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Report Manager plug-in: Dashboard

Note: Do not confuse this plug-in with the SLA Report Manager plug-in.

The Dashboard is one of the Report Manager's two sub-programs.
 



Under Reports you can view reports containing real-time data from the main XBOUND database. The data is presented as gauges and diagrams that can be moved around using drag and drop. You can also customize the reports.

ClosedAvailable reports:

Available reports

Total Documents

The total number of documents left to process (all process steps).

Current System Performance in Documents/h

Throughput in documents per hour within the last hour.

Average System Performance in Documents/h

Average throughput in documents per hour.

Current Background Performance in Documents/h

Throughput in documents per hour within the last hour in background (automatic) process steps.

Background Performance in Documents/h

Average throughput in documents per hour in background (automatic) process steps.

Manual Performance in Documents/h

Average throughput in documents per hour in manual process steps.

Number of Documents per Reporting Category

Number of documents left to process, grouped by reporting categories. Settings allow you to select the client or process for which to show the number of documents to be processed.

Current Total Processing time per Process

Average processing time per document, grouped by processes.

Number of Documents in Backlog

Number of documents left to process in backlog process steps. For an explanation of backlog, see Configuring a reporting category.

Number of Tasks in Last Hour

Document throughput within the last hour.

Number of statistics sync requests

Number of statistics synchronization processes that are waiting to be written to the statistics database. At the bottom you can also see the average synchronization time in milliseconds, and the date and time of the oldest item in the queue.

ClosedButtons:
 

Buttons at the top

Refresh All

Updates all reports.

Hide/Show Reports

Click to select which reports to display.

Buttons for each report

Enlarge ()

Magnifies a report so that it uses more of the screen.

Switch to normal mode ()

Reduces a report back to normal size.

Settings

Click to customize a report. The available settings depend on which report was selected – see instructions.

Refresh

Updates the report with the latest data.

Interval on/off

This toggle button turns auto-refresh on and off.

The default auto-refresh time interval is 20 seconds. You can adjust this by changing the value in the box next to the button. If the box is not displayed, click the symbol next to the Interval on/off button and type a new value here:

Save

Saves the report as an image file – PNG, JPEG, GIF or BMP – in the location you specify.


Under Categories you can divide process steps into reporting categories.

Click to these buttons at the bottom of the window to add a new reporting category or to delete the selected one.

An overview and instructions are provided in Configuring a reporting category.

ClosedThe following built-in reporting categories are read-only:
 


Under Process Configuration you assign process steps to your reporting categories. For instructions, see Configuring a reporting category.

ClosedColumns:

Columns

Process Step

Lists the process steps in the selected process.

Reporting Category

The reporting category that (if present) overrides the default reporting category.

Default Reporting Category

The default category of the activity. This is the category to which the process step is assigned unless a different one is selected in the Reporting Category column.

Tip: The default reporting category can be changed in the New Activity dialog.

Production End Point

Select this option if the process step is an endpoint of production.

Capture End Point

If the process step is an endpoint of capture, select Capture End Point. When this option is selected, the fields can be evaluated and the documents can be included in Capture Statistics and other reports.

For more information about end points, see the overview in Configuring a reporting category.

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