A report displays Central Performance History (CPH) data. The prerequisite for the execution of a report is that a suitable report definition exists (see Creating a Report Definition). You can execute a report on the basis of a definition of this type; either directly or scheduled as a periodic job.
When you execute a report, you define the report properties that are not determined by the report definition. You define the following properties when you execute the report:
Executing and Scheduling a Report
Indicator | Description |
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Last … |
Time period that stretches for a defined period into the past from the day of the report execution (such as Last 7 days or Last 3 Months); the current time unit is not displayed |
Maximum Available Data |
Smallest time interval that includes all time periods in which data exists for at least one of the MTE classes of the report |
Minimum Available Data |
Smallest time interval that includes all time periods in which data exists for all of the MTE classes of the report |
Fixed Time Interval |
Time interval that is defined using a start date and an end date; a fixed time interval is only useful for a direct (single) report execution. |
Indicator | Description |
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Output to the Screen |
The report is displayed on the screen and is not saved. This is only possible for direct execution of the report. |
Save in Report DB |
The report is saved in a separate database. You can display the report any time in the Report Browser. |
Save as ASCII file |
The report is saved as an ASCII file. As an appendix to the report itself, the file contains the report properties. |
Save as Microsoft Excel file |
The report is saved as a Microsoft Excel file. As an appendix to the report itself, the file contains the report properties. |
Value | Description |
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one dimensional |
For each row, the values for one point in time are displayed; a separate column is displayed for each group of the report |
two dimensional |
For each row, the values for a day are displayed (and therefore, depending on the resolution, between 1 and 1440 values). A separate row is displayed for each group of the report. |
If you want to save the report to the report database, specify in this group box the name under which the report is to be saved in the report database. If you do not specify a name, the name of the report definition used is used as the name.
Displaying and Editing the Report Settings that Are Automatically Executed
Reports that are executed in the background (see above) are displayed in the right part of the screen in the Active Automatic Report Executions in the Background table. All settings that you specified during the scheduling of this report are displayed in the columns of this table.
To change the settings, choose the desired scheduling by double clicking it, make the desired changes, and reschedule it by choosing Schedule ().
Note that the report definition is entered twice if you follow this procedure. If you do not want this, select the scheduling that you want to delete and choose Delete Selected Reporting Jobs ().
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