Reporting on appointments
In the previous chapter, you learned how to generate custom reports using the built-in report generator. One report source that we only mentioned briefly but didn't go into great detail about is Appointments, which deals with the face-to-face training covered in this chapter. The Appointments report source is unique in that it provides data from an activity, rather than users and courses.
First of all, you need to create a report using the Appointments report source. It is best to add the default configuration, as in the following screenshot:
In addition to the fields we find in most report sources (such as relating to the course, course enrollment, course completion, and job assignments), the attendance report source provides fields on all three appointment levels (Appointment activity, Appointment, and Appointment sessions), as well as on Attendees, as shown in the following...