Working With the Master Index Data Manager

Running MIDM Reports

Reports are run from the Reports page of the MIDM. You need the appropriate security permissions to run the production and activity reports from the MIDM. Production and activity reports require that a time period be defined in the search criteria, and certain reports take additional search criteria.

ProcedureTo Run Reports From the MIDM

  1. In the MIDM tabbed headings, click the Reports tab.

    The Reports Search page appears.

    Figure 66 Reports Search Fields

    Figure shows the Reports Search fields.

  2. On the Reports Search page, select the type of report to run from Reports sub-tabs.

  3. Enter the search criteria (for more information, see About Report Search Fields on the MIDM).

  4. Click Search.

    The selected report appears, as shown in the following figure .

    Figure 67 Potential Duplicate Report Sample

    Figure shows a sample Potential Duplicates Report.

  5. To sort the report by a single column, click that column name.

  6. To change whether the column is sorted by ascending or descending order, click again on the column.

  7. To print the report, click Print in the upper right portion of the window.

About Report Search Fields on the MIDM

The report search fields let you specify a date range for each report. For Potential Duplicate reports, you can also specify the status of the potential duplicates returned by the search.

Table 10 Report Search Fields

In this field ... 

type or select ... 

From Date

The start date for the report. The report will retrieve transactions that occurred beginning on this date through the date specified in the To Date field. 

From Time

The start time for the report, in the format HHmmss. 

To Date

The end date for the report. 

To Time

The end time for the report, in the format HHmmss. 

Report Maximum Size

For Potential Duplicate and Assumed Match reports only, the number of records to display for the report. This allows you to limit the size of the report, which can grow quite large in some cases. 

System

For Potential Duplicate reports only, the source system of the potential duplicate profiles to retrieve. You can specify all systems by leaving this field blank. This field is not visible for any other type of report.