# Edge Server Administration Console Online Help

# Create ECSpec reports

Every ECSpec contains specifications for one or more reports. A report is based on the tags that were detected by the specified readers during the event cycle. It may have more or less information, based on the conditions of the report specification and any report filters or groups that have been defined. When an event cycle completes, a set of reports for an ECSpec (for example, an ECReports object) is generated and may be sent to subscribers or other clients.

Note: An ECSpec must contain at least one report before being deployed.

You use the ECSpec Editor to create ECSpec reports:

Note: The ECSpec Editor opens in a pop-up window. You must turn off pop-up blockers to use it.

1. Display ECSpec Editor.
2. In the left pane of the ECSpec Editor, select Reports and click New.
3. Enter a unique Report Name.
4. Specify the Reports Contents. For details, see Configuration Options.
5. In Report Set, specify the set of tags to include in the report.
   - Current - All EPCs read in the current event cycle.
   - Additions - EPC additions from the previous event cycle.
   - Deletions - EPC deletions from the previous event cycle.
6. In Omit Report, define the behavior when the report is empty.

   If you select If omitted, suppress all ECReports this cycle, the existence of this report will control whether any reports are sent to subscribers. Specifically, if this report is omitted due to one of the other conditions (empty, or unchanged from last cycle), no reports will be sent for the current cycle.

7. Enter application-specific data in the Application Data field, if any.

   Data entered here is copied to every report generated from this ECSpec.

8. (Optional) Add one or more filters to the report, if desired. See Configure include filters and Configure exclude filters.

   The report remains visible in the ECSpec Editor. Changes are saved when you deploy the ECSpec.

9. One ECSpec can contain many reports. To add more reports to the current ECSpec, repeat steps 3 through 9.
10. When you have finished adding reports to the ECSpec, click OK and deploy it as described in Create ECSpecs.

Related Tasks

- Edit ECSpecs
- Import ECSpecs
- Configure include filters
- Configure exclude filters
- Configure report groups

Related Topics

- Working With ECSpecs
- Working With ECSpec Reports