Reporting

Xibo provides useful metrics for Users, who have the relevant enabled Features and Sharing options, to view reports within the CMS. These are designed to provide a centralised area for analysis into Display performance and usage as well as detailed Proof of Play reports which are all available from All Reports under the Reporting section on the main menu.

Display Metrics

• Display Statistics: Bandwidth

The CMS records the bandwidth used by each Display when connecting to XMDS for content and when reporting back Display information.

• Select the range and click on Apply. Leaving the Display field empty will show a bandwidth chart total per Display:

• Filter to just one Display and click on Apply to see each call that the Player made to XMDS in isolation:

Filtering to just one Display helps to better understand where bandwidth has been used.

Did you know…you can set a bandwidth limit per Display!

Use the All Reports button to return to the Reporting dashboard or use the Reports drop down menu to select another ‘Display’ report to view.

• Time Connected/Disconnected

The CMS records all Displays/Display Groups on/offline events to provide a breakdown regarding a Displays availability.

The Time Connected Report will give a breakdown of % connected (shown in green) and % disconnected (shown in blue)

• Select the Range and Group by Hour or Day of Month.

• Leave the Display/Display Group field empty to view all or select Displays/Display Groups to view.

• Click Apply

The Summary gives a further breakdown between specified dates for Displays/Display Groups and shows the number of days connected/disconnected:

Proof of Play

Each Display can collect information to provide Proof of Play Reports on what they have shown by:

• Layout - this will show all instances of the selected Layout being shown.
• Media - this will show all instances of the selected Media file being shown.
• Widget - this will give a report on that one selected Widget contained within a Layout. (This also includes Widgets that do not contain Library media files, such as Text).
• Event - If the Player supports collection from external sensors, Event stats will be recorded and shown in Reports.

• To collect Proof of Play reports Enable Stats Reporting and set the Aggregation level on a Display Profile Setting

Proof of Play Default Settings

Statistical collection can be enabled by default from the Settings page under the Administration section of the main CMS menu.

Click on the Displays tab:

Aggregation level

Set the level of collection of Proof of Play statistics to be applied to all Layouts / Media and Widget items as default.

• Individual - statistics are recorded at the start and finish of each item individually and sent back to the CMS at each collection interval.
• Hourly - records each item once, and includes the total number of times played and the length of time played during the hour and is sent back to the CMS on the next collection interval after the hour period has expired.
• Daily - records each item once, and includes the total number of times played and the length of time played during the day and is sent back to the CMS on the next collection interval after the day has expired.

Players aggregate ‘completed records’ only, with collection made at the end of the Widgets duration so if a Widget has a duration of 3 hours, the stat will be recorded once the Widget has expired!

Enable Stats Collection

• Tick the box to enable the collection of Proof of Play statistics to all Displays as default.

This can be toggled on/off by editing Display Setting Profiles.

Enable Layout Stats Collection

• Tick the box to set the default to on for the collection of Proof of Play statistics for all newly added Layouts.

Collection can be disabled by unticking the box on the Add/Edit Layout form.

Enable Media Stats Collection

• Use the dropdown menu to select the default setting to use for the collection of Proof of Play statistics for all Media items.

  Off On Inherit

Enable Playlist Stats Collection

• Use the dropdown menu to select the default setting to use for the collection of Proof of Play statistics for all Playlists.

  Off On Inherit

Enable Widget Stats Collection

• Use the dropdown menu to select the default setting to use for the collection of Proof of Play statistics for all Widgets.

  Off On Inherit

It is intended to have Widget always set to Inherit so that Layout and Media options control the collection!

Proof of Play Reports

• Proof of Play: Export

Use Export to select from and to dates for a Display to easily see all Proof of Play data exported to a CSV.

Proof of Play: Report

• Select a Range from the dropdown or specify your own dates and times and use the filter fields as necessary.
• Click Apply

Returned results can be exported to a CSV!

Click on All Reports to return to the Reports Dashboard or use the Reports dropdown to select from the available Proof of Play Reports.

Chart: Summary/Distribution by Layout, Media or Event

Charts show an aggregate duration and number of plays the selected Layout, Media or Event.

• Select a Range.
• Choose the Type and use the drop down to further specify the type selected.
• Click Apply.

Library

Library Usage

View Library usage for all Users of the CMS or filter to have an overview of usage by an individual User/User Group.

Schedule

Reports can be scheduled to run on a Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly basis.

Chart: Distribution and Chart: Summary Reports must have the Type and the named Layout/Media/Event selected to activate the Schedule button.

• Click on the Schedule button and complete the necessary form fields for the particular report type.

• A PDF of the report can be emailed to users by ticking the Should an email be sent? checkbox

Scheduled Reports can also be emailed to additional email addresses entered in the Email addresses field.

To use this functionality, ensure that a Sending email address has been set on the Network tab of the CMS Settings page, which is located under the Administration section of the main menu.

Report Schedules

• Click on the Report Schedules button to view all schedules by Owner/Type.

• Use the row menu for a report for further options:

  

  Saved Reports

Click on Saved Reports to view all run reports.

Use the checkbox to only view your own run reports!

Use the row menu to view a saved report,schedule, export as a PDF or delete.

Report Schedules and Saved Reports can also be accessed directly from the CMS menu under the Reporting section.