Regenerating Bulk Reports
In some cases - particularly when you're using a library such as KPICapture to record KPIs and analytic values - you might want to re-generate a number of past reports.
The reporting addon provides this through the backgen endpoint.
Note that this does not create new reports that are saved to your report history - these are simply created and immediately discarded to refresh any metadata or analytics you're capturing as part of the report process.
Triggering a Back-Generation
To back-generate, open the URL in your browser….
http://<servername>/s/<sitename>/reportlist/backgen?report=<reportname>&range=14&hours=24&offset=0
The function takes the following parameters…
| Parameter | Default | Desc |
|---|---|---|
| report | None | The 'short name' of the report |
| range | 7 | The number of periods to travel back |
| hours | 24 | The number of hours per period |
| offset | 0 | The number of periods to skip |
Examples
For example, the following…
?report=myreport&range=7&hours=24&offset=0
…will produce 7 reports covering 24-hours each, starting 7 days ago and ending today.
?report=random&range=30&offset=7
…will produce 30 reports, starting from 7 days ago. If run on the 7th of the month, this would normally generate reports for the previous calendar month.