Asset Counter Report

The Asset Counter Report provides a count of each type of asset under a particular root node. For example, if you wanted to know how many Standard Pages or PDFFiles that are in your Site, you can set up and run this report to view this information. You can filter this report based on asset types and can determine how it is ordered.

Details Screen

The Details screen allows you to configure the settings of the Asset Counter Report. For more information about the Status, Future Status and Thumbnail section of the Details screen, see the Details Screen chapter in the Asset Screens manual.  

Details

This section allows you to configure what the Asset Counter Report will show. The Details section of the Details screen is shown in the figure below.

The Details section of the Details screen

The fields available are as follows:

• Report Name: by default, the name that was entered into the Report Name field when the report was created will appear in this field. You can change the name of the report by clicking into this field and entering the new Report Name.
• Root Node: by default this field is left blank. This means that the Asset Counter Report will be generated for the entire system. If you wanted to run the report on a specific section of your system, for example your Site, you can specify the parent asset of this section in this field
• Regenerate Report: by default, if the report has never been generated, no information will appear in this field, as shown in the figure below. Once the report has been generated, the date, time and which user generated the report will appear in this section, as shown in the figure below. Whenever the report is regenerated, this information will be updated.  

  
  The Report information in the Regenerate Report field   

  To generate the latest version of the report, click Generate the latest version of this report and click Commit.

Tip: The last version of the report that was generated is stored so that you can view it without having to regenerate it. If you want the latest version of your report, however, you need to regenerate it.

Asset Types

This section allows you to restrict which asset types are counted for the report. For example, you can create a report that only counts the Standard Pages in your Site instead of all of the assets in your Site. The Asset Types section of the Details screen is shown in the figure below.

The Asset Types section

The fields available are as follows:

• Current Asset Types: by default, the Current Asset Types field is empty meaning that all assets are counted. Once you have added an asset type, it will appear in this field, as shown in the figure below.  

  
  The Page Standard asset type listed in the Current Asset Types field  

  Check the Inherit Types box to include the child type assets in the report.
• Add Asset Types: this field allows you to add the asset types to be counted on the report. Select the asset type you want to add from the list provided and click Commit. The asset type will appear in the Current Asset Types section above.

Sorting

This section allows you to determine how you want the Asset Counter Report to be sorted. When changing these options, the affects will be visible on the report without having to regenerate it. The Sort By section of the Details screen is shown in the figure below.

The Sorting section

The fields available are as follows:

• Sort By: select the sort order for the generated report from the list provided. The default value is Code. You can select from the following options:  
  • Count: this option sorts the report by the count of each asset type.
  • Name: this option sorts the report by the name of the asset type. For example, PDF File and Standard Page.
  • Code: this option sorts the report by the code of the asset type. For example, pdf_file and page_standard.
• Reverse Sort: select whether or not to sort the report in the reverse order. The default value is No.

Report Screen

By default, if the report has not been generated, the Report screen will not show any information. Once the report has been generated, it will appear on this screen, as shown in the figure below.

The Report and Asset Type Counts sections of the Report screen

This information that is displayed on this screen is as follows:

• Icon: this column shows the icon for the asset type.
• Count: this column shows the number of assets of this type.
• Code: this column shows the code for this asset type.
• Type: this column shows the name of the asset type.

The sort order that was selected on the Details screen is shown at the top of the report.

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