Creating Scheduled Reports

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Key Takeaways

  • Schedules are setup on individual reports
  • The First Dimension is what will be used in the scheduled report
  • Scheduled reports can run Daily, Weekly, Monthly
  • Table reports cannot be delivered via SMS

What is a Scheduled Report?

A Schedule will deliver a report via email or SMS on a regular schedule and delivered based on the time setup.

Scheduled reports can be delivered in the form of

Creating a Scheduled Report

Alerts can be created from any Report / Metric / Dimension combination.

To create a schedule

  1. Navigate to the Analytics and choose the report of choice
  2. Add the Dimension - This is what will be used for the alert criteria. Alerts go off of the First Dimension only.
  3. Navigate to More Options
  4. Select Create Schedule
  5. Follow the prompts (outlined below) and hit submit.

When adding a new schedule, there are configurable options of how you want to see the data come through

Schedule Name

Give your schedule a name. This will reflect in the SMS or email identifying the schedule being sent.

Default Timeframe

Define the date range of the report that you wish to have sent to you.

Build a custom timeframe, learn how here.

Metrics

Define the metrics you want to see on your report.

Sort By

Define the filter you want the report sorted by

Sort Order

Ascending or Descending

Users

Choose the user(s)

Methods

Delivery method: Email or SMS

Ruleset

Limit the scheduled report to a specific ruleset.

Rulesets use defined field operator relationship to determine what is included in a cohort.

Build a custom ruleset, learn how here.

Graph Type

Select the type of graph you want to see on the scheduled report

Line
Bar
Pie
Column
Table

Frequency

Determine how often you wish to have this report delivered.

Monthly, weekly and daily are the current options.

If you want hourly, simply setup a daily report to send every hour (see below)

Hour

Select the time of day you want to receive the report

Attach CSV

When checked, a csv file will be attached to the email. This is available for email only.



Editing a Schedule

To edit and existing schedule, including deactivating it:

  1. Navigate to Settings

  2. Select the Customization tab

  3. Select the schedule you wish to edit

  4. Make your necessary changes and hit Submit.