Create a report
The following procedure describes how to create a report.
Before creating a report:
- Create a viewpoint.
- Create a TEXTML query.
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In the Queries panel, right-click the
Reports folder.
The Create report option appears.
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Click Create report.
The Create report dialog appears.
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Enter a Report name, select Open report in
default editor, and click OK.
For example:The report is created and opened, as shown below. The report name is displayed:Note: The created report can also be viewed in the Queries panel.
- Enter the required information in the report.
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In the General Information panel:
You first have to choose a Query and a Viewpoint before enabling the report.
- Choose the relevant Query from the drop-down list.
- Choose the relevant Viewpoint from the drop-down list.
- In the State field, select ENABLED to receive a report.
- In the XSL template field, select the template.
- To receive the dataset in the email, select Attach Dataset.
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In the Notify panel, enter the list of all emails that should
receive the generated report. To add email recipients:
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Right-click Email to add, delete, and modify email details.
For example:
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Choose Add to add a new email to the list.
A Notify window opens. For example:
- Enter the Email(s).
To add several email addresses, use a semicolon to separate them. For example: jane.doe@ixiasoft.com;john.smith@ixiasoft.com;jeff.bridges@ixiasoft.com
- Choose the Email type from the drop-down list.
- Click OK.
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Right-click Email to add, delete, and modify email details.
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In the Parameters panel, enter the parameters that are
required for the report.
Note: Both the Key and Value are configurable from the report2html.xsl template. However, from the Parameters panel only the Value is modifiable.
To modify the Value:
- Right-click Value.
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Click Modify to modify the
Value.
The Report parameters window opens.
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Enter the Value.
For example:
- Click OK.
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In the Schedule panel, specify the time interval at which the report
will run. To specify the values:
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Double-click the Value field on the line that
you want to configure.
For example, to set the minutes for the job double-click Value on the Minutes line. The following dialog appears:
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Choose the preferred time from the available options.Note: Reports are generated in relation to the GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) time zone.
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Repeat these steps to set the Hours, Days, Months, and Days of week for
the report to be sent.
In the following example the report is scheduled for 8:00 AM every day.
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Double-click the Value field on the line that
you want to configure.
- Save and close the report.