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This section contains basic information about report category definitions in the Metrix Asset Management system.
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Report Categories
Report Categories, sometimes referred to as Tags, in the Metrix Asset Management System provide the ability for users to apply custom levels of organisation to their asset portfolio. This has proven to be very useful for grouping otherwise unrelated assets and components together for specific reporting purposes.
A report categories is simply a custom category, set by your administrators, with pre-defined category options, also configured by your administrators.
Example
A classic example of a report category is a ‘Responsible Officer’ report category for ‘Airport’ assets. At an airport, there are many different asset classifications ranging from water/sewer infrastructure, transportation assets, as well as the airport specific items. All of these pieces of infrastructure could have different asset/component classifications that span different asset classes. A report category of ‘Responsible Officer - Airport Manager’ would allow you to group them together for specific reporting purposes.
Report Category ID
Using the correct ID is important when accessing Metrix via APIs or using CSV file imports. The following details the ID values that can be used for report category references.
Report Category & Option ID
The report category ID is the only way to make a valid reference to a report category & option combination from external locations such as API calls or CSV Data Imports. Once a report category has been created, the ID value (which will remain constant regardless of alterations) can be found in the report category preview table in the ‘Code’ column.
