4.2 Using Linked Reports

You can link a report to one or multiple reports. To link a report named report1 to another report named report2, you must add report2 as a related report of report1.

To add related report:

  1. Select the report to which you want to add the related report.

  2. Click Report Properties > Related Reports.

  3. Click Add New and select the report to add.

  4. Click OK twice.

In Reporting Console, the related reports for this report are listed in Tasks > Related Reports.

You can use the Drill-Down templates to create drill-down reports. To make effective use of this drill-through capability, you must configure the linked reports ahead of time. For example, you might have a report that illustrates HTTP requests for the past year aggregated by month. You can create links from each monthly value to a report that provides the daily values for that month. You can also link from the daily values to reports that provides hourly values. For more information about Drill-Down templates, see Drill-Down Templates.

To link Drill-Down reports:

  1. Run the parent report that you want to link.

  2. In the Table view, right-click the Machine header and then click Data Series Properties > General.

  3. In the Linked SubReport panel, click Choose Subreport.

  4. Select a linkable report.

  5. Click OK twice.

If you want to deploy a report that contains links to other report, you need to first deploy the other report. For example, if Report A contains a link to Report B, first deploy Report B and then Report A.