|
ELM Publisher reports in ELM uses ASP.NET to produce and manage reports. Predefined reports are grouped into categories for easy reference. Reports are configured by selecting Monitoring Categories, which triggers the report to import appropriate Monitor Items. The reports can be run ad-hoc or scheduled to run at specific times. Reports can be viewed through the ELM Console or a web browser. The URL to the Reports folder is defined during setup by specifying the name of the virtual directory. Check IP Address restrictions under Directory Security in Internet Information Services manager on the ELM Server computer.
Managing Reports
Reports can be viewed through the ELM Console or a web browser connected to the ELM Reports virtual directory. Expand Results -> Reporting and click on the ELM Publisher container to view the report options.
The top section of the ELM Publisher Reports page has links for Assign, Schedule, and Directory.
•Assign can be used to configure and assign reports to standardized Monitoring Categories. It is an effective tool for configuring many reports at once. •Schedule is used to setup schedules for individual configured reports. •Directory provides links to scheduled reports which have completed. The lower section of the ELM Publisher Reports page has links for groups of reports. Click on a group, Applications, Security, Inventory, or Health and Performance, to see the individual reports. Within a group, click on the Report Name and select View Report.
Note
The first time a report is run, it must be assigned to Monitoring Categories. A screen will appear prompting you to assign the report to one or more Monitoring Categories. The assignment will publish monitor items to the ELM Server which collect data to support the report. Until the monitor items have been run there may not be data in the database to support the report.
Also note that if the assigned Monitoring Categories contain no Agents, then the report will display data for all Agents.
When previewing reports, ASP.NET cache life timing may prevent a graph from displaying, although a data grid with equivalent data is displayed. To resolve this, wait a few minutes and refresh the report chapter.
Using the report viewer
The Report Viewer includes a navigator listing the chapters in the report and a filter criteria selection.
Open the Report Viewer by clicking on a Report and selecting View Report
•Chapters displays a list of the chapters in the report. Each chapter name is a hyperlink to more information in the report. •Filter Criteria defines the data to be included in the report. Most reports can be filtered using the Date Range and Agents selections. •Options •Print View opens the report for print preview without the navigator. •Settings opens the settings dialog to adjust the settings for the report. •Close Window closes the report viewer.
Managing Scheduled Reports
Scheduling reports allows you to run the report at regular intervals.
To Open the Report scheduler
1.Click on the Reports container. 2.Click on Report Scheduler. To Add a Report Schedule
1.Click on Add New in the report Schedule window. The Report Scheduler Wizard dialog will appear. 2.The dialog will offer a list of the reports that have been assigned to Monitoring Categories. If the report you want to schedule is not in the list, go back to view the report settings in order to assign it to Monitoring Categories. 3.Select the report you want to schedule and click Next. 4.The Report Filter Settings page will appear. Select the date range for the report and click Next to continue. 5.The Report Frequency Page will appear. The Report Start Time determines the time of day the report will be run. The Report Start Date determines the first time the report will be run. The Report Frequency determines how often the report is run. Click Next to continue. 6.The Report Delivery Settings page will appear. Enter the Directory in which to store the report, and enter the Name of the report file to be created. Click Next to continue. 7.The Report Schedule Name dialog will appear. Enter a Name under which to store the schedule settings and click Next to continue. 8.The Review Changes dialog will appear. Click Finish to store the report schedule. Note
Variables can be used in the Directory and Name fields. Using variables, you may replace or create new files as needed. To replace files, ensure the name will be identical each time the report is run. To create new files ensure it is different by using the appropriate variables.
To Change a Report Schedule
1.Click on the Schedule Name and select Settings from the menu. The Report Scheduler Wizard dialog will appear. 2.Enter values for the Scheduler Wizard dialog pages as in steps 4 through 8 of the To Add a Report Schedule section. To Delete a Report Schedule
1.Click on the Schedule Name and select Delete from the menu. The Schedule dialog will appear. 2.To delete any files that resulted from the scheduled report running, put a checkmark next to Do you want to delete all scheduled output files also? 3.Click OK to delete the Report Schedule. Viewing Scheduled Reports
ELM Publisher Reports Result Directory will not show reports created in custom locations.
To view a report through the Reports Folder:
1.Open the Directory container. 2.Click on Scheduled_Reports to open the completed reports folder. 3.Click on the Schedule Name to see all the completed reports for the schedule. 4.Click on the report name of the date you want to view.
| 
Previous
Next