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January 22nd, 2014 07:00
How do I add a custom field to DPA reports?
I am currently using DPA V.6.0.1.
I am trying to add a description field to my DPA reports. I currently have a report that runs every morning. This report list any client that had a failed backup and was not reran successfully. We are trying to add a description field to the report so management can see the client name as well as a description field which would list the application that runs on that server.
I went to inventory -> Group Management and added a description into the description field of each of those clients. I am unable to find a way to get this information to show up in any reports i run.
Does anyone know a way to add a custom field like that so i can show the client name and a field for the application running on the server on a DPA report?
ElvinKan
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January 28th, 2014 10:00
Hi Joe
There are multiple ways of accomplishing this - if you want to use Custom Attributes on objects/nodes in DPA, then :
If you set attributes on a node eg.
Q: How would you access this data in a report ?
A: use the “Node Details” datasource with the parameter of “Include host attributes” ticked/selected/checked
Example :
Then go to the Fields section and select the Field/Custom Attribute fields you want (or All) :
And you will get :
***Note *** :
Please also take into consideration the rate of change of the values in these custom attributes – if they are static and don’t change much, then it will be ok to use – however, if the values change often, then it may be better to use a “Database Query” to get the info/data from an external database matching on the Client name (or similar) or use the ReadCSV datasource to read the data in from a csv file (if the csv file is not too big) – these latter two options make maintenance and updating of these attribute values easier for the customer and is more up-to-date than statically setting them on the Object in DPA. There is also the possibility of writing a script to update the Host object custom attributes in DPA using the REST API.
HTH
PS: I've attached a pdf with the screenshots in case it doesn't show up in this post
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mosohail
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December 23rd, 2015 05:00
Thank you... it was very helpful.