Create a category for the configured report

You can only use reports as data source for analytics dashboards if they are assigned to a category related to the functionality. As a prerequisite, you must define a category name for the functionality.

  1. In the Presentation tab of Alfabet Expand, expand the explorer node XML Objects.
  2. Right-click on the XML object UseCaseCategories in the explorer and select Edit XML from the context menu. The XML object opens in the middle pane.
  3. Add the following code as child XML element to the XML root element UseCaseCategories, if the use case is not yet available:
    • <UseCaseInfo UseCase='AlfabetDatabaseReportConnection'>
    • <ScopeInfo Scope='Report' Categories='CommaSeparatedListOfCategories' />
    • </UseCaseInfo>
  4. Substitute CommaSeparatedListOfCategories with a category name. If you enter more than one name comma separated, all names will be valid as category name for the functionality.
  5. In the toolbar, click the Save  Save_Expand button.

Create the configured report

  1. In the Reports tab of Alfabet Expand, right click the root node or the relevant folder node and select Create New Report.
  2. Click the new report in the explorer and set the relevant attributes:
  3. In the toolbar, click the Save  Save_Expand button.
  4. To test if the output matches your demands, right-click the configured report and select Review Report.