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Creating Your First Report

1. Start the Report Writer.

The Report Writer icon is available within the Site Server Express program group.

2. Choose to create a report from the catalog.

Though you have the option of creating a report from scratch, for your first run-through you’ll want to use one from the standard catalog.

3. Select one of the standard Report Writer files.

From the Report Writer catalog, select one of the Report Writer icons from the tree-structure in the upper window, and then click Next.

4. On the next panel of the catalog, choose the date-range to analyze (default is every request), and then click Next.

5. Add custom filters to include or exclude data for analysis.

This panel allows you to enter a Boolean expression to filter and customize your report (for a first go-around, you shouldn’t need to enter any filters). When you’re done, click Finish.

6. Click the green Create Analysis Report button.

The Report Writer prompts you to select a file name and format. When you’ve done so, Report Writer will produce your report.

7. View the analysis report.

If you produced an HTML file, your web browser will open automatically and the file name you specified for the analysis report will be displayed. If you created a Microsoft Word file, start Microsoft Word, and open the file you specified. Finally, if you specified a text file, start a text editor such as Notepad, and open the file name you specified.

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