Analysis report templates

The Report Templates interface lets you create and customize templates to use when generating reports.

Report Templates overview

You use Report templates to use as a basis for your reports. Report templates can be used across similar scenario runs and saves time and effort on recreating reports each time.

Using the Report Templates dialog box, you can record document details, define the format of the report, and select the content items to include in the report and configure each content item accordingly.

A list of report templates is displayed in the Templates dialog box, under Rich Reports. Select this option if you want to generate the report in the load run session in word, excel, HTML or PDF format.

Report Templates dialog box

The Report Templates dialog box enables you to add, modify, import, export, or duplicate a report template. To access this dialog box, select Reports > Report Templates.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element	Description
	New. Adds a new report template.
	Delete. Removes the selected template.
	Import. Imports a report template from an XML file.
	Export. Saves the selected template as an XML file.
	Duplicate.Creates a copy of the selected template.
General tab	Enables you to set document details, such as title, author name and title.
Format tab	Enables you to define the format of report template.
Content tab	Enables you to select the content items to include in the report.
Generate Report button	Generates the report according to your settings.

General tab

The General tab enables you to record document details, such as title, author name and title and set global settings, such as Report Time Range and granularity.

The tab contains the following UI elements:

UI Element	Description
Title	A description of the template.
First Name	The first name of the person to display on the report.
Surname	The last name of the person to display on the report.
Job title	The job title of the person to display on the report.
Organization	The name of the organization to display on the report.
Description	You can enter a description and include details of the report template.
Report Time Range	The default setting is Whole Scenario. Click to set the start and end time range of the scenario runtime to display on the report.
Granularity	Define granularity settings (in seconds).
Precision	The number of digits to appear after the decimal point in none graph content items.
Include Think Time	Include think time when processing the Analysis data. This data is then used when generating reports.
Use Raw Result Time Zone	When creating the report, use the time zone that was generated in the raw data results.

Format tab

The Format tab enables you to define the format of report template.

The tab contains the following UI elements:

UI Element	Description
General	General options such as: include a cover page include table of contents include company logo
Page Header and Footer	Header and footer options: Font type, size and color Bold, italicize, or underline Right, center or left align You can add tags, such as date, name or organization. You can include required details such as page count, date, and name, on the left, center, or right column.
Normal Font	The type of font to use in the report template.
Heading 1/2	The style for your headings.
Table	Table format options: Font type, size and color Background color Bold, italicize, or underline Right, center or left align

Content tab

The Content tab enables you to select the content items to include in the report and configure each item accordingly.

The tab contains the following UI elements:

UI Element	Description
	Add Content. Opens the Add Content Items pane. Select one or more items from the grid and click OK.
	Delete Content. Removes the selected items from the Content Items pane.
	Reorder. Reorders the content items, determining how they are shown in the report.
Contents Item pane	A list of the content items to be included in the report. To add more items, click the Add Content button. To learn about a content item, select it and view the information in the Description pane beneath it.
<Configuration pane>	Settings for the selected content item. The components and tabs in this pane vary, based on the selected content item. Parameters tab. Settings such as integer values for percentiles or number of elements. Columns tab. Allows you to select the columns to include in the report. To include a column, make sure it appears in the Selected Columns pane. Filter tab. Allows you to enter criteria for including a specific range of a measurement. Text area. A rich text box for enter free text, such as in a Placeholder Section or an Executive Summary. Tip: For the Performance Summary content item, you can retrieve different information about transactions such as the total number of passed or failed transactions. The item, Weighted Average of Transaction Response time is calculated based on the following formula: Round (Sum of Average value in transaction response time / Sum of transactions). For example if you have three transactions with the response times of 0.005, 0.004, and 0.003, the weighted Average of Transaction Response Time is Round((0.005 + 0.004 + 0.003)/3) = 0.004
Generate Report	Generates the report according to your settings.