Reports contain macros whose parameters can be set:

• By setting up Macro Parameter Defaults which apply globally across all reports unless otherwise specified. This means you don't have to add the same parameters to all your macros, if, for example you want all tables to have blue borders
• Per report or per portion of a report, by using one or more Settings macros, for example: [Settings:LogicMonitor.AlertTable.style=Plain Table 1] using a Settings macro will override a Macro Parameter Defaults set up which would otherwise apply
• Per individual macro. This will take precedence over any relevant Settings macro in the document

Macro Parameter Defaults

To set up Macro Parameter Defaults which will apply to all reports:

1. From the Admin menu, click Macro Defaults.
   Any macro parameter defaults already configured are shown.
2. Click Create and in the dialog box that appears, choose the appropriate type, enter a parameter and the default value required. For example, for graph macros, you might want a parameter of "aggregation" and a default of "mean". For information on the available parameters, see the help for each macro
3. Click Save.
   The default parameter you have set up will apply to all the macros of that type, unless they are specified otherwise in a [Settings:] macro in a report, or within the individual macro itself.
   Macro parameter defaults also apply to reports run in Report Studio, with the exception of table style parameters

If you are a SuperAdmin, macro defaults apply per company (tenant)

Using Settings Macros

You may want to use a Settings macro to:

• Enable document-wide graph auto-titling
• Set graph auto-title levels
• Enable writing to spreadsheets

Multiple Settings macros can be used to change things many times during one report, in which case, the rules are:

• A parameter in one Settings macro will apply until another Settings macro is encountered that re-specifies the same parameter. From that point on, the latest Settings macro's parameter is used.
• If a setting is not recognised, a value cannot be parsed or a value is out of range, an error is reported.

You can use the keyword AUTO to return to the Macro Parameter Defaults after using a Settings for part of your report, for example [Settings:LogicMonitor.AlertTable.style=AUTO]