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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Editing a Report

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»System Reporting
»Adding a Report
Editing a Report
»Copying a Report
»Showing SQL
»Reporting Views
»Snapshot Comparison Reporting
»PMP Reporting Options
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Command Line Interface
» Related Procedures
» Related Topic

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) enables you to edit existing report configurations. You can save these updated report configurations over the existing report configuration, or you can save it as a new report configuration.

You must have full- or limited-configuration-rights to create, save, edit, copy, or delete report configurations. In addition, you must have full-configuration-rights to view a license key. Users with no configuration rights cannot edit the report configurations.

You can also access the Manage Reports page from the HP SIM Home page, Manage section by clicking the Manage inventory reports link.

To edit an existing report:

  1. Select ReportsManage Reports. The Manage Reports window appears.

  2. Select the report to edit, and click [Edit]. The Edit Report section displays.

  3. Select target systems. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Creating a Task for more information.

  4. Click [Next]. The Specify Parameters section appears.

    1. In the Select items to show in report section, select all of the categories or items to be included in the report. You can click the tree plus icon to expand a category and select specific items, and then click thetree minus icon to collapse a category.

    2. When you have selected all items to include in the report, select one of the following options:

      • Show all systems in the same table. This option displays all categories and items selected in the Select items to show in report section in the report. The selected categories appear as tables, and the selected data items appear as column headers in the report. All systems appear in the same table.

      • Show each system in a separate table. This option displays all categories and items selected in the Select items to show in report section in the report. The selected categories appear as tables, and all the selected data items appear as column headers. Each system displays in an individual table.

  5. Under Format for current run of generated report (format not saved with report):, select from the following:

    • HTML (Recommended for viewing). This option displays the report in HTML format.

    • XML. This option displays the report in XML format.

    • CSV. This option displays the report in CSV format.

  6. To save over the existing report configuration, click [Save Report].

    Note: To save an existing report as a report with a new name, enter a new report name in the Report Name field, and click [Save Report]. The new report is saved and added to the report list on the Manage Reports page.

    A dialog box appears asking you to confirm your intention to save the report. Click [OK] to save, or click [Cancel] to abort. If the report already exists, the overwrite report message appears. Click [Cancel] if you do not want to overwrite the existing report.

  7. To view the report, click [Run Report]. You can click [Previous] to return to the target selection page. You can click [Cancel], to abort the report creation process.

Command Line Interface

Use the mxreport command to perform this task from the command line interface (CLI). For assistance with this command, refer to the HP-UX or Linux manpage by entering man mxreport at the command line. Refer to Getting Started - Using Command Line Interface Commands for more information on the command and a link to the manpage.

Related Procedures

» System Reporting - Adding a Report
» System Reporting - Showing SQL
» Reporting - System Reporting

Related Topic

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Reporting