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Understanding Reports : Report instances : Creating a report instance
 

Creating a report instance

The specific steps you follow to create a report instance vary depending on the report's menu group.
To create a report instance:
1. In the management console menu, choose one:
*Select Reports > New > Report.
*Select Reports > Go to Reports > Create Report.
The Create Report page appears.
2. From the Create Report page, click the type of report you want to create. The Report Edit page for that report type appears.
3. Complete the top section of the Report Edit page, as described in Report Edit page. Note that certain reports contain unique fields. The following information will help you complete the unique fields:
*AppServer Application Profile and WebSpeed Application Profile reports include:
Field
Explanation
Resources
The resource whose activity you want in the report.Click the right arrow to move a highlighted resource from the Available column to the Selected column. Click the left arrow to move a highlighted resource from the Selected field to the Available field.Click the up and down arrows to change the order in which the resources will appear in the report output.
Procedure filter
To run a procedure filter, choose Begins With, Literal, or Matches and enter the applicable text in the field. Use the procedure filter to return data about when the broker ran a procedure. When the report instance runs, OpenEdge Management will search the OE_ActBrk table in the OpenEdge Management Trend Database for the text entered.
Begins with
To use the Begins with filter, type the beginning of the procedure name; for example, in, inv, or inven.
Literal
To use the Literal filter, type the exact text you want to find; for example, inventory.p.
Matches
To use the Matches filter, type the character expression that you want to match (such as .nventory or inven*).
Note: The expression can contain wildcard characters. A period (.) indicates that any single character is acceptable in that position and an asterisk (*) indicates that any group of characters is acceptable. To use a literal period or asterisk in the expression, precede the period or asterisk by a tilde (~).
You can also use the OR symbol or a vertical line ( | ) in the Matches field to indicate a search for one procedure or another procedure. For example, the expressioninventory.p | onorder.p indicates a search for either of these two procedures. The search concludes when at least one of them is found.
Note: You can identify multiple files using this approach. For example,
Note: inventory.p | onorder.p | bckorder.p.
Sort order
The criteria by which the returned procedure data is sorted and whether the data is sorted in descending or ascending order.
*AppServer Performance and WebSpeed Performance reports include:
Field
Explanation
Resources
The resource whose activity you want in the report.Click the right arrow to move a highlighted resource from the Available column to the Selected column. Click the left arrow to move a highlighted resource from the Selected column to the Available column. Click the up and down arrows to change the order in which the resources will appear in the report output.
Data to display
The desired broker activity on which to report: Client, Broker, and/or Server. Click the left arrow to move highlighted text from the Available to theSelected column. Click the right arrow to move highlighted text from the Selected to the Available column. Click the up and down arrows to change the order in which the activity data will appear in the report output.
*Resource Alert Detail, Resource Status Detail, CPU Summary, Network Activity, System Disk Device Activity, System Memory Summary, and all Database menu group reports include:
Field
Explanation
Resources
The resource whose activity you want in the report
4. Complete the middle section of the Report Edit page, described in Report Edit page. Note that the time interval indicated by the Report format option changes based on the report format chosen, as shown in the following table:
This report format
With Report on option selected
Displays the data
Hourly
15-minute intervals
Hourly, in four 15- minute intervals
Daily
Hourly
Daily in hourly increments
Weekly
Daily
Weekly in daily increments
Monthly
Weekly
Monthly in weekly increments
5. Complete the bottom section of the Report Edit page, as described in Report Edit page.
6. Click Save. The name of your report instance appears, along with a summary of the report definition, in the list frame under Defined Reports.
After you create your report instance, you can:
*Click Edit to make changes in the report specifics. When you finish the edits, click Save.
*Click Copy to make a copy of the report specifics, perhaps to use for another report. Type a new name for the report instance, and click Save.
*Click Delete to remove the report instance. Click OK to delete the report instance.
You can either run the report now or schedule it to run at a later time. See Running reports for more details.