External reports are designed for public sharing to individuals outside of your organization. Editing an external report requires additional steps, compared to internal reports, such as updating the public report identifier.
Important Notes for Published Reports: If the report has a status of Finalized and is edited and saved, it will automatically unpublish, returning the report to a Draft status. The report will need to be republished to regain finalized status.
To edit an external report, follow the steps below:
Step 1. Select Edit
After following the InitialSteps 1 and 2on the Edit Report page, select the Edit button.
External Report: Edit Button
Step 2. Edit Report Details
After selecting Edit, the following fields will become editable:
Title
Description
Audience
Public Report Identifier
If you change the Audience from External to Internal, the "Public Report Identifier" field will no longer display. This field is only required for external reports.
External Report: Editable Fields
Managing Your Edits
Once you have made changes, you have the following options:
Cancel
This will discard all changes made during this editing session and exit edit mode.
Reset
This will revert all edits back to the original state before saving.
Save
This will save all changes to the report.
External Report: Buttons to Manage Edits
Step 3: Save and Confirm Edits
Once all changes have been reviewed, select Save to apply your edits.
A confirmation modal will display to ensure you want to proceed with saving the changes.
Select Confirm to finalize the edits or select Cancel to go back and make further modifications.
External Report: Confirm Edits Modal
Important Notes:
Changes will not be saved if anyfields are missing required information.
The Title and PublicReport Identifier must be unique. If either already exists, you will need to modify it before saving.