Create a report by following the steps below:
- Login to Vemco.
- Select ‘Reports’ in the top menu.
- Click on the ‘Create’ button on the top left corner.
- Select ‘New report’ and a report wizard will pop up.
The report wizard is split up into four steps with the last step being optional. The wizard is set up with 3 columns; the column to the left is the progress bar, the middle column is where you will make your selections and the column to the right is your report overview where you can see what you have selected. You can always go back and change what you have selected; either by clicking on the different steps or circles on the progress bar to the left or click on your selections or titles in the report overview bar on the right. You will also be able to directly remove selections in the report overview bar on the right.
Step 1: Source
In the first step choose the data source by clicking the ‘Select Source Type' dropdown. Here you will get the following options:
- Location: retrieves data from the whole location (could be one or multiple sensors)
- Zones: view data from one or multiple zones.
- Entrances: view data from one or multiple entrances (if you only have one entrance, pick "location" instead). This is also where you will be able to retrieve demographical data, such as adults/kids.
- Groups: retrieve data from multiple sensors which have been grouped in settings.
- Tags: retrieve data from multiple sensors with the same tag.
Once selected, click 'Next', which will take you to the 'Metrics' step.
If you have setup report defaults, depending on how much you have predefined, a ‘view report’ button will appear beside the ‘next’ button which on click will create the report with the pre-defined default setup.
Step 2: Metrics
a. Select the metrics you would like to measure (max 5).
The metrics are split up into six categories from which you are free to choose from if you have the necessary agreement and modules purchased.
Once selected click ‘Next’ which then will take you to the 'Periods & Data setup' step.
Whenever you see the ‘View report’ button you can always save and view your report and edit it again whenever you wish.
Step 3: Periods & Data setup
a. Click on ‘Period’ and choose the period you would like to receive data from by either choosing between predefined periods on the left list or choose a specific period through the calendar to the right.
If the period selected contains periods which have not yet happened e.g., this month or this year, you can enable ‘show prediction’ which will give an estimate and predict how your data will look like in the future based on previous periods.
b. Select the time slot you wish to get data from by clicking on the ‘from’ and ‘to’ buttons.
c. (Optional) Click on 'Compare period' and select which periods you would like to compare your chosen period with.
d. Click ‘Select interval’ and choose the data interval, e.g., data breakdown on every 15 min, half hour, hour or day.
e. Click ‘Select value’ and choose what kind of value you would like to see in your report e.g., the sum or average.
Once selected, you have the option to either finish the report as it is by clicking ‘Save and view report’ or click the optional button ‘Graph Visuals’ where you can customize the visuals in your report.
The rest of the steps below are optional.
Step 4: Graph visuals
a. Choose whether you wish to have both a chart and a table in your report.
- Leave as is or deselect what you do not wish to have in your report.
- Click ‘view report’ to finish up the report or click ‘Next’ if you wish to customize the report more.
b. Choose what kind of chart you want displayed in your report.
You’ll see a table where you can see each metric you have chosen. For each metric you can change the graph type and choose whether you want the metrics to have their own y-axis (recommended). If you have chosen a compare, you will be able to change the compare graph here as well.
The field assign own axis allows a metric to have their own axis, e.g., if you are measuring the temperature inside together with how many people are inside your location, instead of the two metrics sharing the same axis, there would be two axes, one for counting the people inside and one for temperature. Assigning own axis to metrics can be a powerful tool in discovering correlations between measurements.
To change the graph for a metric:
- Find the metric of which you would like to change the graph.
- Click on the graph icon and select another graph.
- Click ‘Save and view report’ to finish up the report or click ‘Next’ if you wish to customize the report more.
c. In the last step you will see the extra options which include extra visuals and data filtration.
In the visuals column you can enable/disable the following settings:
- Show diff/index on chart (See the difference/index on your chart)
- Show weather (See the weather forecast displayed both on the chart and on the table)
- Show events (See events happening on your chart. You can click on the ‘Events’ menu on the navigation bar on top to create events)
- Set target (Here you can set a target which will be displayed as a straight line on the chart)
In the data column to the right, you can enable/disable the following settings:
- Show diff instead of index (Here you can switch between seeing index numbers or difference)
- Skip sources with empty data (If enabled sources with no data will be left out of the report)
- Exclude 0’s in average calculation (If enabled all 0’s in the data will be excluded from the average calculation)