes.
- Click Save to save the report.
Change colors, add titles, and customize the data list and table views with the settings below.
The Style tab fields
| General Style | |
|---|---|
| Chart color type | Select the color type of your trend chart from one of these options:
|
| Color | Set the color for your trend chart if you selected Use one color as the color type. |
| Palette | Set the desired color palette for your trend chart if you selected Use color palette as the color type. |
| Display data labels | Switch this checkbox on to display the data labels on your trend chart. |
| Drilldown list layout | Use this option to configure the view of the data slice drilled down. Click the magnifier icon See Personal list layout if you want to configure the list view as you like. |
| Decimal precision | Set the number defining how much numbers should be displayed after the point of numeric data values in your chart. |
| Title Style | |
| Report title show type | Set the type for the report title showing. Select one of the options:
|
| Report title | Enter the title of the report you create. |
| Report title size | Enter the number of pixels to set the size of the report title. |
| Report title color | Select the color of the report title. |
| Title alignment | Set the alignment of the chart title selecting one of these options:
|
| Title bold | Switch this checkbox on to make the chart title bold. |
| Legend Style | |
| Show Legend | Set this checkbox on to make the chart legend show. |
| Legend alignment | Set the alignment of the chart legend with one of the options:
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| Show legend border | Set this checkbox on to make the border of your chart legend show. |
| Axis X Style | |
| X title | Enter the title name for the X-axis for your chart. |
| X title size | Enter the number of points to set the size for the title of the X-axis. |
| X title bold | Set this checkbox on to make the title of the X-axis bold. |
| X display opposite | Set this checkbox on to make the X-axis display opposite. |
| X display grid | Set this checkbox on to display the grid of the X-axis. |
| X grid dotted | Set this checkbox on to make the X-axis grid dotted. |
| X label size | Enter the number of points to set the size of the X label. |
| Axis Y Style | |
| Y title | Enter the title name for the Y-axis for your chart. |
| Y title size | Enter the number of points to set the size for the title of the Y-axis. |
| Y title bold | Set this checkbox on to make the title of the Y-axis bold. |
| Y display opposite | Set this checkbox on to make the Y-axis display opposite. |
| Y display grid | Set this checkbox on to display the grid of the Y-axis. |
| Y grid dotted | Set this checkbox on to make the Y-axis grid dotted. |
| Y from | Set the Y value used as the chart starting point. |
| Y to | Set the Y value used as the chart endpoint. |
| Y label size | Enter the number of points to set the size of the Y label. |
