Dashboard Report

Use this report to quickly obtain the status of the backup operations for all your CommCells in order to determine the general status of the CommNet domain environment. This report is useful for troubleshooting purposes.

What this Report Contains

This report displays the following sub-reports for each of the selected CommCells:

Sub-Report	Description
Job Success (Last 7 Days Job Success)	The chart displays the total number of backup jobs executed during the last seven days with the following information: Completed Failed Killed
DP Coverage (Last 7 Days DP Coverage)	The chart provides a high level overview of backup coverage per subclient for the last seven days. The following job information is displayed in the chart: Completed Failed or Killed No Activity
Data Growth - Combined (Last 7 Days Data Growth - Combined)	The chart displays the data size information from full and incremental backup jobs for all agents in the CommCell. Click a bar to see an additional chart which shows the data size information of each agent for the selected date.

How to Generate the Report

1.	From the CommNet Browser, click Reports. Under Other Reports, click Dashboard.
2.	Under Cell Selection, expand the CommCells node and select the CommCell(s) to be included in this report. Click Generate.

Scheduling and Saving a Report

After a report is generated, you can schedule a new report and save it to an specific location as a PDF, excel spreadsheet or MHTML file. Scheduling and saving reports will help you analyze and compare data from your CommCells.

Follow the steps below to create a schedule:

Click Schedule from the top of the report window.
Type the name of the schedule and enter a description.
Click Next.
Select the appropriate schedule options. For example:
- Select the time zone.
- Select the start date and the frequency to generate the report.
- Change the Start Time to 9:00 PM
- Click Repeat Task and configure at which interval the schedule should be repeated.
Click Next.
Select the file format.
Click Save To File to save the report to a local drive or network share.
Specify the Destination Path for the output file.
You can also click Send E-Mail to User(s) and/or User Groups(s) to send the report as an email attachment to a user or user group.
Click Finish.

The report will be generated as specified in the schedule task.

Customizations That You Can Perform With This Report

You can further customize the report by using the filters available in the report. To access the filter options, click Filters at the top of the report window as shown in the image. After making your selections, click Generate to update the report.

The following table describes the general filter options in the report.

Filter	Description
Override Browser Options Setting	Select this option if you want to customize the sub-reports to be displayed: By default, the following sub-reports are included: Job Success DP Coverage Data Growth - Combined If you want to add an additional sub-report, right-click an empty block under the Report Order area, click Add and select the sub-report you want to add. Additional filter options are available for each sub-report. You can access these filters when you add a new sub-report or by selecting the Edit Report Filters option when you right-click an existing sub-report. You can also change or remove a sub-report. To access these options, right-click a sub-report under the Report Order area. By default, chart options and chart tables are not displayed in the Dashboard report. You can include them by selecting Include chart options and Include chart table under the Options area.
Cell Selection	You can refine your cell selection by expanding the CommCells and Cell-Client Groups nodes: Select multiple CommCells and/or Cell-Client Groups. Select a specific client and/or client group from a CommCell.

Data Growth - Combined Sub-Report

This sub-report displays the data size information from full and incremental backup jobs for all agents in the CommCell. The following table describes the available filter options for this sub-report:

Filter	Description
Time Range Selection	You can adjust the reporting period by selecting the Frequency drop-down list. Based on the selected frequency, you can also: Specify the number of days/weeks/months/years. Exclude the most current data by clearing the Include current period checkbox. Predict the future data growth using the growth pattern from the last day/week/month/year.
Override CommCell Weekend configuration	By default, the report treats Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the WeekEnd category. You can list weekend days separately by selecting Show Friday, Saturday and Sunday as separate days.
Chart Options	By default, the chart displays stacking bars with gridlines. You can change the chart display from the Chart Type drop-down list.
Data Size Type	By default, the char and tables in the report display the amount of data that has been protected (application size). You can choose to display the amount of data written to the media by selecting Media Size.

Data Growth - Incremental Sub-Report

This sub-report displays the data size information from incremental backup jobs for all agents in the CommCell. The following table describes the available filter options for this sub-report:

Filter	Description
Time Range Selection	You can adjust the reporting period by selecting the Frequency drop-down list. Based on the selected frequency, you can also: Specify the number of days/weeks/months/years. Exclude the most current data by clearing the Include current period checkbox. Predict the future data growth using the growth pattern from the last day/week/month/year.
Override CommCell Weekend configuration	By default, the report treats Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the WeekEnd category. You can list weekend days separately by selecting Show Friday, Saturday and Sunday as separate days.
Chart Options	By default, the chart displays stacking bars with gridlines. You can change the chart display from the Chart Type drop-down list.
Data Size Type	By default, the char and tables in the report display the amount of data that has been protected (application size). You can choose to display the amount of data written to the media by selecting Media Size.

Data Growth - Full Sub-Report

This sub-report displays the data size information from full backup jobs for all agents in the CommCell. The following table describes the available filter options for this sub-report:

Filter	Description
Time Range Selection	You can adjust the reporting period by selecting the Frequency drop-down list. Based on the selected frequency, you can also: Specify the number of days/weeks/months/years. Exclude the most current data by clearing the Include current period checkbox. Predict the future data growth using the growth pattern from the last day/week/month/year.
Override CommCell Weekend configuration	By default, the report treats Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the WeekEnd category. You can list weekend days separately by selecting Show Friday, Saturday and Sunday as separate days.
Chart Options	By default, the chart displays stacking bars with gridlines. You can change the chart display from the Chart Type drop-down list.
Data Size Type	By default, the char and tables in the report display the amount of data that has been protected (application size). You can choose to display the amount of data written to the media by selecting Media Size.

DP Activity - Data Size Sub-Report

This sub-report displays the application size (amount of protected data) or media size (data transferred to media) information for each agent in the CommCell. The following table describes the available filter options for this sub-report:

Filter	Description
Time Range Selection	You can adjust the reporting period by specifying the number of days.
Include Uninstalled Clients	By default, the report includes information on uninstalled clients. You can choose to exclude this information by clearing this option.
Chart Options	By default, the chart displays stacking bars with gridlines. You can change the chart display from the Chart Type drop-down list. You can also choose to display one or more coverage status by selecting them from Include Status.
Data Size Type	By default, the Data Size chart displays the amount of data that has been protected (application size). You can choose to display the amount of data written to the media by selecting Media Size.

DP Activity - Job Detail Sub-Report

This sub-report displays the number of completed and failed jobs based on the application or media data for each agent in the CommCell. The following table describes the available filter options for this sub-report:

Filter	Description
Time Range Selection	You can adjust the reporting period by specifying the number of days.
Include Uninstalled Clients	By default, the report includes information on uninstalled clients. You can choose to exclude this information by clearing this option.
Chart Options	By default, the chart displays stacking bars with gridlines. You can change the chart display from the Chart Type drop-down list. You can also choose to display one or more coverage status by selecting them from Include Status.
Data Size Type	By default, the Data Size chart displays the amount of data that has been protected (application size). You can choose to display the amount of data written to the media by selecting Media Size.

DP Coverage Sub-Report

This report provides a high level overview of backup coverage per subclient for the selected CommCell. The following table describes the available filter options for this sub-report:

Filter	Description
Time Range Selection	You can adjust the reporting period by selecting the Frequency drop-down list. Based on the selected frequency, you can also: Specify the number of days/weeks/months/years. Exclude the most current data by clearing the Include current period checkbox.
Override CommCell Weekend configuration	By default, the report treats Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the WeekEnd category. You can list weekend days separately by selecting Show Friday, Saturday and Sunday as separate days.
Include Uninstalled Clients	By default, the report includes information on uninstalled clients. You can choose to exclude this information by clearing this option.
Include Deleted Subclients	By default, the report includes information on deleted subclients. You can choose to exclude this information by clearing this option.
Include Subclients Information	By default, the report includes subclient information. You can choose to exclude further subclient information by clearing this option.
Exclude Command Line Subclients	By default, the report excludes subclients that were created using the command line interface. You can choose to include this information by clearing this option.
Chart Options	By default, the chart displays stacking bars with gridlines. You can change the chart display from the Chart Type drop-down list. You can also choose to display one or more coverage status by selecting them from Include Status.
Draw Table Using	By default, the table is displayed in image format. You can choose to view the table in text format by clicking Text. This is useful when colors cannot be identified e.g., viewing a black and white printout of the report.

Job Success Sub-Report

This report displays the total number of completed, failed and killed backup jobs that occurred in the CommCell over a specified period of time. The following table describes the available filter options for this sub-report:

Filter	Description
Time Range Selection	You can adjust the reporting period as follows: Specify the number of days. Exclude the most current data by clearing the Include current period checkbox.
Override CommCell Weekend configuration	By default, the report treats Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the WeekEnd category. You can list weekend days separately by selecting Show Friday, Saturday and Sunday as separate days.
Chart Options	By default, the chart displays stacking bars with gridlines. You can change the chart display from the Chart Type drop-down list. You can change the chart to plot based on the job percentage by clicking Percentage. You can also choose to display one or more coverage status by selecting them from Include Status.

Additional Reports

The following report derives from each of the sub-reports displayed in the Dashboard report.

Data Protection Detail Report

This report provides a comprehensive list of all the backup operations for a given date. You can access this report by clicking an active bar/grid from the graphs in the main report.

You can customize this report in the following ways:

By filtering the backup jobs based on their status using the Filters from the top of the window.
By changing the default tree view of the listed jobs to a Table View.

If you require further information on a particular backup job, double-click the job from the list to access the Job Detail dialog box.

Dashboard Report

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