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Report Definitions

Report Definitions

A published report is based on a report definition. Report definitions contain all the settings that determine the content, layout and file format of the report.

Report Templates

The first step to creating a report definition is to select a report template to base your new report definition on. Click New Report.

Report templates determine the basic content of the report and provide default settings for most of the options available in a report definition. Report templates are classified by report template category. For example, the report template category Audit offers the following kinds of report templates:

  • Aggregate Table
  • Disk Utilization
  • Inventory
  • Machine Changes
  • Machine Summary
  • Network Statistics

Select a category and template, then click Create.

Creating a New Report Definition or Editing an Existing Report Definition

The following tabs are available in both new report definitions and existing report definitions. You can set options in any of the following tabs. These become the default settings you see when a report definition is run or scheduled.

  • General - Sets the report name, report output, and message used to notify users when the report is run.
    • Check the Suppress Header/Footer checkbox to suppress adding headers and footers to reports. Reports are generated with page headers and footers by default.
    • Check the Report Needs Approval Before Distribution checkbox to require a published report be approved before distribution to recipients.
    • Output to PDF, HTML or Excel. Excel spreadsheet output cannot exceed 65536 rows of data.
  • Report Parameters - Sets parameters that are specific to the report content. For example, a Disk Utilization report provides a parameter just for this type of report called Show Bar Chart with Percent of Disk Space Used.

Note: By default, VSA report headers display the image specified by the System > Site Customization > Site Header. Changing the value in the System > Configure > Change URL... > Logo field overrides this default, changing the URL for report headers only. Changing the URL in the Change URL... > Logo field does not affect the display of the Site Header image.