Specifying the Default Report Format

When you, or any customer, import a custom report template generated using the report designer into the Verizon Connect platform, the default output format of any reports created using this template (for example PDF or HTML) is not specified from the standard report format location (that is, not by opening the Settings > Reports tab in the platform and  then choosing an option from the 'Default Report Format' section). Instead, the default format of these reports is controlled from the Manage Reports screen, accessed from the Reports section of the main platform menu:

Once this screen is open, click the Custom Templates tab and select the report from the list, and then click the Options button.

In the Options dialog box that opens, choose the allowed report formats, and the default report format, and then click Save.

If a default output format is not specified for a custom report, it will automatically default to HTML, then PDF, and then Excel, in that order. If 'Excel' is chosen as the default output, and your report template includes any combination of Excel, XLS or XLSX, the platform will choose the value picked for XLS/XLSX over 'Excel'.

Supported Output Formats

The report designer supports the following output formats:
 

Excel
XLSX
Tabular
PDF
HTML
CSV
CSVRAW
TXT

Other report output options can, if requested, be supported on a case-by-case basis. If you like one of the following formats to be enabled on your account, please contact Verizon Connect support and lodge a feature request:
 

XML
Docx
Pptx
JSON
RichText
MHT
ODS
ODT
XPS
DBF
Image
XAML
SVG

Output formats that were available in the previous legacy report designer system, but that are not available in the new analytics report designer, are TELREPORT and TELRAWRPT.