Configure the Late Reason Analysis Report

Article • 6/18/2026 • 2 min read

You can perform the following configurations for the Late Reason Analysis report:

Select the chart type.
Select the buffer to include.
Select the information to show in the chart.
Set a period scope.
Set the work center scope.

To configure the Late Reason Analysis report

On the Toolbar, click More Actions.
Select More Actions > Actions > Late Reason Analysis Maintenance.

The Late Reason Analysis Maintenance (BMGLTRP) page appears.
In the Show Charts area, click the appropriate option to select the chart you want to view:

Reasons Frequency: Shows the reason frequency as a pie chart.
Reasons by Period: Shows the reasons by period.
Work Centers Frequency: Shows the work center frequency of reasons as a pie chart.
Work Centers by Period: Shows the work centers reason for lateness by period.
Reasons by Buffer Origin: Shows the reasons by buffer origin as a pie chart.
Reasons by Buffer Origin by Period: Shows the reasons by buffer origin and period.

In the Include Buffers area, select the appropriate check boxes:

Click the Constraint check box to include constraint buffers.
Click the Shipping check box to include shipping buffers.

In the Report Type area, select the appropriate option to view a line or bar chart.

If you had selectedReasons Frequency, Work Centers Frequency, or Reasons by Buffer Origin in the Show Charts area, the chart is always a pie chart and the Report Type options are disabled.

Specify the work center scope if required:

a. Click the Work Center tab.

b. Specify the scope:

In the Work Center ID field, type the ID of the work center to generate the chart for a specific work center.
In the Department field, type the department ID to generate the chart for a specific department.
In the Filter Expression field, type a vaild SQL expression to filter the records.

Specify the period scope if required:

a. Click the Period tab.

b. Specify the scope:

From the Calendar list, select the appropriate period: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
In the Offset field of the Set Date Scope area, specify the number of days to offset from the current date.

Specify a negative number to offset backwards from the current date.

In the Number of Days field, specify the number of days you want to go include in the buffer penetration history calculation.

On the Toolbar, click Save to save the changes.