Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

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Customizing and displaying report output

NMC provides you with configuration parameters for each type of report. Configuration parameters act as filters to limit criteria that are used to generate the information that is provided in a report. By default, each report sets these parameters to include all the information available in the report, the report does not filter any data.

When you accept the default configuration of the parameters results, NMC generates a report that includes statistics for all backup and clone actions that are initiated in a data protection policy resource within the last day, for all the servers in the enterprise. The statistics reported for each server would include all backup types and levels, and the time range would include all data available. Use the configuration parameters to define the data that is displayed by a report.

NOTE:An administrative user can restrict the user that have access to certain servers in the enterprise, which can limit the scope of the reports that the user can create and view.

From the NMC GUI, click Reports.
Expand a report category folder, and then select an available report type.
The report open on the Configuration tab. The possible parameters for that report appear by default in the Selected boxes.
Define the report criteria:
- To limit the scope of the report, click any of the parameters in the Selected box, then click Remove ( ).
- To remove all the parameters from the Selected box, click Remove All ( ).
  Removed parameters appear in the Available boxes.
- To return a single parameter to the Selected box, select it from the Available box, and then click Add ( ).
- To return all available parameters to the Selected box, click Add All ( ).
To display the report, select the View Report tab.
NOTE:If you receive the error com.sybase.jdbc3.jdbs.SybDriver when you generate a report, close the NMC GUI, clear the Java Cache on the NMC client, and then generate the report again. The NetWorker Installation Guide describes how to clear the Java Cache.

Most reports display initially in interactive mode and table format, to modify the report, right-click the View Report tab and select one of the following options:

Option	Description
Table	Display the data in Table view.
Chart	Display the data in Chart view
Document	Display the report in Document mode.
Interactive	Display the report in Interactive mode.
Portrait	Display the data in Portrait format.
Landscape	Display the data in Landscape format.

To print the report, right-click the View Report tab, and select Print.

To export the report, right-click the View Report tab, and select Export. In the Save dialog box, specify the file name and file location, and then click Save.

You can export the report to one of the following formats:

Option	Description
Postscript	For printing. Shows data totals.
PDF	For printing or viewing with a PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat. Shows data totals.
HTML	For viewing in a browser. Shows data totals.
CSV	For importing raw data into other programs, such as spreadsheets, that accept the comma separated values (CSV) format. Does not show data totals.