HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 66)

New Enhanced reports
A report configuration is a customer-defined set of preferences that pulls specified criteria from the
database tables and places it in a report in the specified format. The report configurations can be
saved and used to run a report at a later date with live data.
An additional create new report option is to select the type of report to use. You can select the
following options in any combination.
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Include Chart
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Include Table
The report type graph supports three sub types.
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Bar
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Pie
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Line (Trend)
The Include Chart section dynamically changes to display the selection items that are required to
create the corresponding report. Depending on the type of chart selected, additional details are
presented as follows.
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Graph Title
The graph title is available for all chart types.
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Footer
The footer is available for all chart types.
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X-axis
The X-axis is available for a bar or line chart.
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Y-axis
The Y-axis is available for a bar or line chart.
The Include Table option allows the selection of the column fields and order to be displayed in the
table of the generated report.
You can save the report configuration for future use or generate a one-time report.
Editing Enhanced reports
Only custom reports can be edited.
The details from the opened report are pre-populated in the text fields. The Edit button is only
enabled for custom reports under HP SIM
E-mailing reports
E-mailing reports enables you to schedule a report to be run at a specified time and sent through
e-mail. You can schedule a report to be run periodically or once. Select from the following options
to run the report.
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Select Run when the central management server is started if you want the report to run when
the central management server is started.
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Select Run now if you want to run the report immediately.
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Select Disable this task if you want to disable the report at any time.
Deleting reports
User-created reports located in the Reports by Product section can be deleted. Before the report is
deleted, a popup message displays asking if you are sure you want to delete the selected report.
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