With the new reporting capability you can create multiple custom views and aggregate them into a simple dashboard experience.
Watch our quick 2-minute video to learn how you can create custom reports.
Building Custom Reports
To create a Custom Executive Report, first open Consumption Overview by clicking on Analyze in the main navigation bar and select Consumption Overview from the dropdown.
Once the page opens, select “Executive Report” from the dropdown and select “Add your Report“ to create your custom report.
Enter a name for your new report. The name can be changed later if need.
The report with aggregated Provider data will be added to your new Executive Report.
You will also see spaces with a “plus icon” (4). Clicking on the plus icon allows you to quickly add new data that is of interest to you.
Each element has it own filters and grouping – including date range. You can over-ride dates, grouping and currency (Figure 5) in report context to align all elements.
Dates, grouping or currency overrides are not saved. So when you open the report again it will present data in the default state.
Only elements that are time based will be affected by grouping changes. Elements with custom “X” axis will ignore this setting.
You can delete a report by clicking on cog icon (3) and clicking Delete report. Once you confirm this action the report will disappear from the drop down.
Similarly you can edit the report name by clicking on the pencil icon (2)
All changes made in the report are auto saved.
Reordering Elements
To rearrange the elements, mouse over the element you want to move until you see the cross/arrow icon appear. Click on that icon and drag the element to the area you want to move it to.
Deleting Elements
You can remove elements by hovering over the element until you see the bin icon appear. Click on the bin to delete the element.
Editing
To enter edit mode just click anywhere on the chart element.
Configuring Elements
In the configuration section you can define your data and pick your preferred presentation option.
You can control data displayed on the “X” axis in the “Show By:” drop-down (1). Available options are:
- Day
- Month
- None
Day and Month setting will make the “X” axis time based, however “None” will render the value selected in the “Group by” section (3).
Advanced Filtering
Reports support advance filtering (2). This scans through all your data providers (e.g. Azure / Software Assets / Virtual) and provides you with a unified search experience.
Search index breaks words by space or “-” character and uses “starts with operator” for each word. For example: for resource my-test-vmineurope if you type “test”, the index will find this resource, however if you type “est” this resource will not be found.
By clicking the hierarchy icon (4) you can refine your custom group search using the tree structure.
Changes made in the custom group selector are reflected in the filter control and vice-versa.
Grouping Selector
There are many grouping options. Availability depends on the providers you have activated (3).
Chart Type Selector
Depending on your business use case you can choose different presentation layers for your data (4), available options are:
- Line (perfect for daily time series)
- Bars (ideal for categories, ex. MeterCategory)
- Pie (the best for summaries, ex. Providers)
- Table (in all listings, ex. Resources)
Currency Selector
Each element can have a different currency. By default your budget currency is selected, however you can change it at any time (5)
Sharing Executive Reports
Executive Reports support quick share functionality. You can easily share your report with your colleagues by following the steps below.
Sharing an personal report
To share a personal report, select the report you would like to share from report selectior. Click on the Share button.
Next, select members from your PyraCloud account. Allowed roles are “Can view” and “Can edit”.
Users with “Can Edit” role can also adjust sharing list with limitation to “Owner” role.
Exporting Executive Report
Executive Reports support instant export to PDF. Select your report from report selector and click “Exports”.
The export might take few seconds and your browser should automatically start file downloading.