Customising your new Custom Report

How to customise the Sections, Fields and columns within your newly created Custom Report

Written by Alicia Roberton

Updated at July 27th, 2024

Video Guide

 


 

Custom Report

 

Note: Please first see our guide on Creating a Custom Report

 

Once you have clicked "Create", your new Custom Report will open.

 

You will notice that to start with this Report will show everything including all Profile Types, all Sections and all Fields:

 


 

AutoSave

 

You will notice that on any Custom Reports, the AutoSave function is set to "On" by default.

 

 

This means that any changes you make while editing this Report will be automatically saved as you go.

 


 

Customising the Sections and Fields

 

To choose which Sections and Fields you'd like to view on your Report you can use the Filter Bar on the right-hand side to select/deselect your chosen Fields.

 

In the below example, you can see that only the Staff Training Section has been selected, along with Tags, First and Last names:

 

 

You could also use the filter bar at the top of the Report to choose which Profile Types and Tags you would like to view, and also if you would like to filter by rating system.

Click 'all profile types' to un-tick any that you do not want to be shown in the report as below, and then click 'Apply':

 

 

Click the 'Tags' to select or de-select the tags, and then click 'Apply':

 

 

If you need to filter by rating system, click the '+' symbol to filter by Inspector or School Ready:

 

 


The below example shows a filtered report, showing any Safeguarding Training for Teaching Staff with an 'Active' or 'Onboarding' tag:

 


 

Reordering Columns

 

You can reorder the columns by dragging and dropping the fields from within the Filter Bar:

 

 


 

Reordering Sections

 

To reorder whole Sections, click on the Section Header on the Report Spreadsheet and drag/drop it to its new location:

 


 

Editing Column Widths

 

You can edit any column widths by hovering over the column border and dragging it out.

 

 

Please Note: Any changes made to column widths will currently not be applied to the Exported Excel spreadsheet.

 


 

Pinning Columns

 

You can Pin columns by clicking on the icon at the right of the Column header and clicking "Pin Column". Then select which direction you'd like to pin it. The columns will then remain visible as you scroll through the rest of the report.

 

 

Please Note: Any columns pinned will not remain pinned once the Report has been Exported to Excel.

 


 

Setting Conditions

 

Once you have selected your chosen Sections and Fields, you can also set Conditions for your report.

 

This is particularly useful if you are creating a report to keep track of staff that have a particular training. For example, DSL Training. Below is an example of the Conditions you would need to set if you wanted a Report to show any staff that had DSL Training:

 

 

For further information on this, please see our guide on Setting Conditions

 


 

Exporting the Report

 

Once you are happy with your Report click "Export" and once the system has finished building your Custom Report you will be able to click "Download" to view it in Excel.