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- Back Button – Don't press the back button! Sigma functions using tabbed windows and pressing the back button will lose your current progress.
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Introduction
Standard Reporting provides users with access to a library of three hundred template reports which have a number of user defined filters, however these reports cannot be copied and then modified. User in Standard Reporting are not able to define their own reporting formats.
Sigma EI provides the capability for user to copy and modify existing report templates and build their own reports and templates.
Using Standard Reporting
There are a number of standard reports available that can be run with just three simple steps:
Choose the report
Select the list of items
Set the report configuration and 
Report Configuration
Only run on certain objects (check the icons that are accepted). In this example a Site, Site Group or Organisation are required to run the report.
Require a Cost Definition of 'Day & Night' to be setup. This specifies the pence per unit applied over a certain time period.
Dates – various options, end dates, start dates, period required.
Commodity – drop down option normally available for reporting commodity.
Toolbar Features
Once the report has been run it will display in the centre of the screen. The toolbar along the top provides the following options:
Remove the current selected report 
Export to Excel 
Export to PDF 
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Email the report 
Zoom in/out 
Go to previous/next report 
Tick shows the report has been successfully completed 
Download the report as a zip file 
List of created reports 
Button to stop reports automatically displaying 
– the report runs, but does not show on screen until you click
Document drop down 
to display same report on another selected Site
Searching for a Report
There is a filter tool that can be used if you know the name of the report you are looking for. For example, if you type weekly and select 
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Clicking 
will remove the filter.
Favourite Reports
If you find a report that you particularly like, you can right click on it and select Add to Favourites.
The report will then be stored under the favourites section each time you log in.
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Hints & Tips
- Side Panels – When you see the graphic below on a panel it can be collapsed using a mouse click. You can re-open the panel by clicking on the same graphic.
- Section Stacks – Where you see the arrow icon on sections you can click to collapse / expand the section.
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Scheduling a Report
There is a schedule button 
within the Reporting activity which will allow you to schedule your report to run at a later date.