SSRS Reports
The SSRS Reports module allows users to generate and publish SSRS reports. The Generate tab is used to create an SSRS report batch request using student search and report parameters. The History tab contains a table of all batches and their current status: Error, Pending, or Completed. The completed PDF can be viewed or downloaded. The Publishing tab allows the report cards to be published to the Parent/Student Portal for specific schools, grade levels, and marking periods using report templates.
The Generate tab is used to create an SSRS report batch request using student search and report parameters.
1. Click the Reports menu, then click SSRS Reports.
2. From the SSRS Report pull-down select the applicable report you'd like to generate.
When there is just one type of SSRS Report, that report becomes the default report so you do not have to manually select it from the SSRS Report pull-down.
3. The Generate tab is selected by default.
The Generate tab displays a Student Search module in addition to the More Search Options link.
4. If searching for specific students by name or student number, enter the information in the Student text box. For more detailed information on how to conduct a student search, see Searching for Students.
To generate SSRS Reports for all students, leave the Student search text box empty.
5. For a more advanced search and the ability to define a specific subset of students, click More Search Options. In the example shown, Grade 09 has been selected; therefore, SSRS Reports will be generated only for students in 9th grade.
6. In the SSRS Reports section, make the appropriate selections in order to generate your reports.
7. Select the report Template from the corresponding pull-down. The options listed here are established by the district's configuration file.
8. Select the appropriate Marking Period from which data is to be pulled from the pull-down.
The Marking Period pull-down defaults to the blank option. When selected, the Student Search will return all students, as opposed to active student within a specific marking period. If the blank option is selected, the check box to Include Inactive Students will be hidden because all students will be pulled in the search.
9. If applicable, select the Rotation Day from the pull-down.
The rotation day is an option that is district specific. If a report uses the rotation day as part of the parameter set, Focus has queries that account for data needed when the report is generated.
10. Select how you would like to Sort reports from the pull-down; options include Teacher, Student Name, Grade Level, Homeroom, or Period.
11. In the Misc Options section, select the Multilingual check box to print SSRS Reports in multiple languages. Note: Reports must first be set up by the district in other languages.
Depending on the type of report you are generating and your district, you may have additional options, such as School Year, School, Student, etc.
The default order of the options in the School Year pull-down are in descending order (most recent year on top).
You have the ability to configure the number of years displayed in the syear pull-down, which currently defaults to 10 years. The function SSRSBatch::getCompletedSyearOptions(), accepts a parameter called 'function_param' in the ssrs_config.php file:
'function' => 'SSRSBatch::getCompletedSyearOptions', // Optional: send a function parameter // For this function, the parameter configures how many syears back to retrieve; if no function_param is set, it gets the last 10 syears 'function_param' => 50,
12. Click Apply My Last Settings to apply the report settings submitted the last time you generated a batch of the report.
This button is available to reports created through ssrs.config.php file. The button is not available for SSRS Reports created through District Reports.
13. If student groups have been set up by the district, you can select to generate reports for a specific group of students using the Student Group pull-down.
14. To pull students from all your sections as opposed to just the section selected in the header, select the Search All Sections check box.
15. To pull students from the entire school, select the check box to Search the Entire School.
16. Select the check box to Include Inactive Students in your student search.
17. When the Student Search and/or More Search Options has been defined and all others options have been defined, click Search. If needed, you can click Reset to start over.
Clicking Search on the last screen will navigates to a new SSRS Reports screen where you can select the appropriate students.
If a student was selected from the Student pull-down from the Generate tab, this section will be skipped and generating a batch will navigate directly to the History tab.
1. Select the students for whom you need SSRS Reports by selecting the check box next to each student. As students are selected, the number of selections made will display next to the number of students pulled originally.
In order to select all students all at once, select the check box in the header.
2. Before generating the reports, you have the option to name the batch of reports via the Batch Name (optional) text box.
3. Click Generate when all student selections have been made. Generating the report saves the report to the district server as a PDF; to view the report and additional details about the report, click the History tab. Note: When Generate is clicked, Focus automatically navigates to the History tab.
The History tab contains a table of all batches and their current status: Error, Pending, or Completed. The completed PDF can be viewed or downloaded.
1. Click the History tab for details about all reports previously generated.
The History tab displays the View button, the Download button, Batch Name, the Status, the Date created, the School you were logged in to when the report was generated, Created in School Year, Created By, SSRS Template, School Year (of the report), School selected as part of the report, Student (if applicable), Sort Reports by (if applicable), Teacher (if applicable), Course (if applicable), and Section (if applicable).
The Status column displays one of the following:
Error: An error message describes the problem. Once it has been resolved, click the Retry button to start the batch again.
Pending: If the batch is large, the file may still be downloading. A loading bar is visible, along with the number of students in the batch. If there are more than 10 students in the batch, you will be emailed when the batch is complete. Note: If you do not have an email address saved in User Info, you will not receive an email.
Completed: The PDF file is ready to be Viewed or Downloaded (and, then printed).
2. For completed reports, click the View button to review the report.
a. Clicking View opens the SSRS Report in a new window or tab (depending on browser settings) in a preview screen where you can download and/or print the report. From this screen you have several options including, Rotate clockwise (circular arrow), Download as a PDF (down arrow), Print (printer icon), Fit to page (small inner arrows), Zoom in (plus sign), and Zoom out (minus sign).
If you are printing a large batch, it is recommended that you download the report to print instead of viewing and printing.
3. Click the Download button to download the report directly to your computer.
The file will download to your computer as a PDF where you can then open it to review and/or print, etc.
4. To delete an SSRS Report batch, click the delete button (red minus sign).
The Publishing tab allows the report cards to be published to the Parent/Student Portal for specific schools, grade levels, and marking periods using report templates. A Start Date must be defined.
In order to publish reports to Student and Parent Portals, you must have Publish SSRS Reports to Portal Edit permission via Users > Profiles.
1. Click the Publishing tab to publish the reports to the Student and/or Parent Portals.
2. Select the applicable schools from the School pull-down to publish reports by school.
3. Select the appropriate School from the pull-down. You can select as many schools as necessary. The schools selected here determine which students' reports will be published.
4. Select the Grade Level fro the pull-down. You can select as many grade levels as necessary. The grade levels selected here determine which students' reports will be published.
5. Select the appropriate SSRS Template from the pull-down. The options listed here are established by the district's configuration file.
6. Enter a Custom Title of the report, if needed.
7. Select the Marking Period from the pull-down to determine the student data to be published via the SSRS Reports.
8. Enter a Start Date in the provided text box to determine when the reports will be published. Note: If a date is not entered here, the reports will not be published. You also have the option of entering a Start Time.
9. If you want the reports to be published for students and parents for a limited amount of time, enter an End Date in the provided text box. You also have the option of setting a specific End Time.
10. Select the Include Inactive Students check box to publish the report Portal link for inactive students as well, such as recent graduates.
11. When all information has been entered and selected, click a text box and press the Enter key to save the information. Once saved, the line will turn blue.
12. Once published, the SSRS Report displays on the Student and Parent Portals in the Reports tab, as shown in the image. Student can then click the download link to download and view the report in a PDF file.
When the next report card is published, it will display in place of the latest published report card. If other kinds of report cards are published, such as Standard Grades Report Cards, Report Cards, or Progress Reports, all reports will display simultaneously with the most recent of each card displaying.
If a District Report has been created as an SSRS Report, upon selecting the report from the SSRS Report pull-down, users can skip the Student Search via the Generate tab and click the "Edit/Run this District Report" button to open the report on the District Reports screen.
1. From the SSRS Reports screen, select the applicable SSRS Report from the pull-down.
2. Once the applicable report has been selected, click the Edit/Run this District Report button to open the SSRS Report in District Reports.
3. The report opens the Edit window in District Reports. Your abilities to edit the report vary depending on your profile permissions.
Click the down arrow next to the student Photo to open the category menu, which includes quick links to the following screens/information, most of which can be accessed by Student Info: Demographics, Schedule, Grades or Course History, Absences, Add Referral, Test History, SSS, Enrollment, Requests, Standard Grades, Activities, Referrals, and Grad Reqs.
Click the floppy disk icon to export the listed data to an Excel spreadsheet.
You can sort data by clicking on any of the headers. Click once for ascending results; click twice for descending results. In the example shown, results have been sorted by clicking Student twice; therefore, the listed students start with Y.
If looking for specific information housed within the resulting students, type the information in the Search text box provided and press Enter.
To make select lists full screen, click the expansion icon (four arrows). Once in full screen mode, click the icon again to exit full screen.
If results contain several pages of information, page numbers display. Click the Prev and Next buttons to sift through pages. Click the Page text box to enter a page number, then press Enter to jump to that page.
To export data to an Excel spreadsheet, click the Excel icon in the Export section.
To print data, click the Printer icon in the Export section.
Click Filters to further breakdown data.
a. To add more than one filter to a column, click on the green plus sign.
b. To delete an added filter, click on the red minus sign.
c. Select the gray arrow for more filtering options.
