In an uncustomized Registry, the Reports tab is available to all User types.

Reports are designed by Registry Administrators and other users to make records discoverable and grouped together according to their technical aspects and properties. For example, you may want to locate all Interfaces that are currently listed at being in Beta testing. Or, when troubleshooting, you may want to locate all records and XSD schema types defined under a specific Namespace.

Generating a report returns list views sorted by all record types that share a technical aspect. Nearly all technical aspects and properties are defined by taxonomies and tModels. For this reason the view in which reports can be accessed is named Browse Taxonomies. You can switch between record types using tabs on the right side of the central panel.

Reports can be customized. Still, many reporting mechanisms come standard with your BEA AquaLogic Service Registry installation. Some technical aspects through which reports aggregate records correspond to industry specifications and initiatives like whether an Endpoint or an Interface complies with Web Services Interoperability. Others are unique to the BEA AquaLogic Service Registry. The use of others still is reserved for Administrators and Users to define but are included as a recommendation. In a custom registry, further aspects and properties may be added. Special reports may then be built around them.