Create a Report Using a Report Topic

Ad Hoc Reporting Guide
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R2025.2.1
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2025-11-10T19:54:31.807000
Create a Report Using a Report Topic

You can use the report designer to create a report based on one of the report topics.

To create a report:

  1. Go to Reporting and Analytics > Reporting > Classic Reports and click the Reports tab.
  2. Click Add above the reports list and then click Add Report from Topic:
  3. New button above the list of reports.
  4. In the Add Report from Topic dialog box, select the topic that you want to base your report on. You can use the following methods to choose a topic:
    • If you know the name of the topic, select it in the list.
    • If you want to browse the topics, click the topic names in the list to display more information about them. When you select a topic, Dayforce displays a list of the fields that are available to use in your report. To view more information about the fields, click the field names.
    • If you know the name of a field that you want to include in the report, enter the field name in the search box. Dayforce displays topics where either the topic name or a field in the topic contains the search terms.
    In the following screenshot, you enter pay amount in the search box to view a list of topics that contain fields with those words. Then you select the Pay topic and Dayforce displays more information about the topic, including a description of the information in the topic and the topic type (V1 or V2). You select the Pay Amount field to view more information about that field, including sample data that shows how the data will be displayed in the report column:Create New Report dialog box with a topic and field selected to display information about the field.
  5. Note: Dayforce displays the message “No sample available” in the Sample Data area if no data is available for that field or if you don’t have the necessary access permissions to view data for that field.
  6. Click OK. The report designer opens with the empty report in a new tab.
  7. Report designer with the new report in a new tab.
  8. Add one or more fields as columns in your report by clicking the field name and dragging to the right side. You must add at least one field to the report before you can save it.
  9. Click Save.

You can edit reports using the controls in the report designer. See Edit Reports.