MiReports
MiReports is a reporting tool that gives you easy access to risk data.
The CQMIR.exe application is found in your Rating Services install folder.
You can fully customize the criteria and settings for each report that
is available in MiReports. The productivity reports that are available
to view from MiReports are as follows:
- Summary of Clients Quoted:
Displays Client Information
- Quote Volume by Line: Displays
the amount of quotes per Line of Business
- Quote Volume Trend by Line:
Displays the amount of quotes per Line of Business broken up by selected
period of time (defaults to Monthly)
- Quote Volume by User: Displays
the amount of quotes performed per user
- Quote Volume Trend by User:
Displays the amount of quotes performed per user broken up by selected
period of time (defaults to Monthly)
- Quote Volume by Insurer:
Displays collective information for each line of business per Insurance
company
- Quote Volume by Location:
Displays collective information for each line of business per Postal
Code. If a selected postal code does not have data within the specified
time range, it will not be displayed in the generated report.
- Quote Volume Trend by Location:
Displays collective information for each line of business per Postal
Code broken up by selected period of time (defaults to Monthly). If
a selected postal code does not have data within the specified time
range, it will not be displayed in the generated report.
Setting Up Reports Criteria
The main screen of MiReports enables you to customize your desired type
of report, as well as the timeframe, and the province, city, and postal
code you want to report on.
- In the Reports section,
select the radio
button for the report you want to generate.
- In the Reporting Period
section, select the timeframe for report.
- Select time frame (default):
Select a time
frame (Current Month,
Prior Month, Last 3 Months, Last 6 Months, Last 9 Months,
or Year to date) from
the dropdown menu
- From/To: Enter a From date
or select a date
from the dropdown calendar and enter a To
date
or select a date
from the dropdown calendar.
- Based On: Select a
based on
radio button option for the report. The selection here determines
which quote date will be used in the report. The Quote
Processed Date option will report based on the date the
quote was initially created while the Quote
Effective Date option will report based on the effective
date of the policy.
- In
the Locations section, select
a province
from the Select Province
dropdown. The province selected in the dropdown field populates the
Selected Locations field
with the city names and postal codes from Auto and Property quotes
for that province in the current database.
If necessary, to further refine the locations that display for the
selected province, do the following:
- Click the Select
Locations button.
- On the Set Locations
window you can define which cities/Postal codes the report uses.
By default, all cities and postal codes are selected for the province.
The Available Cities
list displays all cities currently in the database for the province.
Select the cities
you want to include in the report.
To reflect the selected city or cities, the Available
Postal Code and Selected
Locations lists will repopulate.
- The postal codes that populate in the Available
Postal Codes list are postal codes associated to the cities
selected in the Available Cities
list. Select the postal
codes you want to include in the list.
- The Selected Locations display the combination of cities and
postal codes selected in the Available
Cities and Available
Postal Codes lists. Click OK
to accept the changes and return to the main screen to see your
selected cities and postal codes display in the Selected
Locations field.
- Once you have set up your reports criteria, you can edit your selected
report individual settings or you can generate the report.
Edit a Report's Individual
Settings
Once you have reports criteria set up on the main screen, all options
for all reports are selected by default, so you may wish to revise the
reports' individual settings. Editing the reports’ settings enables you
to customize the information that displays on the report when it is generated.
Different reports will have different editable options.
- In the Reports section
on the main screen, if your report is not already selected, select
the radio button
for the report you want to edit.
- Do one of the following:
- Click Edit
on the options bar
- Click Edit
> Modify on the menubar
- The Edit Report window
displays. The Select Filter Criteria
section contains Lines of Business,
Users, and Insurance Companies
options to include or exclude in the report along with a Time
Interval selection. The options that display in the Select
Filter Criteria vary depending on which report is selected.
- Line of Business: All
reports use the same line of business. To include lines of business,
select the checkbox
that corresponds with the line of business you want to include
in the report. To exclude a line of business, deselect the checkbox
that corresponds with the line of business you want to exclude
from the report.
Note:
Use the Check All checkbox
to select or deselect all lines of businesses in the list.
- User: All users in
the current database displays in the User
list. To include a user, select the checkbox
that corresponds with the user you want to include in the report.
To exclude a user deselect the checkbox
that corresponds with the user you want to exclude.
Note:
Use the Check All checkbox
to select or deselect all users in the list.
- Insurance Company:
All insurance companies display in the Insurance
Company list. To include an insurance company select the
checkbox
that corresponds with the insurance company you want to include
in the report. To exclude a user deselect the checkbox
that corresponds with the insurance company you want to exclude.
Note:
Use the Check All checkbox
to select or deselect all users in the list.
- Time Interval: The
time interval selected in the Time
Interval dropdown determines how the quote information
displays on the report: by days of the week, monthly, or daily.
Click the Time
Interval dropdown and select a time
interval option from the dropdown menu.
- The Select Fields to Display
on Output section uses every item in the Selected
field area and runs those against the Select
Filter Criteria items. Several reports have Row
and Columns tabs that identify
where that item will display as a heading on the generated report.
If the tabs do not exist for a report, then the items in the Selected list will display as column
headings.
The Summary
of Clients Quoted report has a Sort
By button
which allows you to select Selected criteria and choose to
sort them in ascending or descending order on the generated report.
You can do the following from the Select
Fields to Display on Output section:
- Click the right
arrow button
to move your selected items from the Available
list to the Selected
list.
- Click the left
arrow button
to move your selected items from the Selected
list to the Available
list
- In the Selected list
click the up
arrow or down
arrow
to reorder the items that display in
the list and reorder the selected items in the generated report.
Note:
You can select multiple items in the list by holding the [Ctrl] key.
- Click the Run
button to generate the report. See the Generate
a Report section for information on the generated reports screen.
Generating
a Report
Once you have finished setting up your reports, criteria and settings
you are ready to run a report. The reports screen generates a report from
the combination of settings you defined on the main screen and on the
Edit Reports window for your
selected report.
- A report can be generated via the main screen or the Edit
Report window:
To run a report from the main screen do one of the following:
To run
a report from the Edit Report
window, click the Run
button.
- The layout of the generated report is as follows:
- The name of the report that was generated displays under the
MiReports logo, followed by the time interval selected, if applicable.
- The reporting period duration and the date and time the reported
was generated displays under the name of the report.
- All selected city names and their associated postal codes display
under the Locations – Province
Name section. Click the dropdown
arrow button
in this section to close the dropdown and hide the city names
and postal codes that display.
- The information gathered from the Edit
Report window generates with the associated column and
row headings.
- The Top hyperlink returns you to the top
of the report.
- To save the report as a PDF, do the following:
- Click the Save
button
or click File
>Save on the menubar.
- The name of the report defaults as the file name. Revise the
file name
and the location
of the file if necessary.
- Click Save.
To print the report, do the following:
- Click the Print
button
or click File
> Print on the menubar.
- A message displays indicating that the selected report is best
printed in Landscape Orientation. Click OK.
- The Print window displays.
Select your printer,
change the printing orientation to Landscape
if not already selected by default. Select other printer settings,
if necessary, and click Print.
To preview the report, do the following:
- Click the Print
Preview button
or click File
> Print Preview on the menubar.
- The message displays that the selected report is best printed
in Landscape Orientation. Click OK.
- The Print Preview
window displays. Click the Print
button
and on the Print
window, select your printer,
change the printing orientation to Landscape
if not already selected by default and click Print.
To export the report to CSV, do the following:
Click the Export to CSV
button
or click File
> Export to CSV on the menubar.
The Save
As screen displays. Navigate to the local or network drive
where you wish to store the report.
Revise the
file name
if necessary and click Save.
- Once finished reviewing the report do one of the following:
- Click the X
in the upper right corner to close the window.
- Click File
> Close on the menubar to close the window.
- Click Window
> Main View to return to the main screen and leave the
report open.