HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Reporting \| System Reporting

System Reporting


»	Table of Contents
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»	Notices
»	Introduction
»	Product Overview
»	Getting Started
»	Discovery and Identification
»	Users and Authorizations
»	Networking and Security
»	Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»	Storage Integration
»	Managing with Tasks
»	Tools that Extend Management
»	Partner Applications
»	Reporting
		System Reporting
		»	Adding a Report
		»	Editing a Report
		»	Copying a Report
		»	Showing SQL
		»	Reporting Views
	»	Snapshot Comparison Reporting
	»	PMP Reporting Options
»	Administering Systems and Events
»	Troubleshooting
»	Reference Information


»	Printable version


»	Glossary
»	Using Help

» Running an Existing Report in HTML Format

» Selecting the Sort Order

» Viewing an Existing Report in XML Format

» Viewing an Existing Report in CSV Format

» Printing an Existing Report

» Command Line Interface

» Related Procedures

» Related Topic

A generated report provides you with the following:

Report name
Associated system collection
Note:
These are not displayed if there is no collection selected to run the report.
Report run date and time

Reports can be run in the following formats:

HTML (Recommended for viewing). This option displays the report in HTML format.
XML. This option displays the report in XML format.
CSV. This option displays the report in CSV format.


Note:


	The default sort order is based on the system name.


Note:


	You can click any column heading to sort in ascending or descending order.


Note:


	You can also access the Manage Reports page from the Manage section of the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Home page, by clicking the Manage inventory reports link.

Running an Existing Report in HTML Format

To view a report, HP recommends that you use the HTML format.

To run a report in HTML format:

ReportsManage Reports.
Select the report you want to view.
Under Preferred format for generated report, select HTML (Recommended for viewing).
Click [Run Report]. The report appears.
The HTML report enables you to Show SQL queries. Refer to System Reporting - Showing SQL for more information.

Selecting the Sort Order

The Reporting feature enables you to sort the data after it displays in the Report Results page.

Ascending Order. Click the column heading you want to sort by once. The data re-queries in ascending alphabetical order.
Descending Order. Click the column heading you want to sort by twice. The data re-queries in descending alphabetical order.

Viewing an Existing Report in XML Format

Under Report Name, select the report to be viewed.
Under Preferred format for generated report, select XML.
Click [Run Report]. The XML report appears.

Viewing an Existing Report in CSV Format

ReportsManage Reports.
Under Report Name, select the report you want to view.
Under Preferred format for generated report, select CSV.
Click [Run Report]. If the browser system has no application associated with CSV files, then the CSV file is displayed in the browser window. If you have an application associated with CSV files, then the CSV file is displayed in the specified application.
If you are using Internet Explorer, and an application such as Excel is installed on the browser system and the CSV file extension is associated with that application, the Save As dialog box appears. Click [Save].
Name the file, and in the Save as type field, select a format in which to save the file from the dropdown list. Click [Save]. The report is saved.

Printing an Existing Report

From the Report Results page, select File[Print] from your browser.

Command Line Interface

Use the mxreport command to perform this task from the command line interface (CLI). For assistance with this command, refer to the HP-UX or Linux manpage by entering man mxreport at the command line. Refer to Getting Started - Using Command Line Interface Commands for more information on the command and a link to the manpage.

Related Procedures

» System Reporting - Adding a Report

» System Reporting - Editing a Report

» System Reporting - Copying a Report