Creating a report from a template

You can create a Jazz™ report from an installed template. Templates include the report design and typically have variables that you can modify to further customize the report. When you create a report you can share it or make it a personal report.
About this task
Edition note: The feature described here applies to Rational Team Concert™ Standard edition and Enterprise edition only.
License note: To perform the task described here, you must be assigned the Developer Client Access License. Starting Rational Team Concert 2.0.0.1, Contributors can also deploy and manage report templates and create their own reports from those templates.
Tip: Report templates can be designed (using BIRT tools) and installed by any contributor with the appropriate permissions. The Jazz Team Reports component provides a set of pre-defined reports for key areas of the Jazz technology platform, depending on which components are currently installed in your product configuration.

To create a report from an installed template:

  1. In the Team Artifacts view, expand the Reports node under your Project Area.
  2. Expand the Report Templates node and select the template that you want to work with.
  3. Right-click the template and select Create Report.

    Create a report from a template

  4. In the dialog, select the destination folder (for example, My Reports or Shared) and press OK. Now the report will show up in that folder in the Team Artifacts view.
    Tip: The sharing of the report is determined by the folder where you save it. The folder can be shared with a project area or a team area. Right-click the folder and modify the properties to change the sharing scope.
  5. Modify your report's parameters. Right-click the report and select Open.

    If the report template provides modifiable parameters, use the report editor to customize the parameters. For example, a report might allow you to specify a specific team area or iteration as the scope of the report.

    1. Click the Click to edit parameters button
      Click to edit parameters icon
      in the top right corner of the report to open the parameters section.
      Edit report parameters
    2. Modify the parameters.
    3. Click Run to preview the report.
    4. Repeat the previous two steps until the desired report is produced. When you are done editing, click Save to save the report.
What to do next
After you save the new report, you can access it in the My Reports or Shared Reports folder in the Eclipse client's Team Artifacts view or in the Web client Reports menu.

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