# Report static criteria

> Add a static report item such as Department, Unit State, or Unit Device type as a criterion, with or without showing it as a column.

Source: https://docs.capaone.com/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/report-static-criteria/  
Product: CapaInstaller — a separate CapaSystems product; do not apply this page to any other.

Report static criteria is a report item, that can be added as a column eg. Department, Unit State, Unit Device type. The column does not have to be added.

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| **Step** | **Action**                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 1        | Click on *Reporting and Queries.*                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 2        | Click on *Tools*/*Static Criteria.*   ![](/attachments/capainstaller/898ed167-7479-4f96-b779-e47ba2588d39.png)                                                                                        |
| 3        | Select one of the static criteria in the list                                                                                                                                                      |
| 4        | Click *OK* accept the selected item                                                                                                                                                                |
| 5        | The normal criteria form will be displayed. View the guide for [Define report criteria](/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/define-report-criteria/) <br/> ![](/attachments/capainstaller/38c54b49-95d8-41f8-a4ce-513c54bd40d3.png) |

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| **If you want to...**                                   | **You can...**                                                                    |
| Create a custom made report                             | [Create a report](/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/create-a-report/) to see how.                             |
| [Define report criteria](/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/define-report-criteria/) | Define criteria on Report items                                                   |
| Preview a report                                        | [Preview a report](/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/preview-a-report/) to see how.                           |
| See recent reports                                      | *File/Recent reports,* a list of the recently used reports will show.             |
| Setup Columns                                           | [Column setup](/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/column-setup/) to see how.                                     |
| Export to reporting services                            | [Deploy to reporting services](/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/deploy-to-reporting-services/) to see how. |
| Change column order                                     | [Reporting column order](/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/reporting-column-order/) to see how.               |
| Define report criteria                                  | [Define report criteria](/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/define-report-criteria/) to see how.               |
| Open an existing report                                 | [Open an existing report](/capainstaller/the-capainstaller-console/reporting-and-queries/how-to-use-reporting/open-an-existing-report/) to see how.           |