Overview

Reports in Mango have two representations: templates which define the content of a report, and instances which are the result of running a report with a given template. Simply: the report engine creates instances from templates. A template has attributes like a name, a list of points that it includes, and the date range of values it extracts. An instance will inherit its name from the template, but have its own attributes such as the time it ran, the run duration, the number of records it includes, and, of course, the data.

An instance can be considered a snapshot of the data at the time it was run. Instance attributes cannot be changed. Also, the data that the instance reports exists as long as the instance exists. (I.e. it survives the purging of the source data.) For this reason, it is important to purge report instances—especially large instances—when they are no longer needed since they can consume large amounts of storage.

Report templates—and the instances they create—belong to the user that created them. They cannot be explicitly shared within the system, but may be shared implicitly. See the "Report templates" documentation for more information.

Report queue

The Report queue lists all of the report instances for the current user. This list does not automatically refresh itself. A manual list refresh can be triggered by clicking the icon. Certain events, however, will also trigger a list refresh, such as running a report.

Report instances in any state will be listed, whether they be completed or still running. The columns of the list will reflect the current state of the instance.

The columns of the list have the following definitions:

The Do not purge checkbox allows users to prevent important report instances from being deleted by the scheduled purge process. (See the "Other settings" documentation for more information on report purging.) This feature should only be used when necessary since report instances can potentially consume large amounts of storage.

The final column in the table provides controls for managing instances. The icon initiates the download of a CSV file of the report's data, suitable for loading into spreadsheet software. The icon opens a new browser window displaying report instance information, data statistics, and an image chart of the report data. Clicking the icon deletes the report instance. Note that large report instances may take some time to delete.