Editing a Report
Reports can be edited by System or Tenant administrators according to the description in Adding a Report.
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Open the Reports page (Statistics menu > Reports tab). Select the report that you wish to modify and then click Edit. |
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Click Add(disabled for operators whose security level is configuredas ‘Monitor’). |
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Use the following table as a reference. |
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Description
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Name
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Enter an intuitive name for the report. Enter a namethat will facilitate management later.
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Description
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Enter a description of the report to facilitate management later.
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Category
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From the drop-down, select a category from the list of report categories or define a new category.
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Report Type
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Select the report type option you require. Use the following as reference:
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Element [Entity] Statistics (Default). Select this option to display a statistics report perelement (entity), perdefined Filter (tab). |
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Aggregated Statistics Trends. Select this option to generate a statistics report per a defined time interval for all elements (entities) per a defined Filter (tab). |
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Trends Statistics Comparison. Select this option to generate a statistics report perelement (entity), for a single metric, per time interval. From the drop-down, select the metric. |
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Report Scope
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Provider Name.
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Logo (PNG, JPEG)
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Enables logos to be displayed in report results thereby facilitating man agement of reports results later. The preferred logo size is 200X40 pixels.
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Click to upload a M365 tenant logo image file; the file is added to the Software Manager. |
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Optionally select the Customoptionandfrom the 'Logo (PNG, JPEG)' drop-down, select a logoimage file; this file is only displayed for this specific report definition. |
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If the logo image file you require is not listed in the 'Logo (PNG, JPEG)' drop-down, click to uploadone; the file is thenadded to the Software Manager. |
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Privacy
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Default: Private. Drag to change to Public; the text in the screen changes correspondingly. When this parameter is set to Private, only the Tenant operator who created the report can run it and modify its details. Any Tenant operator with equivalent security permissions can delete the report i.e. Tenant operator with “operator” or admin” permissions.
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Select the Last option and then from the drop-down, select Hours, Days, Weeks or Months; enter the numberof hours, days, weeks ormonths for which you require this report -OR- |
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Select the calendar option and define from what year, month andday / date to what year, month andday / date you require this report. |
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[Only displayed if 'Aggregated Statistics Trends' or 'Trends Statistics Comparison' were selected for parameter'Report Type' under the Definitiontab] From the 'Display Interval' drop- down, select how often you want a measurement performed; in the report result, the graph displays the interval. |
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From the 'Report Element Type' drop-down, select the network element on which you want to produce this report: |
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From the ‘Customers’ drop-down list, select the M365 Tenants upon which you wish to generate reports. |
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[Only displayed if User or URI is selected from the 'Report Element Type' drop-down] In the 'RegEx' field, enter a URI(or multiple URIs)or a username(or multiple usernames); the report results will display statistics only for those URI/URIs or user/users you defined. If the field is left undefined, reports results will be displayed for all URIs and users listed in the Active Directory. |
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[Only displayed if you select the URI option]. Select the entities upon which you wish to build the report. Select the “Select All Entities” check box to select all entities defined in the topology. Use the search field to search for specific managed entities. |
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Click the TableLayout tab. |
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For the report types 'Element (Entity) Statistics' and'Aggregated Statistics Trends': |
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Click > to includean'Optional Metric' in the report. |
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Click < to exclude a metric from the report. |
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Click << and >> to add / remove ALL metrics to / from the report. |
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Up to four columns of metrics in a report can be sorted. |
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Click the arrow to make a column sortable in a directionof your choice |
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To perform a multiple sort, press CTRL andthen click a drop-downarrow; a number indicates the sort order(fortwoandthreecolumns sort). |
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Use the number displayed on the arrows of the sort to determine the orderof the sort. |
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For the 'Top Values Reports' parameter, select the ShowMeOnlyTheTopoption if it'snot selected (thedefault is selected); the 'Records' drop-down is activated. Select 10, 20, 30, 50, 100, 1000 or10000. |
Note: When reports are on element type 'User' or 'URI', they can include multiple rows. Reports on element type 'User' can potentially include tens of thousands of rows (users). Reports on element type 'URI' can include tens of millions of calls. Reports on these element types are therefore limited to the first 10,000 users to keep them within reasonable proportions.
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The ShowMeOnlyTheTopoption is by default selected when 'Element (Entity) Statistics' report type is selected and when the element type selected is 'User', 'URI'or 'Endpoint'; reports are limited to the first 10000 users. |
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TheShowMeOnlytheTopoption is by default clearedwhen'Aggregated Statistics Trends' report type is selected. |
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TheShow MeOnlyTheTopoption is by default clearedwhen'Trends Statistics Comparison' report type is selected. |
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From the 'Number Of Rows Per Page', select 25, 50, 100or500. |
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Click OK or click the Graphs Viewtab. |
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Click the icon to add a graph. |
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Click the 'Name of Graph' field andenteran intuitive name to facilitate effective management later; the field turns yellow. |
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From the 'GraphType' drop-down, select the type of graph to display: Bar, Line, PieorStack Bar; the field turns yellow; the 'Columns' panebelow it also turns yellow. |
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From the 'Columns' drop-down in the 'Columns' pane, select graph columns (available columns dependongraph type andon the metrics that you previously selected in the Table Layout tab). |
The size of a column definition can be minimized to thumbnail by dragging the lowermost right corner inward. Multiple columns can be defined. Thumbnails can be dragged and dropped. Up to four can fit across the pane.