Working with reports

You can run a variety of reports to analyze your test data. You can also edit the report name, description, and theme, save report parameters, and export reports to external applications.

Running reports

After you run a report, the results display data for the selected parameters. To run a report:
  1. From the left sidebar, point to the Reports icon (Report), and click All Reports.
  2. To open the report, click the report name.
    Note: Use Previous and Next at the top of the page to scroll through the list of reports.
  3. Select the parameters to include in the report, and click Run.

    The report displays below the parameters. Some reports are interactive and allow you to drill down into the information that is presented in the report. For example, in a report that shows work items by owner, you can click an owner's bar in the graph to display the list of work items.

    Note: When you click an interactive section of a graph, a dialog displays to inform you that the original report will be closed. To open the new report, click OK. The data in the original report will be lost.

Editing report names, descriptions, or themes

To edit a report name, description, or theme:
  1. From the left sidebar, point to the Reports icon (Report), and click All Reports.
  2. Select the report to edit, and click the Edit Report icon (Edit).
  3. Edit the Name, Description, and Theme fields, and then click OK.

Saving report parameters

To save report parameters:
  1. From the left sidebar, point to the Reports icon (Report), and click All Reports.
  2. To open a report, click the report name.
  3. Select the parameters to include.
  4. Save the report, using one of the following options:
    • To save a copy of the report with the selected parameters, click Save As.
      1. Edit the Name and Description fields.
      2. In the Theme field, select the location to save the report.
      3. Click OK.
    • To save the selected parameters to the original report, click Save.
  5. To see the new report, return to the Reports page, and click the Refresh icon (Refresh). The report is listed in the folder that you selected to save it to.

Exporting reports

You can export report results to external applications. To export a report:
  1. After you run a report, click the Export icon (Report).
  2. In the Export as field of the dialog box, select the application type. You can choose from PDF, Postscript, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  3. Click Export.
  4. Choose to open the report or save it to another location, and then click OK.

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