Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Report Expert User Guide - Manual (Page 12)

Chapter 1 Welcome to Report Expert
12 Rockwell Automation Publication RPTEXP-UM001H-EN-P-June 2014
Report Expert provides the following features:
• Uses standard SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) for
Microsoft SQL Server.
• Includes SSRS for Microsoft SQL Server, and appropriate
client licenses.
• Includes value-added content not available in SSRS, such as:
• Interactive filtering using the plant model and other
FactoryTalk Metrics key fields (for example, any of the five
flex fields).
• Dynamic grouping and sorting.
• Expanded date and time filtering, including shift filtering.
• Pre-defined named filters such as Today, Yesterday, and
This Week.
• Drilldown and drillthrough.
• Allows you to:
• View Report Expert report templates, standard SSRS
reports, and Quick Web reports through a single web
interface.
• Create a custom reporting tree.
• Create parameter sets that define filtering, grouping, and
sorting behaviors and apply these to report templates to
create custom reports.
• Create and modify your own report parameter sets, as well
as save parameter sets with report templates to create
custom reports.
• Use the parameter settings interactively to perform ad-hoc
reporting.
Features of Report Expert