Table 32-1 describes the fields on the Report > Report Launch Pad > Report Type > New page.
Table 32-1 Report Launch Pad > Report Type > New Field Descriptions
Field
Description
Settings
Create reports in current and each sub Virtual Domains
Select this check box if you want to create reports not only in current virtual domain but also for each sub virtual domains. Click the View applied Virtual Domains link to view details about the virtual domains such as the name of the virtual domain, e-mail address and the time zone.
Note If this check box is enabled and the report is not scheduled, the report template is created and saved in all the subdomains but the report is not run. But if the Create reports in current and sub Virtual Domains check box is checked, and the report is scheduled, then the report is scheduled in all the subdomains and is run at the scheduled time.
Note If this check box is enabled, you can only save the report and therefore all other options such as run, run and save, save and export, save and e-mail are not visible in the report details page. This means that the reports can only be created and scheduled to run in sub domains.
Note There should be sufficient time interval (at least 30 minutes) between the report creation and report execution as the report creation time varies between different systems.
Report Title
Enter a report name.
Note This report title is suffixed with _VirtualDomainName if you select the Create reports in current and each sub Virtual Domains check box. The VirtualDomainName is the name of the virtual domain for which the report has been generated.
Report By
Choose the appropriate Report By category from the drop-down list. The categories differ for each report.
Report Criteria
The field allows you to sort your results depending on the previous Report By selection made. Click Edit to open the Filter Criteria page and select the required filter criteria.
Connection Protocol
Choose one of the following connection protocols:
•All Clients
•All Wired (802.3)
•All Wireless (802.11)
•All 11u Capable Clients
•802.11a/n
•802.11b/g/n
•802.11a
•802.11b
•802.11g
•802.11n (5 GHz)
•802.11n (2.4 GHz)
SSID
All SSIDs is the default value.
Reporting Period
Select the Select a time period radio button and choose the period of time from the drop-down list.
or
Select the From radio button and enter the From and To dates and times. You can type a date in the text box or click the calendar icon to choose a date. Choose the hours and minutes from the drop-down lists.
Show
Enter the number of records that you want to be displayed in the report.
Note Enter a number between 5 and 1000, or leave the text box blank to display all records.
Schedule
Scheduling
Select the Enable check box to run the report on the set schedule.
Export Format
Choose CSV or PDF as format to export the report results after a report is run.
Note The default file locations for CSV and PDF files are as follows:
Choose your destination type (File or Email). Enter the applicable file location or the e-mail address.
Note If you selected the Create reports in current and each sub Virtual Domains check box, the Email to default Contact in each Virtual Domain radio button appears instead of the Email radio button. You can click the View Contacts link to view the e-mail IDs for the various virtual domains.
Note To set the mail server setup for e-mails, choose Administration > Settings, then choose Mail Server from the left sidebar menu to open the Mail Server Configuration page. Enter the SMTP and other required information.
Note If an e-mail address is not specified for a subVirtual Domain then the e-mail address of the current Virtual Domain is used if it is specified for the current Virtual Domain.
Start Date/Time
Enter a date in the provided text box or click the calendar icon to open a calendar from which you can choose a date. Choose the time from the hours and minutes drop-down lists. The report begins to run on this data and at this time.
Note The time referred here is the NCS server time and not the local time of the browser.
Note If you selected Create reports in current and each sub Virtual Domains check box then the Use Virtual Domain time zone check box appears. Select this check box if you want to use the time zone of the virtual domain as the time zone. Click the View time zones link to view the timezones of the various virtual domains.
Recurrence
Select the frequency for the report run from the following options:
•No Recurrence—The report runs only once (at the time indicated for the Start Date/Time).
•Hourly—The report runs on the interval indicated by the number of hours you enter in the Entry text box.
•Daily—The report runs on the interval indicated by the number of days you enter in the Every text box.
•Weekly—The report runs on the interval indicated by the number of weeks you enter in the Every text box and on the days specified by the selected check boxes.
•Monthly—The report runs on the interval indicated by the number of months you enter in the Every text box.
Report Launch Pad > Report Type > New > Customize
Table 32-2 describes the fields on the Report > Report Launch Pad > Report Type > New > Customize page.
Table 32-2 Report Launch Pad > Report Type > New > Customize Field Descriptions
Field
Description
Custom Report Name
Choose the report you intend to customize from the drop-down list.
Note The Available data fields and Data fields to include column heading selections might change depending on the report selected.
Report View
Specify if the report appears in tabular, graphical, or combined form (both).
Note This option is not available on every report.
Available data fields / Data fields to include
Use the Add > and < Remove buttons to move the highlighted fields between the Available data fields and Data fields to include columns.
Note Fields that appear in blue font in the Data fields to include column are mandatory fields for the report selected in the Custom Report Name field.
Change order buttons
Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to determine the order of the columns in the results table. The higher the column heading appears in the Selected Columns list, the farther left it appears in the results table.
Data field sorting
Indicate your sorting preference (Ascending or Descending). Determine how the report data is sorted.
•You can select four data fields for which you can specify sorting order. Use the Sort by and Then by drop-down lists to choose each data field for sorting.
•For each sorted data field, choose whether you want it sorted in Ascending or Descending order.
Note Only reports in table form (rather than graphs or combined) can be sorted. Only fields that can be sorted appear in the Data field sorting drop-down lists.
Note The Sortable fields displayed in the Create Custom Report page list all sortable fields irrespective of the data fields that are in the Data fields to include pane. The report is sorted based on the data field selected even if that column is not displayed in the report.
Scheduled Run Results
Table 32-3 describes the fields on the Report > Scheduled Run Results page.
Table 32-3 Scheduled Run Results Field Descriptions
Field
Description
Report Category
Choose the appropriate report category from the drop-down list or choose All.
Report Type
Choose the appropriate report type from the drop-down list or choose All. The report Type selections change depending on the selected report category.
From / To
Type the report start (From) and end (To) dates in the text boxes or click the calendar icons to select the start and end dates.
Report Generation Method
Choose one of the report generation method from the following options:
•Scheduled
•On-demand Export
•On-demand Email
Saved Report Templates
Table 32-4 describes the fields on the Report > Saved Report Templates page.
Table 32-4 Saved Report Templates Field Descriptions
Field
Description
Report Category
Choose the appropriate report category from the drop-down list or choose All.
Report Type
Choose the appropriate report type from the drop-down list or choose All. The report Type selections change depending on the selected report category.
Scheduled
Choose All, Enabled, Disabled, or Expired to filter the Saved Report Templates list by scheduled status.
Feedback
Table 32-1—Settings and Schedule