The Report Creator is the full report-building workspace for creating and maintaining custom reports.
What the Report Creator controls
- Data source selection (Report Type or Base Table).
- Field selection, aggregation, ordering, and display naming.
- Formulas (with validation and AI assist).
- Filters, advanced filter logic, sort, grouping.
- Visual configuration for chart-based report output.
- Save/share/export lifecycle for production use.
Step 1: Choose source
- Report Type: Use a preconfigured model.
- Base Table: Build directly from a reportable table.
After source selection, metadata loads available fields, relationships, and formula functions.
Step 2: Build field set
- Use Fields tab to add fields to the report.
- Add related fields through relationship navigation.
- Add JSON-derived virtual fields where available.
- Use Selected tab to reorder fields (drag), rename, group, aggregate, or remove.
- Aggregation options include: None, Count, Count Distinct, Sum, Average, Min, Max, Median.
Step 3: Add formulas
- Create formula columns with return types: Number, Text, Boolean, Date, DateTime.
- Browse function catalog and insert field references.
- Validate formulas before saving.
- Use AI formula assist for draft/refinement help, then revalidate.
Step 4: Configure filters and logic
- Add multiple filters and choose AND, OR, or ADV logic.
- ADV supports numbered expressions like
1 AND (2 OR 3). - Operators are field-type aware (text/number/date).
- Relative date operators are supported (for example: this month, last quarter, this year).
- Each filter can be set as editable or locked for viewers.
Step 5: Set sort, grouping, and totals
- Apply sort by field and direction.
- Group rows by selected dimensions.
- Control subtotals and grand total visibility for table output/export.
Step 6: Configure visuals
- Supported report visuals: Line, Bar, Waterfall, Pie, Treemap, Spider, Decomposition.
- Axis visuals support X/Y mapping, metric aggregation, label overrides, date granularity toggles.
- Bar supports stacked mode.
- Category visuals support category + measure settings.
- Spider supports multi-measure selection.
- Decomposition supports ordered breakdown keys.
- Legend position control: Hide, Left, Right, Bottom, Top (where supported).
Step 7: Run preview and inspect output
- Run/refresh preview as you iterate.
- Review total rows, loaded rows, and table preview.
- Use table search and progressive row loading for large outputs.
- In view mode, use viewer filter panel for interactive exploration.
Step 8: Save, export, and manage
- Save: create new report or update existing report.
- Export: Formatted XLSX or Plain CSV (max 50,000 rows/export job).
- Share: assign users/groups with View or Edit.
- Move: relocate to a different folder.
- Clone: duplicate into current/target location.
- Delete: remove report (manage + delete rights required).
- Favorite: mark for quick recall.
Access and request flow
- If access is denied, request View or Edit with an optional comment.
- Requests are sent to the owner/reviewer.
- Approved requests update your effective access.