Report Options

There is general information that applies to all reports. This information includes setting date ranges for report selection criteria, drilling down on reports for more details, displaying reports in graphical format, and the online help.

Report Filters

Before you execute a report, you can select the date range of usage monitoring data to include along with other criteria used in the report. To specify these options, right-click the report you want to run and click Run.

The Report Filter window opens, as shown in the following image.

Report Filter window

The above image is an example of the filter pane. Different reports may have different options available. See Performance Analysis Reports.

All other reports will only have the first three options available.

The following options are available:

Select server

The server, or servers, you want to report on. Multiple server support is only available if the server you are connected to is part of a many-to-one configured repository.

Local server

The name of the server that is currently connect to the Web Console. This option is only available if the server you are connected to is part of a many-to-one configured repository.

Visualize Data

Allows you to add visualization to numeric resource values, such as CPU and duration times. This option is enabled by default.

Report format

Allows you to select the output format of the report. The available options are HTML, active report, PDF, Excel, and PowerPoint. The default value is HTML.

Report period

The time range that the report will be run on.

Start Date

Allows you to select the first date of the reporting range.

End Date

Allows you to select the first date of the reporting range. The default end date is the current date.

The information you supply here will apply to any report you run. To change this information, return to this screen by running another report and changing the filters.

report selection criteria information is saved for the same browser session, so you will not need to reset it when you reconnect to the server.

Procedure: How to Turn Off Data Visualization

You have the option of turning off data visualization when displaying reports. By default, the Visualize Data checkbox is selected, indicating that data visualization is on.

To turn off data visualization:

  1. Clear the Visualize Data checkbox.
  2. Click View Report.

Procedure: How to Format a Report

To change the report format:

  1. Click the Report format drop-down menu.

    The following image shows all of the report options available. If you are licensed for active reports, you can choose that as your report format. For more information on active reports, see the WebFOCUS Managed Reporting End User's Manual.

    Report format drop-down menu
  2. Select a report format from the drop-down menu. The following options are available:
    • HTML
    • active report
    • PDF
    • Excel
    • PowerPoint
  3. Click View Report.

    Note: Both Excel and PowerPoint reformatted reports are accessed using the download link in your browser. Drill down links in PowerPoint reports will only be active if PowerPoint is in display mode. Additional pop-up messages may be displayed by these two products when following the drill-down links. These messages are outside of the control of the Resource Management product.

Procedure: How to Set Selection Criteria Dates for Reports

By default, suggested dates are shown in the Start and End Date input boxes. You may change these values by typing directly into the boxes, or by selecting dates from a pop-up calendar. To set selection criteria dates for reports:

  1. Type a date into the date input box on the left (Start Date).

    or

    Click the drop-down arrowcalendar icon that appears to the right of the date input box.

    A calendar appears from which you can choose the month, day, and year for the Start Date of the data on which you want to report.

  2. Type a date into the End Date input box or select a date from the pop-up calendar. If no date is selected, the current date will be used by default.
  3. Click View Report.

Online Help

When you run any of the reports, you have an online help feature at your disposal, accessible through the ? Help button in the report window. The online help provides background information about the report you are running.

Drilling Down With Reports

Initially, when you execute reports, you will usually see a general summary report for the category. Most of the column headings of the reports are hyperlinked. Click the column heading links to re-sort the report by different columns. In addition, other hyperlinks in the report let you drill down to more detailed information. These hyperlinked drill-down options are described in more detail throughout this chapter.

The following sections describe the individual reports. Some of these sections contain a table of drill-down links. In these tables, terms shown in italic represent placeholders, indicating the term can have different values, depending on the selections for that report.

Monitor Preference and Reports

If you change the Monitor Preference setting and do not collect all the information, some reports will have missing data. When those reports are executed, a message will be displayed informing the user that no data is available.

Alternate Reporting Output

Many reports can be output in both tabular and graphical formats. Reports can also be reformatted into a number of different outputs.

Reports initially appear in the format specified by the Report format setting in the Resource Management: Report Filter report filter pane, as shown in the following image.

Report Format option

Once in the report, you can change its format by selecting a different option from the drop-down menu located on the upper left of the report page, as shown in the following image.

The drop-down menu list the different report outputs, allowing you to change the display of the current report. Reports run from the tree will use the Report format set in the Resource Management: Report Filter window.

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