Work-hacks at Meridix

There are a lot of keyboard shortcuts available when you are using the Dashboard. Simply press the “?” key when you are in a Dashboard and all the shortcuts will be presented to you.

Use these shortcuts to easily move around in your Dashboard and between different functions.

There is a way to use multiple filter strings to quickly find your target group, regardless if they are in different hierarchical groups or not.

To add multiple filter strings in one search, simply add commas (,) to separate your terms. You can also exclude filter matches by prefixing the term with an exclamation mark (!).

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Here all matches for ”filip”, ”henrik” and ”wendel” but without any results that contain”lars” (Lars Wendelstam).

Previously checked items will always be visible so it’s easy to do multiple filters for a single selection. In this example: Nael does not match the filter but was previously filtered out and will, therefore, be shown.

EXTRA! This is not really a work-hack, but it's an update we know all of you have been waiting for: From the January (2020) release of Meridix, our Excel exports will contain ALL charts that are presented in the web user interface.

Simply, what you see on the web is what you get in your inbox!

There is a way to create copies of a saved report easily for multiple groups, without having to copy it several times.

Just select which receiver should get the report for which target group. The system will then automatically reformate the report so it contains the specifically requested data and then send it to the receiver.

Administrators can log in as another user directly in the system, without needing to know the user's password. This is very useful when helping a user or if you want to see how a user will experience the system with his/her current settings.

1. Go to the Administration section in the main menu of the reporting system.

2. Choose “users” and all your users will be presented to you as a list.

3. Click on the user that you would like to log in as and you will see its settings.

4. Choose “additional” in the top menu.

Here you can also lock out the user from the system or re-send the initialization email if the user has forgotten his/her credentials.

Now you can easily create the API report parameters directly from a report in the web UI. When you have created a report, simply choose “Download HTTP Report API JSON Parameters for current report” and you will get the information you need.

All the settings made in the report are exported to simply be copy-pasted into the report API request of your BI system or any other external application.