Dynamic Template Field Configuration

Prerequisite:

Add fields and methods to a dynamic template. Once fields have been added to a report template, a number of special treatments can be configured to customize the way the data will be represented in a report.

Double-click a selected field to access the Field Configuration window.
This Field Configuration window presents lists of values that can be selected to configure formatting. Only values relevant for the selected field will be listed and some options may be grayed out if they are not relevant to the selected field.

Label	Description
Field Label	Field Labels in Tables This is the text that will be displayed as a field label or a table column header in a tabular report. To replace the default caption with one customized for your reports, simply overwrite the default text. Field Labels in Charts The caption field becomes the x-axis label. For Line Charts, the label can be any object, such as a primary server. When charting performance metrics for an object, a date field should be configured as a label. See Line Charts for Performance Metrics.
Type: Display as Table	When the report template has the "Display as" component set to Table, the following Type options are available. Hidden - Use this option when configuring a drilldown to another report template. The field will not be displayed in the report, but is required to access the necessary details to link to the sub-report template. There will be cases where the UI will automatically add hidden fields to the report template, to ensure satisfactory performance. Column - Lists a column of values in a tabular report. Checkbox - Include/exclude selectors to be displayed in a column in a tabular report. Exclude - There will be cases when a field will be needed only for filtering purposes and you do not want this field to be included in the selected fields for the report.
Type: Display as Bar Chart	When the report template has the "Display as" component set to Bar Chart, the following Type options are available. Caption - Define this field to be the x-axis values. Bar - Configure the field to be represented as a bar and set its color. Line - Configure the field to be represented as a line and select the shape to denote its value in the line: rectangle, circle, diamond, or none. % Line - Configure the field to be represented as a % line and select the shape to denote its value in the line: rectangle, circle, diamond, or none. Legend - Define the labels and colors to be displayed in the bar chart's legend. Hidden - Use this option when configuring a drilldown to another report template. The field will not be displayed in the report, but is required to access the necessary details to link to the sub-report. There will be cases where the UI will automatically add hidden fields to the report template, to ensure satisfactory performance. % Bar - Define the field to be a % bar in the chart. Exclude - There will be cases when a field will be needed only for filtering purposes and you do not want this field to be included in the selected fields for the template.
Type: Display as Line Chart	When the report template has the "Display as" component set to Line Chart, the following Type options are available. Caption Field- This required field type supplies the category caption for the x-axis. Typically, a date field becomes the caption because line chart data is best represented over a time line. When you configure a date field as a caption, the field configuration automatically sets Group By Date to Yes. Line Field - A numeric field can be configured as a line. One or more line fields can be included in a line chart report template. Select Line for the field type. In a "multiple objects per chart" scenario, a line represents a specific object, for example, an array. Line colors do not apply in this case. Colors will be determined dynamically by the system, since the number of objects represented by the lines is unknown until run time. In a "one object per chart" scenario, a line represents a metric for that object; for example, both used and available capacity could be lines in each array chart. Group by Object Hidden Exclude - There will be cases when a field will be needed only for filtering purposes and you do not want this field to be included in the selected fields for the report template. For example, to filter on failed and partial backup jobs, you would drag in the job status field, make it an Exclude field type, and Note: Use the Add Group option to create folders when you need to group data fields that have disparate units of measure. This Group functionality is used in tabular reports to create spanning headers, but for line charts, it renders separate charts. For example, you might have a capacity value in KiB, but a performance value in Kbps. This requires two charts with different metric scales to plot the values.
Type:Display as Area	When the report template has the "Display as" component set to Area/Stacked Area Chart, the following Type options are available. Caption - Define this field to be the x-axis values. Area - Configure the field to be represented as an area and set its color. Legend - Define the labels and colors to be displayed in the area/stacked area chart's legend. Hidden - Use this option when configuring a drilldown to another report template. The field will not be displayed in the report, but is required to access the necessary details to link to the sub-report. There will be cases where the UI will automatically add hidden fields to the report template, to ensure satisfactory performance. Exclude - There will be cases when a field will be needed only for filtering purposes and you do not want this field to be included in the selected fields for the template.
Type: Display as Pie/Donut Chart	When the report template has the "Display as" component set to Pie Chart or Donut Chart, the following Type options are available. Caption - Enter the caption associated with the pie/donut sector. Sector - Configure the field to be a pie or donut sector and set its color. Hidden - Use this option when configuring a drilldown to another report template. The field will not be displayed in the report, but is required to access the necessary details to link to the sub-report template. There will be cases where the UI will automatically add hidden fields to the report template, to ensure satisfactory performance. Exclude - There may be cases when a field is needed only for filtering purposes and you do not want this field to be included in the selected fields for the report template.
Formatter	The formatter list includes only values relevant for the field. For example, numeric fields have only numeric formatters listed, such as Number, Currency, and File Size. Valid formatters include: Custom Number, Numeric String, Date, Date + TimeZone, Group by TimePeriod Start/End Formatter, Date Group By, Numeric, Decimal, Speed, Currency, File Size, Time Duration, Char Substitute, Unit Converter, File Size No Label, Null Substitute, Time Elapsed, Cron Schedule, Yes/No, Percentage, Status Icon, Full Name, Area Sparkline, Column Sparkline, Line Sparkline.
Formatter Pattern	Enter a specific pattern for the formatter to customize the default format. Example: KiB::GB or KB::_
Alignment	The default value provides the most common usage. For example, numeric values typically should be right-aligned so that decimal points line up.
Wrap	Select Yes if you want long values/text to wrap in the space provided in the report. When No is selected, the data will extend horizontally.
Total/Subtotal	Total/Subtotal Options: Null, Sum, Average, Minimum, Maximum. Use this configuration to aggregate the values, such as all the backup job sizes for a backup server. In its simplest form, this aggregation is used to display grand totals for all the data displayed in a tabular report. To enable subtotals for a set of fields: Configure Total/Subtotal with a Null value and set Column Breakto Yes for one or more fields in the report template. Once you configure a subtotal, you can no longer create grand total rows at the end of the tabular report template. * Never configure Total/Subtotal and Column Break = Yes for the same field.
Column Break	Column Break for Tabular Report Templates Select Yes if you want to list subtotals at the end of a group of related fields. Note that when you use subtotals, the sort order is automatically determined. All fields with a Column Break selection are sorted in the relevant ascending order and this sort order cannot be changed. Be sure not to remove or modify this sort order. Example: You could create a tabular report for client, server, and kilobytes. Then, you could subtotal on server to aggregate the kilobytes per server. * Never configure Total/Subtotal and Column Break = Yes for the same field. * Once you configure a subtotal, you can no longer create grand total rows at the end of the tabular report template. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column Break for Line Chart Report Templates For line charts, the column break is required if the selected object is potentially not unique. To ensure uniqueness, you may need to include a unique ID field with the Column Break set to Yes. For example, an array name may not be unique, however, the array ID is sure to be unique. Include both the name and ID in the template, but make the ID a hidden field with the Column Break set to Yes.
Drill Down to	Select the report to which this field will link. This takes you to the Drilldown Configuration window. For a list of out-of-the-box report templates that have drilldowns that you can use as examples, See Examples of Dynamic Templates Containing Drilldowns.
Drilldown Condition	A drilldown condition lets you control cases where a drilldown doesn't make sense to be displayed, for example, null or 0 values for a field. For example, you wouldn't want to drill down on a Job ID for a row if the value of Job ID returned from the database is Null or 0 (zero). Example: ${row['B'] != '0'} where B is the alias name In this example, the drilldown link will appear only when the returned value is not zero. Example: Configure a drilldown on field D and enter a drilldown condition as shown in the following example. In this example, if the row where the value of the field aliased as A is NULL, the value in column D will not have a drilldown URL enabled. ${row['A'] != ''} Example: Multiple conditions can be configured. ${row['C'] != '' && row['E'] == ''}
Style	Use this option to configure the background color of a cell in a tabular report. Example: ${row['C'].data == 'Partial' ? 'yellowBackground' : row['C'].data == 'Failed' ? 'redBackground' : '' } where C is the alias of the selected field.
Group by Date	This is applicable only for Date fields in Bar, Line, and Pie Chart report templates to aggregate data for charting. If only one date field is specified, it is used as the default for the Group By Date configuration. If you configure a date field as a caption, Group by Date is automatically set to Yes. If there are multiple date fields in a template, you must choose only one for this setting. This Group by Date setting identifies the field that the scope selector will use with the Group By scope component. When this Group by Date element is set to Yes, the Group By component in the Scope Selector is automatically selected.
Time Period Date	Use the Time Period Date selection in report templates to designate which date field will be used for the Time Period scope. If only one date field is included in the template, that field is used as the default. If more than one date field is defined in a template, only one date field can have this Time Period Date set to Yes. The Time Period Date must be set to Yes for one of the date fields in the template when a Time Period, but no Group By is selected in the scope selector. This configuration enables grouping of raw, non-aggregated data. Time Period Date can be set for displayed, hidden, or excluded date fields. Currently, this option is available only for storage arrays and objects created via the SDK.
Graphics Tool Tip	Enter a description to be displayed when a user hovers the mouse over an image in a report; for example, use this setting to enable mouse-overs on lines in bar charts, lines in line charts, and even images in table columns. Example: Available: ${row['Q1']} where Q1 is the alias name.
Comma-delimited ID Name Formatter	For text fields only. Use this option if data returned for a field has multiple values that need to be separated by commas. Only the names will be shown in the rendered report and the IDs will be used for drilldowns, if drilldowns are configured.
Tool Tip	This is the description supplied by the Data Dictionary for this field. You can overwrite or supplement this text. This description will be displayed when a user hovers the mouse over the field or table column label in a report. It will also be incorporated into the context-sensitive help that is displayed from the Help button.

Next Step: Configure dynamic template drilldowns.

See Dynamic Template Drilldown Configuration.

Dynamic Template Field Configuration

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