Creating, Editing And Deleting Reports - 3Com Traffix Transcend Traffix Manager User Manual

Creating, Editing and
Deleting Reports
The reporting features available depend on the client access level. A
read-only user can browse existing reports, view report details, and view
reports in the output queue. An administrator can also add, edit and
delete reports, change report scheduling and output options, and run ad
hoc reports. See "Client Access Levels"
information about access levels.
You use the reports tree in the Reports area to carry out these tasks.
There are four levels within the tree:
Report types — The eight report types are listed (see
"Report Types" for a detailed description of each type of report).
Report instances — Each report instance appears as a child of its
original report type. You can add a new report instance based on a
selected report type, and edit, reschedule and delete report instances.
You can display a summary of key information about the configured
report instance and scheduled generation and output. See
"Interpreting Summary Information"
information.
When you add a report instance, the grouping currently applied in the
Map is used.
Raw data — Each time a report instance is run, either scheduled or
ad hoc, Traffix Manager stores the raw report data in the relational
database. The raw data is shown as a child of the report instance, and
labeled with the date it was run.
You can select the raw data for any date of interest and re-output it or
view it as required.
Raw data is gathered for a specific time period according to the
schedule set up for a report instance. At each scheduled generation
point, a new raw data entry is added. For example, if you add a top N
devices report instance to be generated daily, seven raw data entries
are added in one week.
Each raw data icon is marked with a tick if generated successfully, or
with a cross if its generation failed. (Generation could fail if, for
example, the database is full. See
page 116 if necessary.)
You can also display a summary of key information about the raw
data. See "Interpreting Summary Information"
information.
Managing Reports
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"Troubleshooting Reports"
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