Remote Reporting allows you to run reports remotely from the server. Remote Reports are very powerful because they allow users anywhere in the world, without buying any additional software, to generate their own reports. This also introduces a few security concerns which the Remote Reporting Security Manager addresses.
Pre-Defined Remote Reports
Pre-Defined Remote Reports, allows remote users to logon to the system with any web browser and select an existing report to run. They have no flexibility in how the report is defined.
Using the Remote Reports Security Manager, you can allow specific users to run specific reports using any web browser from anywhere in the world. Users simply go to the Remote Report log-in page (by default, /stats/login.htm), enter the user name/password you’vet assigned them, and HitList will display a list of the report that you’ve allowed them to run. Then they simply select the name of the report and click OK. Depending on how the report is defined, the resulting report can even be embalmed to the user.
PRINT OUT AND READ THE REMOTE REPORTING SECTION IN HELP BEFORE SETTING IT UP.
1. Remote Reporting Help. Please read at least these two sections of Help under Remote Report Security Manager!
2. To enable Remote Reporting, select Remote Report Security Manager from Tools from the Global Menu of HitList.
3. Start by creating a Group, and then add users to the Group. Assign a password for every user that you create. When you have created all the users, then click the Group name under "Groups".
4. You now see the list of reports. Go through them and only select reports that you want them to be able to run. Then Select "Set domain and database permissions" and click change.
5. Click on "New".
6. Browse to the database, depends where you have your database, C:\temp\Test.mwd is an example of database name and loaction. Select and click OK.
7. Next, Click OK and return to the Remote Report Security Manager screen. Click OK one more time to exit.
8. Next navigate to the IIS Management Console, select "Default Web Site" and go to Properties. Under "Application Settings, make sure the "Execute (Including script) is selected and click OK to go back to Microsoft Management Console and close it. Save the new settings when asked.
9. Open your browser and navigate to: http://yourservername/stats/login.htm or
http://yourcomputername/stats/login.htm. Enter your User Name and password. Click OK.
10. A user then can view a list of reports based on User Name and password.
11. The user can only run the report and view the result.
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