Reports allow you to organize information in a simpler format for easy viewing and/or printing.

Table of Contents

• Navigating to Reports
• Report Menu Overview
  • Date Range
  • Report Formatting
  • Report Specific Options
  • Report Filters
• Viewing Your Report
• Warning Messages

Navigating to Reports

Click Reports from the top menu bar. If you do not see the Reports option, then you may not have permission to access Reports. Consult your ExakTime administrator for assistance in gaining permission. 

Menu Overview

1. Reports List - List of available reports separated by the main topic (e.g. cost code, employee, lists, etc.). For more information about available reports, you can refer to the following article.
2. Description - Short description of the selected report.
3. Favorite - Favoriting a report pins the report to the top of the report list in the favorites section.
4. Report Options - Options available for reports that allow you to specify the date range, what information to display, and filter out certain information.
5. View Report - Click to generate a report based on the date range and report options specified.

Report Options

Date Range

The date range specifies the time period of data that should be shown. This can be set to preset date ranges or can be custom.

For some reports that display general information that is not time-sensitive, such as list reports, the Date Range will have no effect. 

Formatting

Formatting is used to format the reports for ease of viewing or including additional items such as a company name/logo.

• Display Alternate Rows with Colored Bands - Differentiate between rows by including a light gray band every other row.
• Display Company Name in Header - Display the company name as it is set up in your Company Settings at the top of the report.
• Display Company Logo in the Header - Display the company logo uploaded to your Company Settings. If there is no logo uploaded, the ExakTime logo will instead be used. For more information about uploading a company logo, you can refer to the following article.
• Display Page Numbers in the Footer
• Display Employee Names as the first name first or last name first.
• Format Hours in Hours/Minutes with a colon or an h/m, or as decimal time.
• Display zero time like other times in your report, a dash, or leave it blank.

Report Specific Options

Each report offers varying options to display information in a certain way or include additional information. The example below is a list of report-specific options for the "Employee Time Card" report. They can vary from allowing certain IDs to be shown, grouping up or separating certain information, etc.

Filters

Filters are used to focus on selected information such as certain employees, locations, and/or cost codes. This can help you take advantage of our currently offered reports to only show certain information.

For example, you may want to know how long a certain cost code was used at a location. After finding the report that shows you the information in the preferred format, you can use the location filter to show time records for a certain location and the cost code filter to show time records with a certain cost code.

When selecting your filters, avoid enabling an employee/location/cost code filter and not selecting anything. Your report will filter the data to the selected entities and since no entities have been selected, can present the message "Sorry, there's nothing to display for the report you requested."

Viewing Your Report

Click 'View Report' at the bottom of the page when you are ready to generate your report based on your filters and report options. 

Your report will be generated on another tab/window where you have a series of options in the top left which will differ on the type of report.

Current Report Controls

The current report controls will present as:

1. Page Navigation
2. View multiple or single pages
3. Zoom in/out
4. Print your report, print the currently viewed page, and save a PDF, XLS, XLSX or CSV copy.
5. Search your report

Previous Report Controls

Some older reports will offer the following report controls:

1. Search
2. Print the currently viewed report.
3. Report Page Navigation.
4. Save the current report into the selected file type.
5. The selected file type for saving the report: XLSX, XLS, PDF, and CSV.

Warning Messages

Depending on the data set combinations being requested, there are possible warning messages if the report would not display data as expected. 

For more information about possible warning messages, you can refer to the following article: Why Is My Report Not Displaying Anything?