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==Viewing summary figures for a month==
==Viewing summary figures for a month==
In the '''View''' menu, select ''This month'', and a summary for the current month will be calculated from the monthly log.  Note that many parameters are different to those available as web tags.  To view for a different month, select the month and year required using the options at bottom left, click ''Update Display'' and the revised summary will be calculated.  (Alternatively you can select ''This period'' and select a start date and end date then click ''Update Display'' to get the equivalent calculation for part of a month or any other period).
In the '''View''' menu, select ''This month'', and a summary for the current calendar month will be calculated from the monthly log.  Note that many parameters are different to those available as web tags.   
 
To view for a different month (or if you use 9am/10am rollover, if '''current local time on the 1st day of a month''' is before rollover time so the log for the current calendar month has not been started), select the month and year required using the options at bottom left, click ''Update Display'' and the revised summary will be calculated.  (Alternatively you can select ''This period'' and select a start date and end date then click ''Update Display'' to get the equivalent calculation for part of a month or any other period).


==What can Monthly log files be used for?==
==What can Monthly log files be used for?==
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