Sometimes, running a 3D printing program can feel like you're just trying to stay above water. Every day is groundhogs day! As the weeks pass and semesters go by, do you really have a grasp on how things are going? If your STEM admin were to ask how often prints are cancelled/successful, or how many students have accessed the printers, would you be able to get this this info? Or would it take hours, only to come up with a "best guess"?

We had no idea which schools in our district were succeeding and which were falling short. We had no insight into how any of our printers were performing, or if it was time to refresh old inventory. We didn't know how much filament to order because we had no idea how much we used. Reporting from the Polar Cloud solved all of these issues. I cannot recommend it enough.

The school above had more questions than they did answers, until they committed to running their printers on the Polar Cloud. Reports give you access to your data. Check out the report types below to learn more.

District Inventory Report

The spreadsheet below shows a real-life example of a District Inventory Report. This school district has had all identifying information scrubbed from the report. You'll see important info, like:

School Name
Printer Serial Number, Make, Name
Printer Registered Date, Date Last Used
Filament Used
Prints Started / Cancelled / Completed
Printer Firmware Version vs Latest Version Available
& More!

Click the image to launch the real-life example report data in Google Sheets.

Other Reports

School Summary Report

Get a 30,000 foot view of how your school, students, and printers are performing.

# of Printers on Site
# of Prints Completed
# of Prints Cancelled
Total Prints
Total Print Time (hours & minutes)
Filament (grams)
# Teachers
# Students
# Designs
$ Raised in Commerce Features (Tips, Sales, Donations)

Member Report

Drill down into a better look at the members of your school. Are Students progressing into Experienced Student roles, Student Manager roles, do I have enough Teachers to prepare all of my Job Requests or is that a bottleneck for production?

Whether we’re learning remotely, in the classroom, or a hybrid environment - get an in-depth look at how active your students are. See how many times they’ve logged in and for how long, if they’re completing curriculum modules or not, and how much money they’ve raised.

Printer Summary Report

Are printers operating at full capacity? Is frequent maintenance on a printer due to improper workload utilization? Is antiquated equipment resulting in a higher failure rate? See how your makes and models stack up against each other and more.

Printer Detail Report

Check at the job-level how your printers are performing, what prints are failing, and from whom. How much filament did you use over the semester or trimester? Knowing how much you’ve used in the past helps you budget and purchase enough for your needs in the future!

Design Summary Report

Instantly see how many designs have been uploaded and from what users. Are the objects public, and if so - how are they performing?

Reporting Package

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