8.5 Using the Report Creation and Registration Windows

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8.5 Using the Report Creation and Registration Windows

This section explains how to use the report creation window and report registration window. The following screen shot shows a sample report creation window.

Item No.	Component	Description
(1)	Report name specification	Specifies a name to identify the report.
(2)	Report type specification	A specification relating to the report type.
(3)	Report target specification	A specification relating to the target of the report.
(4)	Specifications relating to the time and the number of display items	Specifies the time and the number of display items for the report. For the disk usage rate to prevent the high utilization of the disk etc, the number of data items to display in the report is extracted by a high-ranking number. For the free disk space to prevent full disk usage etc, the number of data items to display in the report is extracted by a low-ranking number. The number of data items to display to be displayed in the report is about up to 20. It becomes difficult to distinguish because the display area and the line in the report increase when the number of data items is any more.
(5)	Operation button	Performs an operation on the report.
(6)	Content display area	When the various items are specified and the operation button is clicked, the content of the report will be displayed in this area.

The following sections explain each item in more detail.

8.5.1 Report name specification

Specify a name to identify the report.

Item name	Description
Registered Report Name	Specify a display name for identifying the report. The registered report name is used in the report list display in the New Report tab and the history list display in the Report History tab of the On-Demand Report View, and in the scheduled report list shown in the Daily/Weekly/Monthly Report tab of the Scheduled Report View. The following Shift-JIS code characters can be used for registered report names: Double-byte characters Single-byte alphanumeric characters Single-byte symbols (except for $ " ' [ ] < > / ? \| ; : * \ & , . =) The registered report name can be no longer than 36 characters, regardless of whether single-byte or double-byte characters are used.

Item name

Description

Registered Report Name

Specify a display name for identifying the report.

The registered report name is used in the report list display in the New Report tab and the history list display in the Report History tab of the On-Demand Report View, and in the scheduled report list shown in the Daily/Weekly/Monthly Report tab of the Scheduled Report View.

The following Shift-JIS code characters can be used for registered report names:

Double-byte characters

Single-byte alphanumeric characters

Single-byte symbols (except for $ " ' [ ] < > / ? | ; : * \ & , . =)

The registered report name can be no longer than 36 characters, regardless of whether single-byte or double-byte characters are used.

8.5.2 Report type specification

Specify the type of report.

Item name	Description
Category	Specify the category and type of report. The Report Type list box displays choices that correspond to the selected category. Refer to Section 8.7, "Report Types" for details on the categories and report types that can be specified.
Report Type

Item name

Description

8.5.3 Report target specification

The items that are specified for the target of a report differ according to the report type.

The items that are specified for each report type are explained below for the different specification types.

Category	Report type	Specification type
Full system inspection	Disk space	System group specification
Categorized diagnostic report	Windows disk space	System group and server specification
	UNIX disk space	System group and server specification
	Symfoware database space	System group, server and resource ID specification
	Oracle table space	System group, server and resource ID specification
Detailed reports	Time-series display	Detailed item specification
	Correlation display	For correlation/composition reports only
	Regression analysis display	For regression analysis display reports only
	Contour display	Detailed item specification
	Past/present time-series display	For past/present time-series items only
	Transition comparison display	For transition comparison settings only
	Composite display	For correlation/composition reports only

System group specification

Item	Description
System Group	Select the target system group from the drop-down list box.

System group and server specification

Item

Description

System Group

Select the target system group from the drop-down list box.

Server

Select the target server from the drop-down list box.

The list box displays the servers that have been registered with the selected system group.

System group, server and resource ID specification

Item

Description

System Group

Select the target system group from the drop-down list box.

Server

Select the target server from the drop-down list box.

The list box displays the servers that have been registered with the selected system group.

Resource ID

The content of the resource ID specification differs according to the report type. The content to be entered for each report type is shown in the following table.

Detailed item specification

Item	Description
System Group	Select the target system group from the drop-down list box.
Server	Select the target server from the drop-down list box. The list box displays the servers that have been registered with the selected system group.
Category name	Specify the category name to be reported and the field name. The choice of field names that will be displayed depends on the selected category name. Refer to Section 19.2, "Drill Down/Report Information" for details on the category names and field names that can be specified.
Field name
Resource ID	Specify the resource ID to be targeted for reporting. If nothing is specified, all resource IDs will be targeted. Resource IDs can be retrieved by right-truncating the resource ID according to a specified search string. Example: For example, if the two resource IDs "AAA123" and "AAA456" exist, both can be targeted by specifying "AAA".

For correlation/composition reports only

Item		Description
System Group		Select the target system group from the drop-down list box.
Data 1 specification	Server1	Select a server containing some of the data to be displayed from the drop-down list box. The list box displays the servers that have been registered with the selected system group.
	Category name1	Specify one of the category names and field names that will be displayed. The choice of field names that will be displayed depends on the selected category name. Refer to Section 19.2, "Drill Down/Report Information" for details on the category names and field names that can be specified.
	Field name1
	Resource ID1	Specify one of the resource IDs to be displayed. If nothing is specified, all resource IDs will be targeted. Resource IDs can be retrieved by right-truncating the resource ID according to a specified search string. Example: If the two resource IDs "AAA123" and "AAA456" exist, both can be targeted by specifying "AAA".
Data 2 specification	Server2	Select a server containing some of the data to be displayed from the drop-down list box. The list box displays the servers that have been registered with the selected system group.
	Category name2	Specify one of the category names and field names that will be displayed. The choice of field names that will be displayed depends on the selected category name.
	Field name2
	Resource ID2	Specify one of the resource IDs to be displayed. If nothing is specified, all resource IDs will be targeted. Resource IDs can be retrieved by right-truncating the resource ID according to a specified search string.

For regression analysis display reports only

Item	Description
System Group	Select the target system group from the drop-down list box.
Server	Select the target system group from the drop-down list box. The list box displays the servers that have been registered with the selected system group.
Category name	Specify the category name to be reported and the field name. The choice of field names that will be displayed depends on the selected category name. Refer to Section 19.2, "Drill Down/Report Information" for details on the category names and field names that can be specified.
Field name
Resource ID	Specify the resource ID to be targeted for reporting. If nothing is specified, all resource IDs will be targeted. Resource IDs can be retrieved by right-truncating the resource ID according to a specified search string. Example: If the two resource IDs "AAA123" and "AAA456" exist, both can be targeted by specifying "AAA".

For past/present time-series items only

Item	Description
System Group	Select the target system group from the drop-down list box.
Server	Select the target system group from the drop-down list box. The list box displays the servers that have been registered with the selected system group.
Category name	Specify the category name to be reported and the field name. The choice of field names that will be displayed depends on the selected category name. Refer to Section 19.2, "Drill Down/Report Information" for details on the category names and field names that can be specified.
Field name
Resource ID	Specify the resource ID to be targeted for reporting. If nothing is specified, all resource IDs will be targeted. Resource IDs can be retrieved by right-truncating the resource ID according to a specified search string. Example: If the two resource IDs "AAA123" and "AAA456" exist, both can be targeted by specifying "AAA".
Report base day	Specify the base day used for comparison in the report.

For transition comparison settings only

Item	Description
System Group	Select the target system group from the drop-down list box.
Server	Select the target system group from the drop-down list box. The list box displays the servers that have been registered with the selected system group.
Category name	Specify the category name to be reported and the field name. The choice of field names that will be displayed depends on the selected category name. Refer to Section 19.2, "Drill Down/Report Information" for details on the category names and field names that can be specified.
Field name
Resource ID	Specify the resource ID to be targeted for reporting. If nothing is specified, all resource IDs will be targeted. Resource IDs can be retrieved by right-truncating the resource ID according to a specified search string. Example: If the two resource IDs "AAA123" and "AAA456" exist, both can be targeted by specifying "AAA".
Report time slot	Specify the time period for which transition comparison is to be performed. The starting time and finishing time for the report can be specified.

8.5.4 Specifications relating to time and the number of display items

The specifications that relate to report time and the number of display items differ depending on whether the report is an on-demand report or a scheduled report.

The following table lists the specification for each report generation method.

On-demand report

Item name	Description
Number of data items to display in the report	Select the number of data items that will be displayed when the report is made. The number of data items can be selected as follows: Item number specification A value between 1 and 1000 can be entered for the number of items In this case, only the specified number of data items will be displayed. All items specification All data will be displayed.
Data interval	Select the data interval to be used during reporting. The following data intervals can be selected: Ten minutes Data retention period: 7 days This period is suitable for creating reports of approximately one day. One hour Data retention period: 6 weeks This period is suitable for creating reports of approximately one week. One day Data retention period: 53 weeks This period is suitable for creating reports of over one month. This specification is not available with some report types. If a report period prior to the data retention period is specified, no data will be displayed.
Report period	Specify the period of the report. Select the minute, hour, day, month and year using a drop-down list box to select the date and time that the report will start and stop.

Item name

Description

Number of data items to display in the report

Select the number of data items that will be displayed when the report is made. The number of data items can be selected as follows:

Item number specification
- A value between 1 and 1000 can be entered for the number of items
- In this case, only the specified number of data items will be displayed.
All items specification
- All data will be displayed.

Data interval

Select the data interval to be used during reporting.

The following data intervals can be selected:

Ten minutes
- Data retention period: 7 days
- This period is suitable for creating reports of approximately one day.
One hour
- Data retention period: 6 weeks
- This period is suitable for creating reports of approximately one week.
One day
- Data retention period: 53 weeks
- This period is suitable for creating reports of over one month.

This specification is not available with some report types.

If a report period prior to the data retention period is specified, no data will be displayed.

Report period

Specify the period of the report.

Select the minute, hour, day, month and year using a drop-down list box to select the date and time that the report will start and stop.

Scheduled report

Item name	Description
Number of data items to display in the report	Selects the number of data items that will be displayed when the report is made. The number of data items can be selected as follows: Item number specification A value between 1 and 1000 can be entered for the number of items In this case, only the specified number of data items will be displayed. All items specification All data will be displayed.
Report format	Select the format in which the report will be created. The following report format can be selected: Daily Basically, data will be used in 10-minute units. Weekly Basically, data will be used in 1-hour units. Monthly Basically, data will be used in 1-day units. This specification corresponds to the report format specified by an operand of the scheduled report creation command. If "Daily" is selected, a report is created when a daily report ("daily") is specified as the report format in the scheduled report creation command. Refer to Section 8.4, "Commands for manipulating scheduled reports" for details. This specification is not available with some report types.
Test option Report period	Specify the report period to be targeted when performing a test display. Select the minute, hour, day, month and year using a drop-down list box to select the date and time that the report will start and stop. This option is only used for test displays. It has no effect on registered reports.

Item name

Description

Number of data items to display in the report

Selects the number of data items that will be displayed when the report is made. The number of data items can be selected as follows:

Item number specification
- A value between 1 and 1000 can be entered for the number of items
- In this case, only the specified number of data items will be displayed.
All items specification
- All data will be displayed.

Report format

Select the format in which the report will be created.

The following report format can be selected:

Daily
- Basically, data will be used in 10-minute units.
Weekly
- Basically, data will be used in 1-hour units.
Monthly
- Basically, data will be used in 1-day units.

This specification corresponds to the report format specified by an operand of the scheduled report creation command.

If "Daily" is selected, a report is created when a daily report ("daily") is specified as the report format in the scheduled report creation command.

Refer to Section 8.4, "Commands for manipulating scheduled reports" for details.

This specification is not available with some report types.

Test option
Report period

Specify the report period to be targeted when performing a test display.

Select the minute, hour, day, month and year using a drop-down list box to select the date and time that the report will start and stop.

This option is only used for test displays. It has no effect on registered reports.

8.5.5 Operation buttons

The operation buttons of the report creation window and the report registration window are different.

The operation buttons of each window are explained below.

Report creation window

The report creation window has the following button.

Button	Description
Generate	Creates a report using the specified report conditions. Reports are displayed in the right area of the report creation window, and they can also be viewed from the Report History tab.

Button

Description

Generate

Creates a report using the specified report conditions.

Reports are displayed in the right area of the report creation window, and they can also be viewed from the Report History tab.

While a report is being generated, the message "Now generating report" will appear in the status bar.

The Generate button will be disabled while this message is being displayed.

Report registration window

The report registration window has the following buttons.

Button	Description
Test	Performs a test display of a report to verify that the content of the report is displayed correctly using the specified conditions. Reports are displayed on the right side of the report registration window. This operation only performs a test display of a report. It is not added to the on-demand report history or the daily, weekly or monthly scheduled report displays.
Register	Registers report conditions under the specified name.

Button

Description

Test

Performs a test display of a report to verify that the content of the report is displayed correctly using the specified conditions.

Reports are displayed on the right side of the report registration window.

This operation only performs a test display of a report. It is not added to the on-demand report history or the daily, weekly or monthly scheduled report displays.

Registers report conditions under the specified name.

While a report is being generated, the message "Now generating report" will appear in the status bar.

The Test button will be disabled while this message is being displayed.

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