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Frequency Report

The Frequency Report can provide analysis information based on a variety of measurements. It can display the data using single or multiple categories over a specified time period. The date ranges can be based on any date-type category.

The Frequency Report is commonly used to normalize the data that you are viewing, or to analyze the data that falls within a particular threshold. These thresholds can be statically defined, or calculated using the standard deviation.

For more information, see:

To access the Frequency Report:

  • From the Application Function Bar, select Reports > Reports Admin > Case Reports > Frequency Report.

Report Options

The following table provides descriptions of the options available for this report.

Field

Description

View As

Select the output type of the report. For more information, see Report Output Types.

Report Title

Type the title that you want to appear on the report results. The title displays at the top of each page of the report for the PDF, Word, and Excel formats.

Excel File Name

Enter a name for the Excel file that will contain report results.

Overwrite File

Select this check box to replace an Excel file of the same file name with new results.

Excel Sheet Name

Enter a name for the Excel sheet that will contain report results.

Overwrite Sheet

Select this check box to replace an Excel sheet of the same sheet name with new results.

Generate Columns

If columns are added on the Columns tab, the column options on the Options tab are ignored. When the report is run, a message notifies you that the columns have been set up on the Columns tab, click OK and a message indicates that you need to set up data filters on the Filters tab.

Field

Description

Category

Select a primary category for the report. You can select a date-type category or a standard data category. If you select a date-type category the Level, Display, and Top-N Limit fields are grayed out and cannot be entered. If you select a standard data category the Report Time Frame field is grayed out.

(info) Emplifi Agent reports allow you to add columns to a report for an active or inactive category and category code.

Level

If the selected category is a code hierarchy, select the level within the hierarchy on which you want to report.

Display

Select how you would like information from a code hierarchy to be displayed. You can select from either the code or one of the three descriptions, or a combination of code and description 1.

Top-N Limit

If you would like to limit the chart to include only the most frequently occurring codes, you can enter the number here (for example, show the top 5 issue reason codes and show the top 10 products with the most issues.)

Report Time Frame

This is the time frame in which data displays on the report.

If the column category is a date-type category, you must select time frames for the report. You do not need to fill out these fields if you have selected a category whose type is something other than a date.

For more detailed information on setting these values, see Time Frames and Dates on Reports and Utilities.

Show Column Total

Select this check box to display a total column. This check box is required if using the Threshold or Top N (rows) fields.

This option only applies to output types other than "Web Page." The web output always has the column totals.

Generate Row Groups

If rows are added on the Row Groupings tab, the row grouping options on the Options tab are ignored. When the report is run, a message notifies you that the rows have been set up on the Row Groupings tab, click OK to run the report.

Field

Description

Category

Enter the name of the category (field) that you want to display on the report.

Row Label

Enter a label to use as the column heading on the report.

Row Level

Select the level of the hierarchy which you want to include on the report. This field is ignored for categories that do not use codes.

Row Display

Select how you would like data from this category to be displayed. You can choose to display the actual code value, description 1, 2, or 3, or a combination of the code and description1.

Data

Field

Description

Filter On

Displays the column by which to filter the data that is displayed on the report. If the Column Category field is not a date category, the filter is based on case received date. Otherwise, the report is filtered on the selected date category.

Time Frame

This is the time frame that will be used for selecting data to appear on the report. It defaults to the same as the report time frame but does not have to be.

Between X and X

Select the date range for data to include on the report.

Row Relations

Field

Description

Address Join

This option determines how adding address fields to the report will affect the report data.

  • Caller (Required, if Referenced): If address fields are included, any cases that do not have a caller will not be included on the report.

    (info) if Referenced = if an address code is referenced in at least one column or filter.

  • Caller (Optional): If address fields are included, even cases without a caller will be included on the report.
    (info) Adding filters on address information when this option is selected may give meaningless results.

  • Other Address: Will treat address data as if it is an "Other" address.

Issue/Enclosure Join

This setting determines how information related to issues and enclosures will be included on the report.

  • Any Issue, Any Enc Req: Reports on all enclosures, regardless of their relationship with issues. Non-related issues do not appear on the report, but non-related enclosures do appear on the report. Data may be repeated because each row is showing an enclosure with all issues and vice versa.

  • Any Issue, Any Enc Opt: Reports on all issues and enclosures regardless of their relationship. Blank enclosures may appear if issues exist without related enclosures. Data may be repeated because each row is showing an enclosure with all issues and vice versa.

  • Issue and Enc Both: Reports on all related issues and enclosures. Non-related issues and non-related enclosures will not appear on the report. Issues and enclosures do not repeat unless an issue is related to multiple enclosures.

  • Issue and Enc Both Opt: Reports on all issues and their related enclosures. Non-related issues and non-related enclosures do not appear on the report. Issues and enclosures do not repeat unless an issue is related to multiple enclosures.

  • Enc and Issue Both Opt: This should be used if the basis of the report is case enclosure data (for example, totaling enclosure values or counts). All enclosures on a case (assuming they are not filtered out) will be shown and counted, but any issue data will only be included if it is pointed to by an enclosure. Issue data will appear NULL otherwise. Filtering on issue columns will only result in turning that data null, it will still count the enclosure.
    (info) This feature was added specifically for summing-up debit card values, so they still appear on the report, even if someone accidentally deletes the related issue on the case.

If you are not using both issue and enclosure data on the report, use the default value (Any Issue, Any Enc Req).

Action Join

This setting determines how information related to actions will be included in the report.

  • To Case: If a field related to actions is referenced anywhere in the report (counter, filters, columns, etc.), the action information is included along with the case information, ignoring any relationship to specific issues. If there are multiple actions and issues on a single case, a cross product will result, with the possibility of many duplicate rows and counts. For example, a case with four issues and three actions will create 12 rows.

  • To Issue: Action information is linked to issue information based on the Issue Seq field on the action. This happens no matter what other report options are specified. Data will only be listed and counted if there are both actions and issues on a case, and the action points to an issue that is still present (i.e. has not been deleted). No duplicate counting will occur from using this setting. This setting should only be used when attempting to filter or report on action data that ties to a specific issue.

RD Usage Join

This setting determines how information related to Emplifi Knowledge Agent Assist Usage will be included in the report:

  • To Case (if referenced): Select this option to show instances where Emplifi Knowledge Agent Assist was used to update case information.

  • To Issue (equi-inner-join): Select this option to show instances where Emplifi Knowledge Agent Assist was used to update issue information.

(info) You must add the special report columns Emplifi Knowledge Agent Assist Usage and Emplifi Knowledge Agent Assist Usage Update to display whether agents used these features. Use the Emplifi Knowledge Usage User column to display the ID for the users that used this feature. For information, see Special Report Columns.

Display

Field

Description

Value

This option determines how counting is done on the report. For information, see Values on the Chart and Frequency Reports.

Order

Determines the order in which row data is sorted on the report.

  • Code: Sort by the code value (or whatever text is being displayed for the row, such as description1).

  • Total/Percent: Sort by the row totals in descending order.

  • First Column: Sort by the value in the first column in descending order.

  • Last Column: Sort by the value in the last column in descending order.

Show Percentages

Determines if percentages will be shown on the report. The following options are available:

  • None: No percentages are included on the report.

  • All Columns: A percentage is shown next to the value in each column, and percentages are also shown in the group totals and report totals.

  • Totals Only: Percentages are shown only in the group totals and report totals.

Suppress Missing Values

If any of the dimensions for a row are null, it will normally show up on the report as "(none)." If this option is selected, those rows do not get included on the report.

Threshold

Enter the threshold value for the report. The default value is 1. Leaving this field blank assumes the default value. If you enter 0, the report will show all codes in the displayed hierarchy, even if they were not used on a case.

If the value for the Total column on the row is less than the specified threshold value, that row will not be included on the report.

You must select the Show Column Total check box to use the Threshold field.

(info) The Threshold value is not used if a value is entered in the Top N (rows) field.

Top N (rows)

Enter a number for the top number of rows to return on the report. For example, if you enter 10 in this field, this value could return the top ten complaints in your system. If there are tied values for a place, both values are shown on the report, so you may have more than the specified number of rows of data returned on the report.

You must select the Show Column Total check box to use the Top N (rows) field.

Std. Dev. Mult. (Standard Deviation Multiplier)

Allows the user to calculate a threshold using the standard deviation, rather than having to rely on a static threshold. For information, see Standard Deviation Threshold.

Results Language

Select the results language for the report. For more information, see the Results Language section on page Reports Overview.

Time Zone

Select the time zone to use when processing the report. This indicates the time zone to use when using dates on filters, displaying dates, and the dates used for calculating bucket counts.

If this field is blank, the dates will reflect the time zone of the user.

For category dates, only the system date time is updated for the time zone (Type J), all the other dates are shown as stored in the database.

Report Date Format

Select the format to use when displaying dates on the report. Choose from:

  • Blank or Use Date Format of Agent/System - first checks the agent's date format (set in the User Options) and if not defined it uses the system date format (set in the System Parameters).

  • yyyy-MM-dd

  • dd-MMM-yyyy

  • dd/MM/yyyy

  • MM/dd/yyyy

Report Time Format

Select the format to use when displaying time on the report. Choose from:

  • Blank or Use Time Format of Agent/System - first checks the agent's time format (set in the User Options) and if not defined it uses the system time format (set in the System Parameters).

  • Do not show Time

  • HH:mm:ss (24hr)

  • HH:mm (24hr)

  • hh:mmAM/PM

  • h:mmAM/PM

Normalization

Normalization is an optional feature of the Frequency report. Normalized reporting can provide a more accurate evaluation of your data by considering factors such as the number of units sold, the total value of items sold, or the number of customers served. For a full explanation on how normalized reporting works, see Normalized Reporting Overview.

Rows with norm set data of "0.0" or that are missing norm set data are not included in the totals for the reports.

Also, when different categories have the same code or folder value the correct normalized values are reported. In addition, when a category is the same as another company ID (not the company ID of the reporting data), the normalized values are taken from the “same as” company ID for the category. The frequency counts are taken from the company for which the report is being run.

Field

Description

Normalization Set

Select the name of the appropriate normalization set by which to normalize your report results.

Normalization sets can be entered manually (see Normalization Set Maintenance) or imported using the Normalization Data Import Utility.

Scale Factor

The scale factor is filled in directly from the information contained in the normalization data set. (For a definition of scale factor, see Normalization Set Maintenance.) You can override the value here if you want.

Period Offset

This setting allows you to normalize the data from a period against the normalization data from a previous period. The default value of zero will use the data from the current period. Enter a negative number to run the normalization using a previous period.

Example:
Today is July 1, which is in the fiscal month "July15."  You are running a report with a report time frame of Fiscal Month, with a range of "p-13" through "p-1" (June14 through June15). You want to normalize the case data in that range using the sales data for preceding month (in other words, the June05 complaint data should be normalized using the May15 sales data).
You would enter a Period Offset of "-1" to use the data for May15, because it is one period behind the reporting period.

Also Show Non-Normalized Values

Select this check box to include a column with the non-normalized values on the report.

Also Show Normalization Set Data

Select this check box to include a column with the normalized set data on the report.

Totals: Recompute Normalization, Show Norm Data, % of Norm

When the check box is selected, the norm data totals appear in all group totals (if that option is selected), the group (and column) totals are sum (raw count in group) divided by the sum (norm data in group), multiplied by the scale factor. The percentage (if shown) is the ratio of the normalized counts to the grand total normalized count (by column), so they don't add up to 100% but are a "% of Average Norm".

When the check box is cleared, the norm data totals are not shown, the group and column totals are simple sums of the normalized counts, and the percentages are based on the sum of all normalized counts (so they add up to 100%).

Show issue count when normalization value is zero

When the check box is selected and the normalization value is 0 or missing, the report will show the issue count. If this check box is clear, the report will show "DIV/0!". The check box is selected by default.

Columns

Columns not only define the data that will appear across the report, but they also act like filters in the way they select or filter out data from the report.

If columns are added on the Columns tab, the column options on the Options tab are ignored. When the report is run, a message notifies you that the columns were set up on the Columns tab. Click OK and a message indicates that you need to set up data filters on the Filters tab.

To create a new Column, use the drag-and-drop operation to move a category into the Column view. When you drag a new category onto the Column view below the existing column, it is assigned the next column sequence number.

You can add multiple columns of the same category and assign each a different label. For example, you can add three Reason category columns, but label each one "Complaints", "Inquiries", and "Results" in order to view the frequency results of each reason.

To create a column filter within a column, use the drag-and-drop operation to move a category onto an existing column. When you drag a new category onto an existing column, it is assigned the same column sequence number.

Reordering columns using drag-and-drop operation is not supported. You will need to edit the column sequence number to reorder columns.

Field

Description

Category

The category on which you want to filter the selection.

(info) Emplifi Agent reports allow you to add columns to a report for an active or inactive category and category code.

Label

Enter a descriptive label to appear at the top of the column.

Filter Criteria

Select the operator for the type of comparison you want to perform. Then, select the value(s) to compare.

Column

This is the sequence number for the column.

For more information, see Report Columns.

Filter the Report into Buckets

Emplifi Agent allows the user to run the Frequency report with a filter that places cases in “buckets” based on when the case was opened and closed. This provides a report based on the average days to close by intervals. The report includes the following buckets:

  • Case Days to Close: Displays the difference between the close date and the date opened, expressed in days.

  • Issue Days to Close: Displays the difference between the close date and the date opened, expressed in days.

  • Case Age in Days: Displays the number of days since the case was opened. This is the difference between the current date and the date opened, expressed in days.

  • Issue Age in Days: Displays the number of days since the issue was opened. This is the difference between the current date and the date opened, expressed in days.

To filter by these buckets, add a new column to the report and select one of the above buckets in the Category field. The column is displayed on the report with the number of cases that matches that particular buckets criteria.

Row Groupings

To add a new row grouping, select a category from the pane on the right side of the screen to expand it. Then, use drag and drop to move your selection into the Row Groupings pane.

To delete a row grouping, use drag and drop to move it back into the pane on the right.

To re-order row groupings, on the Row Grouping pane use drag and drop to move the row groupings in the order you want them to display.

If rows are added on the Row Groupings tab, the row grouping options on the Options tab are ignored. When the report is run, a message notifies you that the rows have been set up on the Row Groupings tab. Click OK to run the report.

Field

Description

Row Category

Enter the name of the category (field) that you want to display on the report.

Row Label

Enter a label to use as the column heading on the report.

Level

Select the level of the hierarchy which you want to include on the report. This field is ignored for categories that do not use codes.

Display

Select how you would like data from this category to be displayed. You can choose to display the actual code value, description 1, 2, or 3, or a combination of the code and description1.

Page

Select this option to force a page break when the group value changes.

Special Reports Columns

For information about Special Report Columns, see Special Report Columns.

Filters

For information, see Filters in Emplifi Agent.

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