Preview Templates in Report Manager

When Report Manager was installed, an extra set of Templates was copied to your installation directory. This set was intended as a back up if the Templates stored on the Report Manager server were accidentally overwritten. This folder also contains XML configuration files (.xml) for the Templates. These configuration files provide parameter properties such as the parameter type, dependencies, validation groups and also fill in hint help for you.

Recent versions of Report Manager have standardized reports, and as a result Templates are exact copies of the stock reports.

1. On the Report Manager server, open the Administration Console of Report Manager.
2. Click Custom Report Manager.
3. Click Upload Custom Report.
4. Click Browse and locate the installation directory on your Report Manager server.
5. Navigate to N-able Technologies > Report Manager > reports > Report Templates.

   Within the Report Templates folder you will find all the available Template RDL files. In addition, you will find an XML configuration file for each RDL, which you can upload at the same time as you upload the report. The XML configuration file provides each parameter with values and UI controls.

   For example: If the RDLfile is Technical Summary Custom.rdl, the XML configuration file will be Technical Summary Custom Parameters.xml

6. Select the Template file (.rdl) and click Open.
7. Select the Upload a Config File checkbox.
8. Click Browse to navigate to the XML configuration file (.xml) for the Template.
9. Select the file and click Open.
10. Click Next.

    The Custom Report Management screen appears and the selected Template is listed.

11. To view the UI control parameters, click Edit next to the Report Name.

    The UI controls appear in the order in which they will appear in the UI.