Creating, Running, And Emailing Reports; Overview Of Airwave Reports; Reports > Definitions Page Overview - Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 User Manual

This section describes AirWave reports, including access, creation, scheduling, and distribution.
This chapter includes the following sections:
"Overview of AirWave Reports" on page 235
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"Using Daily Reports" on page 238
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"Defining Reports" on page 258
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"Emailing and Exporting Reports" on page 262
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AirWave ships with several reports enabled by default. Default reports may run nightly or weekly, depending on the
AirWave release. Review the list of defined and scheduled reports with the Reports > Generated and Reports >
Definition pages to determine if default reports are desired. If not, you can delete, disable, or reschedule any of
them.
AirWave supports additional specialized reports as follows:
System > Status page supports the diagnostic report file for sending to customer support: diagnostics.tar.gz.
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System > Status page supports the VisualRF diagnostics report file: VisualRFdiag.tar.gz.
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VisualRF > Network View supports the Bill of Materials (BOM) report. Refer to
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Overview of AirWave Reports

Reports are powerful tools in network analysis, user configuration, device optimization, and network monitoring on
multiple levels. Among their benefits, reports provide an interface for multiple configurations.
AirWave reports have the following general parameters:
AirWave runs daily versions of all reports during predefined windows of time. All reports can be scheduled to run
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in the background.
The daily version of any report is available instantly in the Reports > Generated page.
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The Inventory and the Configuration Audit reports are the only reports that don't span a period of time.
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Instead, these two reports provide a snapshot of the current state of the network.
Users can create all other reports over a custom time period on the Reports > Definitions page. All reports can
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be printed, emailed, or exported to CSV, PDF, or XML format.
Reports > Definitions Page Overview
The Reports > Definitions page allows you to define new reports and see the reports already defined.
The Definitions page includes these sections:
Report Definitions section—The Add button allows you to define a custom report using the Custom Options
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drag and drop interface, or from any of the report types in the drop down menu. The Report Definitions table
has a complete list of all saved report definitions with an option to return to each definition's table to further
customize your report. When you create a report, the following additional buttons are available:
Add and Run allows you to create a report definition and run that report immediately.
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Creating, Running, and Emailing Reports

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