The process of report creation is relatively simple - it consists of three steps: defining the area, selecting the date range you want to analyze, and optionally specifying additional parameters such as the report name, road classes to include, and the data types to analyze.

Step 1: Defining the Area

Similar to other historical products in the Move Portal suite, there are two ways to add geometry on the map.

The first option allows you to draw the area manually by using the drawing tools available in the user interface. To do this, find the geographical location you wish to analyze (for example, Amsterdam) and use any of the drawing tools to outline the area. Every geometry you draw is represented as a region that you can choose to rename for easier relation with the results. This is mostly beneficial if there are multiple areas drawn on the map. Region names can be defined only before requesting the report.

The second option allows you to upload your own geometry in the form of a GeoJSON file. If you have such a file, you can use the Upload GeoJSON option to import it from your device, which will automatically add the area to the map based on your file configuration. Region names will be automatically adjusted if the file provides the name property for every Geometry feature.

Step 2: Selecting the Date Range

This part is related to the actual timeframe of the data you want to retrieve. Using a simple date range selector, you need to define the start date and end date.

The default configuration will include whole days in your analysis, but it is also possible to focus only on specific hours of the day by enabling the Only selected hours toggle below the date range selector. If you wish to perform a more detailed, hour-oriented analysis, this is the optimal option. It also functions based on a multi-choice mechanism, meaning you can select different hours of the day simultaneously, which will aggregate your results based on those hours only. Limiting the hours in your report does not lower the tokens consumption, as 1 token represents 24 hours within 1 day. To optimize your token consumption, we recommend choosing the whole day of data, and do further analysis through the possibility of CSV data export.

Step 3: Additional Report Configuration

Before requesting the report, there are some additional settings to define; however, both are optional.

One parameter is the name of your report. Giving it a name will be helpful for identifying the report on the report list. The default behavior is to automatically name the report based on the report creation date (the moment you clicked New Report) along with the current date and time (in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), also known as Zulu Time).

The second option is filtering specific data points, located under the Only selected data toggle, which allows you to select which information you would like to include in your report. Depending on your needs, you can disable any data point that you are not interested in.

Once all parameters are set, you will see the cost (of tokens) of your desired report. If there are sufficient tokens in your account, you can proceed with Generate Report. This will request the analysis to be processed by the backend systems, making it ready for review. The processing time for report calculation depends on the size and complexity of the actual report, but in most cases, it's a matter of seconds and shouldn't take longer than a few minutes to receive the results.