Custom Historical Report Design Strategy

Administrators only

Consider creating a new custom historical report if the standard VIEW reports do not provide the statistics you want to display. To do this, follow the steps below.

  1. Modify an existing report

This can be a standard or custom report that is close to your requirement and where you want to substitute some entities such as metrics and dimensions with alternative ones. If there is no such report, ignore this step.

For more information on standard reports and using them as templates, see storm VIEW Standard Historical Reports Reference Guide, and Use a Historical Report as a Template.

For information on modifying a historical report, see Open a historical report for editing.

  1. Create a new report from the beginning

See Create a historical data export report and Create a custom historical report.

  1. Test the report

Run the report using known data over a short period of time and verify that the statistics are returning the correct values. Edit the report as required.

  1. Save the report

Save the report for inclusion on a dashboard.

Explore Further

Metric Design Strategy

Create a Custom Metric

Effect of Adding a Dimension to a Custom Historical Report

Filters in a Custom Historical Report

Effect of Custom Report Design on Display Options