Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

Chapter 14
Reports
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{$time_range_exclusive|report.DateAndTime|report.Device|report.Host|report.UTC|de
v_xact|host_xact|utc_xact}
UI Control:
Date and time control
Output:
Replaces tag with SQL clauses that correspond to Date and Time criteria selected in the control
{$label_exclusive|}
UI Control:
Displays a text heading only
Output:
Replaces tag with 1=1
{$yes_no_checkbox_exclusive||||field}
UI Control:
Displays a check box with the text label
Output:
Replaces tag with either checked value or unchecked value
SQL keywords
In an SQL select statement, only the SELECT clause and the FROM clause are required. The other
clauses are optional.
SQL is case sensitive. For example, if you specify %Door%, the query finds anything with the word
Door in initial caps, but does not find the word DOOR in all caps. To include both, type:
WHERE description = "%Door%" OR "%DOOR%"
The SQL database stores information in tables. A table is a collection of information organized into
columns and rows. Each table contains one or more columns. A column contains one specific type of
information, such as last_name. Each row contains all the data about one of the records the table
describes. A row contains one or more columns. In your SQL select statement, the SELECT clause
limits the columns and the WHERE clause limits the rows.
You can create direct relationships between tables when you query a database to generate a report.
The report displays data from several different tables as if the data belongs to a single table.
See Logical operators on page 295 and Relational operators on page 296 for information on
describing relations between two values.
SELECT
Use the SELECT clause to find data from selected columns in a table. The report retrieves
columns of data and lists the data under each column heading in the report. The sequence of
column names in the SELECT clause determines the sequence of column headings on the report
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