Game Reports
Present your post-game analysis with interactive Reports
Introduction
Game Reports are an ideal way to present post-game Analysis to your team management and/or players. Reports are built in a similar way to Dashboards but include additional components such as a Text Editor, External Links, Embedded Images and Videos - all designed to enable you to combine the best of textual description, along with data, visualisations and videos. Reports are interactive, and can be shared along with your game using existing methods such as the Google Drive shared links or shared via the Cloud Workspace. They can also be exported as a PDF, for printing or for readers who do not have Tagger (see PDF Export below).
Layout
The layout of a report is comprised of rows, containers and components.
Rows
When you first create a report the top-level item in the report is a row. You can add containers to rows.
Containers
Containers allow you to space out the components in the report. Containers are added to rows. A container span ranges from 1 to 12. 12 spans the entire row. If a container is added with a span of 12 then the next container will start below that container. if you add 2 containers each with a span of 6 then they will be displayed side by side.
Reports may look differently on larger devices compared to mobile devices so we provide the facility in the container definition to set different container spans for mobile. If you add 2 containers each with a span of 6 then they will be displayed side by side.
Components
Components are added to containers. You can add one or more components to a container. If a component is added to a container which already has a component then the new component will get added underneath the existing one.
Components are things like Text Editors, Embedded Images, Embedded Videos, External Links, along with other common components that you would see in the Dashboard such as Charts, Position Maps, Info Cards, Comparison Tables, Metric Highlights, Metric Progressions and more.
Text Editor
Use the text editor to add text detail to your report. Use the options to style and layout your text.
External Links
External links are useful if you want to provide additional context to the reader and allow them to navigate to external sources.
Embedded Images
Embedded images can be used to embed things like logos, PDFs or other visuals on to the report.
Embedded Videos
Embedded videos are used to embed videos using a link. Links can be any publicly accessible link such as from YouTube, Google Drive embed links, OneDrive embed links and more.
This is ideal if you have created a custom playlist or a clip with telestration in the Video Studio and would like to include it into the report.
Follow the instructions here to get embedded links for objects in Google Drive and OneDrive.
Drag and Drop
Components can be dragged and dropped across the Report providing an easy way to re-configure your reports.
Report Templates
You can create Report Templates in the Configuration. Templates are really useful if you report on similar aspects of games on a regular basis.
Game reports can be created from scratch or from a Template in the Configuration.
PDF Export
A report can also be exported as a PDF, which is useful for printing, for sharing with readers who do not have Tagger, or for archiving a game. Select Export PDF in the report designer, or PDF in the report preview, to choose the page setup. Continue then opens the print preview, where Save as PDF writes the file.
Exporting a report as a PDF is available exclusively in the Tagger Desktop application, and requires an Analyst Elite or Analyst 360 package. In the web version of Tagger you can open the print preview to review the layout, but the PDF cannot be produced there.
The print preview is the document. It shows the report as pages, with each page outline, the page break between pages and the footer that every page carries, so the layout does not change when you save the PDF.
Page Setup
The page setup is chosen before the preview opens, and is remembered for the next report.
| Setting | Options |
|---|---|
| Page size | A4 or Letter |
| Orientation | Portrait (the default) or Landscape |
| Margins | Narrow (6mm), Normal (12mm) or Wide (20mm) |
| Include a title page | Adds a cover page with the teams, their logos, the final score, the competition, the date and the venue. Available when a game is open. |
| Include background colours and chart fills | Prints the report's coloured card and chart backgrounds. Turn this off for a plainer, ink-friendly document. |
| Show page numbers | Turns the page counter in the footer on or off. |
Title Page
The optional title page is a cover for the report. It carries the competition, both teams with their logos where they are available, the final score, the date and the venue, along with a small teamoppy.com credit. It always occupies a page of its own, and the report itself starts on the second page.
Embedded Media and Links
A PDF cannot play a video, so embedded content is exported in a form that still works on paper or in a reader:
- Embedded videos are exported as a thumbnail with a caption and a link to the video. Selecting the link in the saved PDF opens the video in your browser.
- Embedded images are exported as they appear in the report.
- External links stay clickable, and so does the teamoppy.com address in the footer of every page.
Text and Charts
Text is exported as real text rather than a picture, so it can be searched, selected and copied. Charts are exported as vectors, so they stay sharp at any zoom level.
Subscription
Game Reports are a feature of the Analyst Elite package. Exporting a report as a PDF requires the Analyst Elite or Analyst 360 package.
