As a Site Administrator you can configure the general report settings for your site by following these steps:
- Go to Quick-access menu > Reports > General settings.
- Configure the settings to your preferences.
- Click Save changes.
Reports saved to the file system are saved in the name format Export file system root path/username/report.ext, where username is an internal username of the user who owns the scheduled report, report is the name of the scheduled report with non-alphanumeric characters removed, and .ext is the appropriate export file name extension.
Next steps
- Report general settings
- What are global report restrictions?
- Create a user report
- Edit an embedded report
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