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title: Adding a New Usage Report
slug: zen-master/adding-a-new-usage-report
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createdAt: 2024-12-27T19:54:32.454Z
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**To add a New Usage Report:**

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In the main navigation, click **Reports**.
The Reports screen opens.
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Click** + Add**.
The **Create New Report** window is displayed:

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In the **Info** section, in the **Name** field, enter a name for the new report.
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In the **Tags **field, select one or more of the predefined Tags from the drop-down list. This will determine who is authorized to access this Report.
Tags are used for access control. By selecting a Tag you are relating this Report to that Tag. Tags are associated with certain roles (through the Users & Roles screen), and roles, in turn, are associated with users and user groups. If you would like to create a new Tag, see [Creating a Tag](docId\:YpM9tw81ap6nq8sTKv4Rd) .
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In the **Configuration** section, under **Report Type**, verify that **Usage Report** is selected (default).
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In the **Types** section, select the checkbox next to each type of object that you would like to include in the Report. Options are: *Sources*, *Targets* and *Transcoding*.
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In the **Granularity** field, select from the drop-down list the unit of time by which the data will be broken down. Possible values are: *Hour*, *Day* or *Week *(default).
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In the **Select Time Period By** section, click on a radio button to select the time period of the report. Options are: *Period* (default), *Month*, *Quarter* or *Custom Range*.

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The Time Period settings included in the report configuration are applied as the default time period when you generate a run of this report. However, while generating the report you have the option of adjusting the time period.
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- For **Period**, select from the drop-down list the time period that will be included in the report.
- For **Month**, select from the drop-down list the month for which the report will be generated.
- For **Quarter**, select from the drop-down list the quarter for which the report will be generated.
- For **Custom** **Range**, select:
  1. In the **From Date** field, select the date from which data is included in the report.
  2. In the **To Date** field, select the date until which data is included in the report.
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In the **Time** **Zone** field, select from the drop-down list the time zone on which the report schedule is based.
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In the **Filter** section, in the **Only Show Objects With Selected Tags **field, select from the drop-down list the Tags associated with the objects you would like to include in the report.

- Select the **Match All** radio button if you want only objects that contain all selected Tags to be included in the report.
- Select the **Match Any** radio button if you want objects that contain any of the selected Tags to be included in the report.
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In the **Do Not Show Objects With Selected Tags** field, select from the drop-down list the Tags associated with the objects you would not like included in the report.

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These fields relate to defining the **content** of the Report as opposed to the Tag field discussed in step 4, which controls **access** to the report itself.
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In the **Name Filter (include)** field, enter text to be used as a filter for elements to include in the Report.
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In the **Name Filter (exclude)** field, enter text to be used as a filter for elements to exclude from the Report.
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In the **Status** field, select from the drop-down list the statuses of objects to be included in the report.

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The default setting is to include all statuses. Once a status has been removed, it can be re-included by selecting it from the dropdown list.
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Click **Save**.
The new Usage report is created

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After "adding" a report, the report is not actually created until you generate a specific "run" of the report, see [Generating Reports](docId\:e-OxSwMdFgZQDKtgxaAe5).
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