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:
- From the Create Report page, click the type of report you want to create. The Report Edit page for that report type appears.
- Complete the top section of the Report Edit page, as described in the "Report Edit page" section. 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:
- AppServer Performance and WebSpeed Performance reports:
- Resource Alert Detail, Resource Status Detail, CPU Summary, Network Activity, System Disk Device Activity, System Memory Summary, and all Database menu group reports, as shown in the following table:
- Complete the middle section of the Report Edit page, described in the "Report Edit page" section. Note that the time interval indicated by the Report on check box changes based on the report format chosen, as shown in the following table:
- Complete the bottom section of the Report Edit page, as described in the "Report Edit page" section.
- 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 run the report now or schedule it to run at a later time. See the "Running reports" section for more details.
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