Working with Business Intelligence
Loftware Enterprise™ SP Business Intelligence (BI) provides you with interactive, analytics capabilities and real-time reporting for your labeling activities. Default dashboards and reports are delivered as a starting point, but BI also offers the ability to create configurable dashboards and ad-hoc reports with the capability to access and incorporate data sources from outside of Loftware Enterprise SP.
Loftware Enterprise SP BI allows you to:
- Instantly view default dashboards and run predefined reports included with the BI solution
- Quickly modify and customize default dashboards and predefined reports
- Easily configure new dashboards and create ad-hoc reports using drag and drop
- Access reporting data via business rules
- View and print reports
- Save and export reports for use in other applications
- Schedule reports for distribution through email and storage in the repository
The following are descriptions of the included predefined dashboards and reports.
| Dashboard | Description |
|---|---|
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Operational Dashboard |
Top 10 Printed Label Templates bar chart, Top 10 Active Devices bar chart, Top 10 Logged in Users pie chart, and Total Devices by Family and Model tree char |
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Printing Activity Dashboard |
Graphical views of Labels Printed by Day and Labels Printed By Hour |
| Report | Description | Data |
|---|---|---|
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Active Users |
Table displaying all users who signed in during a specified period of time |
Username, First Name, Last Name, Last Login |
|
Configured Device Settings |
Table displaying device settings for a selected device |
Property, Value |
|
Configured Devices |
Table displaying all configured devices |
FQN (fully-qualified name), Device Family Name, Device Model Display Name, Connection Type |
|
Device Modification Details |
Table displaying details of modifications for a selected device |
Audit Action Date, Audit Action, Change Type, Property Name, Previous Value, New Value, Property Location, Username |
|
Device Modifications By Day |
Bar chart displaying the number of device modifications per day |
Date, Total Device Modifications |
|
Devices With Attributes |
Table displaying devices with a specified attribute |
FQN, Property, Value, Device Model Name, Device Family Name |
|
Documents By Folder and Type |
Crosstab report displaying the number of documents in each folder |
Folder FQN, Document Type, Count |
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Inactive Users |
Table listing all users who did not sign in during a specified period of time |
Username, First Name, Last Name, Last Login |
|
Label Modification Details |
Table displaying the details of modifications made to labels |
Audit Action Date, Audit Action, Change Type, Property Name, Previous Value, New Value, Object Location |
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Labels By Folder |
Crosstab report listing the number of labels in each folder |
Parent Folder Name, Label and Version, Count |
|
Labels Printed |
Crosstab report listing the number of each label that was printed to each device |
Document FQN, Device FQN, Total Printed |
|
Labels Printed By Day |
Bar chart displaying the number of labels that were printed per day |
Date, Total Labels Printed |
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Labels Printed By Hour |
Bar chart displaying the number of labels that were printed per hour |
Date, Total Labels Printed |
|
Labels Printed Detail |
Table displaying the details of labels that were printed |
Document FQN, Document Version, Modified By, Device FQN, Create Date |
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Top 10 Active Devices |
Bar chart displaying the top 10 devices with the most print jobs |
Total Print Jobs, Device FQN |
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Top 10 Logged In Users |
Pie chart displaying the top 10 users that signed in over a specified period of time |
Number of Logins |
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Top 10 Printed Label Templates |
Bar chart displaying the top 10 labels that were printed over a specified time |
Printed Count, Device FQN |
|
Top 50 Longest Jobs |
Table displaying the 50 jobs that took the longest time to complete during a specified time period |
Device FQN, Document FQN, Start Time, End Time, Quantity, Duration (minutes) |
|
Total Device Modifications |
Bar chart displaying the top 10 devices that were modified the most over a specified period of time |
Total Modifications, Device FQN |
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Total Devices By Family |
Bar chart showing the total number of devices per family |
Device Family, Total Devices |
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Total Devices By Family and Model |
Tree map chart showing the total number of devices per family and model |
Total Devices |
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Total Labels Printed By Device |
Tree map displaying the total number of labels printed for top 20 devices with the most print jobs |
Total Printed |
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Total Logins By Hour |
Bar chart showing the number of sign ins that occurred during each hour of the day over a specified period of time |
Hour, Number of Logins |
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Total Print Job Errors By Device |
Bar chart showing the top 20 devices with the most print job errors |
Total Print Jobs, Device FQN |
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User Logins By Day |
Bar chart showing the number of user sign ins and sign outs per day over a specified time |
Date, Logins, Logouts |
Licensing
Loftware Enterprise SP Business Intelligence is available only if your Loftware Enterprise SP license has the Business Intelligence component enabled. To see if your license has this component enabled, go to 
Help > About > License. For more information, see the Loftware Enterprise SP Business Intelligence Installation Guide or contact Loftware Customer Account Management.
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