Product Updates

Report Feedback (part II)

We had tons of great feedback from the last report user interface review, 33 comments to be exact… thanks!  This video takes what we have heard from you and highlights areas that we are going to change and areas we are still trying to figure out.  Please take some time to review the video and let me know if we are on the right track.

In addition, several comments suggested that I didn’t do a good job of explaining that this project (changing the user interface) is being done largely to support the bigger project REPORT BUILDER!  If you have not reviewed those posts, please do; I think you will love where we are going.

New video here -> New Report UI (part 2)

Report UI (part 1) post here -> Need Feedback - New Report UI
Report Builder post here -> Report Builder
and another one here -> Will Report Builder replace Query Builder?

Published Tuesday, February 05, 2008 10:25 PM by CurtisHarris

Comments

 

jjackson said:

I do like the color coded buttons for Submitted, Completed, Failed etc.  I would still like to an indication in the queue as to whether my report has any results before i open the report.  Are the columns in the queue sortable?  the save button on the queue page is ambiguous.  i would expect it to save my results not the report filters.

thank you

Jeremy Jackson

February 6, 2008 8:43 AM
 

Bob VanDerPloeg said:

Functional consistency is a big part of creating an intuitive tool.  I support consistency between F1 reports and My Reports. You can’t assume users will only have 10 to 20 reports saved as my reports.

The “View in portal” feature is huge!  - Way to go Dallas!

Colored buttons – Yeah, that’s fine. Just stay within design rules – Color pallets and rounded corners

I do like the Run Buttons on the side.

Three lines of report detail with a read more link is the right way to go.

Don’t need the save link in the Queue – I need to see the filters before I save.

February 6, 2008 9:03 AM
 

Dan Lott said:

Agree with Bob.  We need functional consistency between the three report tabs.  Many of our users have ten's of reports. They benefit from multiple tags.  As we build shared reports we will need multiple tags to help our portal users get the right reports.  

We like the report description on the page as a reference.

Agree with Jeremy the Save needs to be clear it is saving the report definition not the downloaded report.

Colors are good.  They aide seeing status quickly.

February 6, 2008 7:00 PM
 

nsweet said:

With the new way to look at and make reports will we still be able to view the report to see what it looks like before running it?  

Also, Can the new reports we run be shared?

February 26, 2008 2:11 PM
 

CurtisHarris said:

You will still have the sample picture as before.  The first release won't include share, but we are planning to follow it up with that ability; basically, the first version of anything won't be the end all/be all, but it's better to get it out than to sit on it until we have more (this not only gives us real world feedback, but gets something useful into your hands sooner).

February 26, 2008 3:12 PM
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