Creating a report

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Creating a report

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Besides the default reports you can create your own report using the instances, servers and time periods. This topic shows you how.

 

To create a report

 

1.   Click from the Reporting page. The following pop-up page is displayed.

 

      custom_report_popup

 

2.   Enter a name for the report in the Name field.

 

     For Time, there are two options.

 

3.   Click inside the Time Range field and select a time period for the report from the drop-down list.

 

    time_range_forreport

 

       or

 

       Select CUSTOM from the Time Range drop-down list, and

 

       Click inside the Custom Range field and select a value from the drop-down.

 

      custom_range_drpdwn      

 

Note:   Refer the topic Filtering data using filters to learn more selecting a custom time from the Custom Range control.

 

4.   Enter a word or characters to search for a query in the Query field to locate a query that you want the report to be based upon.

 

     or

 

     Expand the Alerting, Indexing and Raw nodes to locate your query of choice.

 

     Once located select it and it is displayed as shown below.

 

    query_selection

 

5.   Enter a word or characters to search for a server in the Servers field to locate a server whose data you want the report to be based upon.

 

     or

 

     Expand the Server nodes to locate your query of choice.

 

     Once located select it and it is displayed as shown below.

 

    servers_selection

Note:   Select the server again to deselect it. You may select all servers of a Server Node by clicking the Select button select_btn of that Server Node. More than one server or Server Node can be selected. Just like the single server, the Select button select_btn of the Server Node can also be toggled for selecting it or deselecting it.

 

6.   Click save_btn. The report is added to the list of reports in the system.

 

 

To delete such a report

 

1.   Select it from the list of reports.

 

2.   Click delete_btn. The delete confirmation dialog is displayed.

 

    delete_report_confdg

 

3.   Click Yes.

 

Caution:   Exercise this function with care. The process cannot be undone. All data is deleted.