Marshall Economic Development: How to Use the Report Maker Tool

Economic developers frequently need to generate reports for site selectors, interested businesses, private lenders and grant administrators. The Marshall EDC website is designed to help you generate these reports quickly while capturing the content, graphics, and resources the page or pages on the website. 

The Universal Report Maker tool can be used to extract data from any page on the website, providing information on areas like workforce development, transportation, incentives, success stories, etc.

To use this convenient tool, do the following:

Step 1:

Visit the first page you want included in the report.

Step 2:

Click “Add to Report” – This is a white button with blue text. If successful, an alert will show up saying that the page was “added to the report.”

Step 3:

Visit other pages you want added to the report and repeat step #2.

Step 4:

When on the last page, select the button for “View Custom Report.”

Step 5:

Click on the settings icon to customize the report and to create a cover page.

Step 6:

Select the print or PDF icon at the top to print or save the report.

Step 7:

Share in person or by email.

Congratulations! You’re done. That's all there is to it using Marshall ECD's Universal Report Maker tool.