Configure reporting

Analysis (custom) reports and Excel Comparison Table reports are set up in MI:Viewer and then submitted to a job queue, where the report is run in the background.

To allow MI:Viewer users to submit reports from the Reports page, the Service Layer URL must be specified as an application configuration setting. This URL is used:

• To identify the location of the Service Layer FormatReports service used to queue reports submitted from MI:Viewer.
• To specify the URL for the Report Monitor application. This URL is used in links on the Reports page, making it easy for users to open the Report Monitor and download their reports.  

  

To configure reporting in MI:Viewer

1. In the MI:Viewer toolbar, click on Admin.
2. On the General tab, scroll down to the Configure Reporting section.
3. Select Enable access to reporting services and enter the Service Layer URL.

   This must be an absolute URL; relative URLs (e.g. including “localhost” or the 127.0.0.1 loopback) are not permitted here.

The specified URL is stored in the MI:Viewer configuration file appSettings.config, In a typical installation, this file is located here:

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\mi\App_Data\config\WebConfigFragments\appSettings.config

Note that this configuration settings can also be specified via the MI:Viewer Configuration tool (Options>Configure Reporting).