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Working with Reports
The following section explains how to use the functions to create, view, and use report data.
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Searching within Reports on page 203
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Displaying Time and Date in Reports on page 203
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Exporting Reports on page 203
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Viewing Printable Data in Reports on page 204
Searching within Reports
The search feature, within HTML (.html) reports, provides standard searching on a word
matching basis (exact and partial matching). The search is conducted against the Patch
Management Server database. Some general rules include:
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Search does not support the use of Boolean search commands (AND, OR, NOT, nesting
(), etc.)
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Search terms are not case sensitive. All letters are treated as lower case. For example,
the search term WIN is treated the same as win and will generate the same results
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To show all results, remove any content from the Search text box (leave blank).
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To search, enter the search term in the Search text box and click Update List. To return
to the pre-search results, click from the list of available options in the Parameters list box.
Displaying Time and Date in Reports
For reports that generate date range data, you have two options for displaying date/time
information:
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Use the Patch Management Server Local Time (this is the date and time established by
the Patch Management Server).
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Use the Patch Management Server UTC Time (Coordinated Universal Time).
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Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC, is often referred to as Universal Time, Zulu time or
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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Exporting Reports
Once the report is created, you have the option of switching to a printable view for printing,
or exporting the report into another file format.
Reports are presented in standard HTML (.html) and can be exported into several file
formats for your convenience.
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