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Any thresholds you have defined. Any drill-downs you have defined. The names of the templates used in the report. The templates
themselves are not saved in the report. However, references to the
templates are saved. Any subsequent modifications to the templates
used by the report are reflected in the report.
The current data values ar e not stored in the report.
See also:
For information on saving just report data, see “Exporting Report Data,”
later in this chapter.
4.4.2. Single- and Multiple-Component Reports
Each template you select in the Template Launcher becomes a
component in the report. A report with a single component is
straightforward. You generate a single-component report by using one
template. Therefore, the report definition file references only one
template.
For example, you might generate a report for several peripheral services
using a single Calls Offered template. In this report, you might enter
Last Week as a Relative date option. You could save this report and
display it at any time. Each time you displayed the report, you would be
able to see the number of calls offered over the last week for each
peripheral service. The following report provides an example:
Single-component reports have standard window features and can be
resized, moved, minimized, and maximized.