Refining Jazz Reporting Service ready-to-use reports in dashboards

As an administrator or a report manager, you can modify the ready-to-use Jazz Reporting Service report widgets to display only the information that you need.

Before you begin

The following conditions must be met:
Tip: Report widgets for the ready-to-use queries for Jazz Reporting Service specify "Jazz Reporting Service" in the upper right.

Procedure

  1. In the dashboard widget that contains the report to modify, click Filters. The filters for the query and their values are displayed.

    If the Filter button is not displayed in the widget, contact a report manager or a Jazz Reporting Service administrator to obtain permission to modify the ready-to-use queries.

  2. Click Edit.
  3. For each filter, select the values to display when the widget loads on the dashboard.
  4. Optional: To see how your selections affect the query results, click Preview. You might need to scroll in the widget to see the updated report. The data in the report comes from the data warehouse that is registered with Jazz Team Server.
    Tip: To clear the values that are selected for a filter, click the refresh icon (Refresh icon that is represented by two arrows pointing counterclockwise) on the banner of that filter.
  5. Optional: To exit without saving any changes, close the editing pane.
  6. In the widget, click Save.
  7. Optional: If another instance of the widget is on the dashboard, consider giving the widget a unique name so you can identify it easily.
    1. Click the Menu icon (Arrowhead pointing downward) in the widget title bar, and then click Appearance.
    2. Edit the Title field.
    3. Click OK.
  8. If the Auto-save check box is not selected or is not displayed, click Save to save the changes to the dashboard.

Results

The report widget displays the updated report output. If other users had the same dashboard open when you made changes, they must refresh the dashboard to see the updated report.

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