In the APM Reports Browser pane, navigate to the Catalog folder where you want to save the report.
Select New.
The Create new report window appears. The window contains two sections - The left side displays the Catalog folder structure and the right side displays the fields.
In the Create new report window, provide the following values:
- ID: Identification name of the report. The field must be unique.
- Default Caption: The caption of the report.
- Description: The description of the report.
- Datasource (Query/Dataset): Datasource for this report. You can assign a datasource by adding a query or dataset from the Catalog folder. You can add a query or dataset through the drag-and-drop method.
- Subreports: the sub reports that you want to assign to this report. To assign sub reports, navigate the location that contains the report and drag and drop the report.
Note: You can not save a report in a folder, if the folder name or the parent folder name contains the special characters such as ; ? : @ & = + , $ / * < > |. In addition, you can not save a report in a personal folder if the user id contains the special characters. For more information, consult MSDN documentation regarding creating, deleting or modifying a folder.
Select OK.
The new report appears in the Solution Explorer pane.
