HP Access Control - Manual (Page 91)

11 Perform a query
11.1 Queries
Use HP Access Control (HP AC) Job Accounting’s tracking function to get statistical data related to your
printed documents, printing system, or costs. HP Access Control (HP AC) Job Accounting only manages print
jobs processed by HP Access Control (HP AC) Job Accounting print servers. They are created by end users and
can be of any format: text, spreadsheet, word processing, or databases.
While the print job is being processed, the HP Access Control (HP AC) Job Accounting print server analyzes its
characteristics, which are then sent to the HP Access Control (HP AC) Job Accounting Database Server to be
stored. This data includes the following characteristics:
● End users (name, login)
● Printers (name, model, driver, characteristics)
● Print jobs (document title, printer, number of printed pages, color media, costs per page and per printer
model)
● Total print number per user, per printer and per day
● Workload for each printer to determine the printer’s efficiency
● Statistics for each printer
● Statistics for each time period
● Statistics for each end user
These characteristics are easily retrieved by running queries. The data is then presented in one or more
formats (table, chart, or spreadsheet).
11.1.1 Initiate a query
Queries can be initiated by clicking New Query on the HP Access Control (HP AC) Job Accounting remote
control. This chapter describes the following:
● The various types of queries.
● How to run a query.
● How to modify your query parameters.
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