Reporting task workspace overview

Reporting tasks are where you generate customized queries about the entities, activities, and events in your Security Center system for investigation or maintenance purposes. Most investigation and maintenance tasks are reporting tasks.

This section takes you on a tour of the reporting task layout, and describes the common elements of most reporting tasks. The Area activities task was used as an example. You can open the Area activities task by typing its name in the Search box on the home page.

A	Number of results	Displays the number of returned results. A warning is issued when your query returns too many rows. If this happens, adjust your query filters to reduce the number of results.
B	Query filters	Use the filters in the Filters tab to set up your query. Click on a filter heading to turn it on () or off. Invalid filters display as Warning or Error. Hover your mouse over the filter to view the reason it is invalid.
C	Export, print, or add to dashboard	Click to export your generated report, print it, or add the report to a dashboard.
D	Select columns	Right-click a column heading to select which columns to display in the report pane.
E	Report pane	View the results of your report. Drag an item from the list to a tile in the canvas, or right-click an item in the list to view more options associated with that item, if applicable (such as launching another report related that report result).
F	Tile commands	Commands related to canvas tiles: Synchronize video: Synchronize the video displayed in the canvas. Clear all: Empty all content from tiles. Change tile pattern: Change the tile pattern in the canvas.
G	Generate and save report	Click to run and save the report directly to a file (PDF, CSV, or Excel format). This button is disabled if you have not selected any query filters, or when you have invalid filters.
H	Generate report	Click to run the report. This button is disabled if you have not selected any query filters, or when you have invalid filters. While the query is running, the button changes to Cancel. Click on Cancel to interrupt the query.
I	Filters tab	Use the Filters tab to customize and filter your searches. The Filters tab only appears in reporting tasks. NOTE: Click the Area view tab to show the area view, and select entities to view in the canvas.
J	Tiles or Charts	If the report supports tiles, open the chart view using the toggle button () at the top right of the task. Otherwise, open the chart view using the Charts button (). If the report supports tiles: Click the Tiles button () to show the Tiles view below the report pane. If the report supports charts: Click the Charts button () to show the Charts view below the report pane.