Manage Report Templates

Report templates provide a convenient way to create and save your shipment viewing preferences. You can customize the report layout by selecting the data columns to display as well as the column order and sorting behavior. You may limit the scope of shipments for each of your reports by specifying the data source. You may also define up to three shipment-filtering criteria in each report.

CargoSmart provides you with two predefined report templates and allows you to customize up to 10 report templates. You can set a report schedule for each template.

Manage Report Templates allows you to create, modify, share, or delete report templates.

Create New Report Template

From My CargoSmart Center:

Tip: Before saving the report template, you may elect to share the report template with company users.

Create Report Template from existing Report Template

You may create a report template based upon your own template, a shared company template, or a shared associate company template if your associate has elected to share report templates with your company through the Relationship Manager.
 

From My CargoSmart Center:

To retrieve one of your report templates:

Tips: Before saving the report template, you may elect to share the report template with company users.

If you select one of the system default report templates, you may select Copy to New Template to copy to a new report template.

 

To retrieve a shared company report template:

To retrieve a shared company report template:

Tip: Associate company's templates are only available if the Administrator of an associate company has granted sharing rights to your company on one or more report templates.

Set Report Layout

From New or Edit Report Template, under Report Layout:

Tip: CargoSmart has a set of predefined rules associated with the Report Layout. For more information, please refer to Tips on Report Layout.

Set Report Filtering Options

From New or Edit Report Template, under Data Source:

Tips: Each general user is only allowed to view his/her company's shipments based on the assigned user shipment coverage, if any.

CargoSmart provides a comprehensive list of shipment filtering options for report generation. This includes status (e.g. booking status, container status), routing (e.g. origin, destination), parties (e.g. shipper, consignee), schedule options (e.g. vessel arrival, departure) and cargo options (e.g. cargo type, traffic mode). You may define up to three filtering options per report template. For more information, please refer to Tips on Data Source.

Customize Layout

From New or Edit Report Template, under Customize Layout:

Tip: Display options are not available for all Column Details and Report Details.

Report File Format

From New or Edit Report Template, under Report File Format:

Tip: If you selected Combine Multiple Data under Customize Layout Report Details, choose the Comma Delimited (.csv) file format.

Set Report Schedule

From New or Edit Report Template, under Report Schedule:

Tip: CargoSmart has a set of predefined rules associated with the setting of a report schedule. For more information, please refer to Tips on E-mail Report Schedule.

Preview Reports

Before saving a report template or scheduling a report, you may elect to preview the shipment report by selecting Preview Report:
 

From My CargoSmart Center:

From My CargoSmart Center:

Tip: CargoSmart allows you to preview reports with up to 10 of the most recent shipments that satisfy the criteria defined in the template.

Modify Report Template

From My CargoSmart Center:

 

Tips: CargoSmart only enables you to replace a modified report template that you originally created. To modify and save a report template created by another user, rename and save it as your own template.

If you modify and replace a shared report template that you originally created, CargoSmart will automatically replace it in My Company Templates and Associate Company's Templates lists.

If you enter a new name, you will save a new template and your original template will remain unchanged.

Delete Report Template

From My CargoSmart Center:

Tips: If you delete a report template which has a defined schedule, CargoSmart will automatically remove it from your scheduled requests.  

Select Refresh on Report Templates to see the refreshed template list after you add, delete or modify report templates.

CargoSmart only allows you to delete a report template from My Templates. You may not delete a report template created by another user.

If you delete a shared report template from My Templates, CargoSmart will automatically remove it from My Company Templates and Associate Company's Templates lists.

Share Report Templates with Company Users

From My CargoSmart Center:

From Report Templates:

Tip: To share a template with associates it must first be shared with your company.