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Run/Schedule a Report

View Report Details

Configure File Categories for Reports

Configure Time Categories for Reports

Configure Top 'N' Category Counts for Reports

Run/Schedule a Report

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To schedule a report:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Report Manager, right-click a report, and select Schedule Report.
2. In the Schedule Details dialog box, select a Report Name and Schedule and Start Time for the report.

   Only if you select the One Time Schedule Policy do you need to specify a Date and Time. To run it immediately, accept the default start time.

3. To create a custom schedule for this report, click Edit, and enter the appropriate parameters in the Schedule Details dialog box.
4. If Predictive Trending is available for the report, you can optionally select Trending.
5. Click OK.

View Report Details

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view details of a report:

1. In the CommCell Browser, expand Report Manager and select a report.
2. The Report History window displays the copies of that report which have been run.
3. Select a report, and click View.
4. At the prompt, enter the User Name and Password configured in Reporting Server Credentials for viewing reports. The report will be displayed in your web browser.

Configure File Categories for Reports

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure file categories for reports:

1. In the CommCell Browser expand Reports and right-click SRM Report Manager, select Configure File Categories.
2. In the Configure File Categories dialog box:
   • Select the agent for which you want to configure File Categories.
   • Select a File Category to add, delete, or edit associated extensions.
     • To add an extension, type the new extension, and click Add to save it.
     • To delete an extension, select it from the list, and click Delete.
     • To edit an extension, select it from the list, make the changes, then click Edit to save your changes.
   • Optionally, click Reset to return all categories to their default configuration (see Default File Categories).
3. Click OK to save your changes and close the Configure File Categories dialog box. You can also click Apply to save any changes to the current Agent configuration, and then repeat this procedure from step 2 to configure File Categories for other agents.

Configure Time Categories for Reports

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure Time Categories for reports:

1. In the CommCell Browser expand Reports and right-click SRM Report Manager, select Configure Time Categories.
2. In the Configure Time Categories dialog box, select an Agent for which you want to modify Time Categories.
3. For each Interval:
   • Specify a Name for each custom Time Category.
   • Select the minimum number of days in the time range, or select None.
   • Select the maximum number of days in the time range, or select Unlimited.
4. Click OK to save your changes and close the Configure Time Categories dialog box, or click Apply to save your changes for the currently selected Agent, and repeat this procedure from Step 2 to configure Time Categories for other Agents.

Configure Top 'N' Category Counts for Reports

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure category counts for Top 'N' reports:

1. In the CommCell Browser expand Reports and right-click SRM Report Manager, select Configure Top 'N' Categories.
2. In the Configure Top 'N' Category Counts dialog box, change the count for each Agent for which you want to modify the Category Count in reports.
3. Click OK to save your changes and close the Configure Top 'N' Category Counts dialog box.

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