HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 79)

Table 14-2 Reports by Product buttons
Description Name
Creates a new report. New
Edits a selected report. Only enabled for user
created/defined reports under HP SIM. Remains disabled
for Predefined reports. Edit
Executes a report. Run Report
Enables users to email a report. Email Report
Deletes a selected report. Only user created/defined
reports can be deleted. Delete
Predefined reports
Predefined Reports are shipped with HP SIM. The reports are based on common user scenarios.
Predefined Reports are tied to existing system collections in HP SIM, for instance, "All Systems" or
"All Servers". Report results appear based on logged in user authorization of systems.
Select Reports
→Enhanced Reports. The Enhanced Reports, Reports by Product page
appears.
Run Enhanced reports
Running reports executes an available report in the reporting engine. The generated report is
displayed in a new page when Run Report is clicked.
A generated report provides you with the report name, associated system collection, and report
run date and time in the following formats. You select the format before you run the report.
• HTML (Recommended for viewing)
• CSV
• PDF
Select Reports
→Enhanced Reports. The Enhanced Reports page appears. Select the report
that you want to run. Click Run Report.
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.
• Include Chart
• Include Table
The report type graph supports three sub types.
• Bar
• Pie
• 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.
• Graph Title The graph title is available for all chart types.
• Footer The footer is available for all chart types.
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