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title: "Setting up the Configurable Reports Block in Moodle"
description: "After you install the Moodle Configurable Report Block, you will need to create your custom report. The steps below explain how to set up a basic custom report in the Configurable Report Block...."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/moodle/set-up-configurable-reports-block/
date: 2013-06-19
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Moodle"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Setting up the Configurable Reports Block in Moodle

After you [install the Moodle Configurable Report Block](/support/edu/moodle/configurable-reports-block/), you will need to create your custom report. The steps below explain how to set up a basic custom report in the Configurable Report Block.

## Setting up the General Settings for your Custom Report

1. [Log into the Moodle Dashboard](/support/edu/moodle/additional-name-fields/).
2. [![Moodle Configurable reports manage reports](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-5-manage-reports.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-5-manage-reports.png) Go to the *Configurable Blocks* block. **Note!** If you do not see the block you will need to add it. See the previous tutorial. Click the **Manage reports** link.
3. [![Add Moodle Configurable reports](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-6-add.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-6-add.png) Initially there will be No Reports available. Click **Add Report**.
4. [![Option Moodle Configurable reports](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-7-options-add.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-7-options-add.png) Enter the name of the Report and the Summary. In the *Type of Report*, you can select the following types for reports. Select the type of report. Check the *Export in XLS Format* of you want the report to be downloaded to an Excel spreadsheet. Click **Add**.
   1. Categories Report
   2. Courses Report
   3. SQL Report
   4. Timeline Report
   5. User Report

## Configure the columns for the custom report

1. [![User Profile field Moodle Configurable reports](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-8-user-profile-field.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-8-user-profile-field.png) Next, you will need to add the columns to your report. Select the type from the *Add* drop box. In this case we are adding a *User Profile Field*. **Note!** These options will vary depending on what type of report you selected in the Report General Settings.
2. [![Add Field Moodle Configurable reports](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-9-add-field.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-9-add-field.png) Choose from the column drop box what type of data you will be displaying in the report. In this case, We are going to display the students *usernames*. Give the Column and Cell properties a name. Click **Add**.
3. [![Columns Moodle Configurable reports](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-10-columns.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-10-columns.png) Repeat the same steps adding the parameters you want in the report. Once finished you should have a list of fields like the snapshot to the right. To see the report, click the *View Report* tab. [![View the report Moodle Configurable reports](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-11-edit.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-11-edit.png) The report will look similar to the snapshot to the right. [![Edit teh report Moodle Configurable reports](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-12-edit.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_moodle_202_configurable-reports-block_moodle-customizable-report-block-12-edit.png) You can always go back to the Manage Reports and edit the Report to add or remove fields in the Report parameters.