Change the Graphic Within a Report

Each generated
WSS
report displays a graph that
Symantec
selected as the most effective for the data. You have the option to change not only the graphic, but the data that
WSS
uses to generate the graphic.

Use Case

The
Search Engines > Reports > Web Applications
report by default generates a pie chart based on total requests for each application; however, you want to change the report to view the data in terms of costs.

Procedure

  1. Generate any report.
  2. Next to the report name, select
    Options > Chart
    (gear icon). The portal displays the Options dialog.
    Change Report Graphic 1
  3. In the Options dialog, select the components of the new graph.
    Change Report Graph 2
    1. From the
      Chart Type
      drop-down, select a graph style.
    2. The
      Chart the currently-sorted column
      option means the graphic compiles using the default data point. For example, a
      ...Per User
      reports yields a graph based on user names but the report also contains other data columns. To change the graph source data, select
      Chart the following column
      and select an option or options.
    3. Click
      Save
      .
      Some graph types, such as
      Pie
      , cannot contain more than one data element. The
      WSS
      displays an error dialog if it cannot comply with your selections.
      The service displays the new graph.
      Change Report Graph 3
  4. (Optional)
    WSS
    does not retain the changed graph (when you exit the session) unless you manually save the report as a new report or archive the results. To save the report, click
    Save
    icon and specify where to save it.
    Change Report Graph 4
    1. Name
      the new report.
    2. Select which
      Group
      to save it in. If you save it in
      My Groups
      , only you can generate the report. If you save it in
      Shared Groups
      , anyone with access to this
      WSS
      account sees the link and is able to run the report.
    3. Click
      Save
      .