Generating Excel Reports

Overview

Based on the reporting template available in Lucanet and the tilde formulas it contains, an Excel report with the current data from Lucanet can be generated.

When a reporting template contains placeholders for organization element, data level, adjustment level, partner, transaction currency, display currency and/or period, you can configure for each of these placeholders whether a value is fixed for the report or can be selected as required.

This article contains the following sections:

Generating Report

To generate a report:

Click the reporting template based on which you want to generate the Excel report.

In the detail view under Template properties, select the dimensions for which the report should be generated.

Which dimensions are displayed and can be selected depends on the tilde formulas contained in the Excel file and the configuration of the placeholders.

Shows the detail view of a reporting template. The “Template properties” tab and the “Generate report” command are marked in red.
Template properties and generate report

Click Generate report.

The report is saved in Excel format in your download directory.

Configuring Placeholders in the Reporting Template

When a reporting template contains placeholders for organization element, data level, adjustment level, partner, transaction currency, display currency and/or period, you can configure for each of these placeholders whether a value is fixed for the report or can be selected as required.

To do this, open the Placeholders tab and select the desired placeholder from the drop-down list.

Then configure the displayed options, which differ depending on the selected placeholder:

Displays the ‘Placeholder’ tab in the detailed view of a report template.  The placeholder for a data level is selected and the corresponding options are visible.
'Placeholders' tab

The following options are available:


Option

Description


Value can be selected

Activate if the value for the placeholder should be configurable before report generation and then enter a label.


Value has been predefined

Activate if the value should not be selectable.

If you choose this option, a report can only be generated for the specified period and/or the default value. 


The following values can be selected

Only available for data levels.

Specifies whether All data levels or Only planning data levels can be selected for report generation.


Periodicity

Only available for periods.

Defines whether a month, a quarter, or a year can be selected for report creation.

 


Period count

Only available for periods.

Count of periods covered by the report.

When generating the report, the user can then specify the report period instead of selecting the report start period.

 


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