EV Observe - Reports
Last modified on 2023/03/23 12:24
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Reports include:
- Activity reports that display SLA data as well as the capacity of configuration items (CI) present in the IT infrastructure.
- Widget reports dedicated to defining the scope of certain types of Dataviz widgets.
Each report:
- Is grouped in a category depending on whether it belongs to the internal IT infrastructure of the company and its sites, or whether it belongs to a customer's IT infrastructure.
See the description - Is built using a template. See the list of templates
Report categories
ReportCategory_List
| Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Customer base for internal use | Consolidated group of reports for the entire customer IT infrastructure shared with internal users based on the sending policy defined. | |
| Customer base for external use | Group of reports shared with each of the customers based on the sending policy defined. | |
| Internal IT | Group of reports for the internal IT infrastructure shared with internal users based on the sending policy defined. |
EndReportCategory_List
List of templates
Activity reports
ActivityReport_List
| Template | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity analysis | Used to view hosts that are underutilized or overutilized and to anticipate saturation, i.e. maximum capacity attained. | |
| Availability analysis | Used to view the availability of the selected user services (IT weather) and hosts over a given period, as well as trends over the previous months. | |
| Performance analysis | Used to view the availability of the selected hosts over a given period, as well as the performance of associated services. | |
| Checkpoint consumption | Used to view hosts and associated services for the selected companies. | |
| Live status | Used to view the current status of services associated with the selected hosts. | |
| User services availability report per day | Used to view the availability of the selected user services (IT weather) and hosts over a given period, with daily values. |
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Widget reports
WidgetReport_List
| Template | Description | Used by widget | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagram | Used to display flows and diagrams illustrating the deployment of configuration items (CI) in the IT infrastructure. | Diagram | ||
| Weather map - Hosts | Used to configure a geographical map to display the location of configuration items (CI) in the IT infrastructure. | World Map | ||
| Status List | Used to configure the list of statuses of configuration items (CI) in the IT infrastructure. | Status List. | ||
| Weather map - User services | Used to configure a geographical map to display the location of configuration items (CI) in the IT infrastructure. | World Map | ||
| Host and Service categories | Used to configure the state of the IT infrastructure via an overview by configuration item category. | IT asset monitoring (by category) | ||
| User services, hosts and service checks | Used to configure the state of the IT infrastructure via an overview by configuration item family, i.e. hosts, services, user services. | IT asset monitoring (by service type) |
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Notes
CommonNotes
- Report categories are defined by EasyVista.
- You cannot add new ones.
- You must select the category before creating a new report. You cannot modify it subsequently. See the procedure
- Templates are provided by EasyVista.
- You cannot add new ones or modify their structure.
- The templates available will depend on the report category.
- The creation of a report will not lead to the creation of a template. You will simply be able to define its scope and use. See the procedure
- The tabs available and the information to be specified will depend on the template.
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- Reports can be consulted in private or public mode.
- In public mode, reports will contain only public data and can be consulted by all users. This is indicated by
. - In private mode, reports can contain both public and private data and can be consulted only by its creator. This is indicated by
.
- In public mode, reports will contain only public data and can be consulted by all users. This is indicated by
- You can define reports for a site or for a customer. They will not be inherited by the subsites of the company.
- Reports are generated in a given language. You can customize them using elements from the selected company.
Caution
- If you modify the type of an existing report, i.e. activity report or widget report, its current configuration will be lost definitively.
Menu access
Configuration > Reporting
Note:
- Reports whose visibility is private can only be accessed by their creator.
- You can consult existing activity reports in the Monitoring > Reports menu.
- You access Widget reports in the Dataviz menu.
Screen description
(1) Report categories - See the description
(2) List of reports
- Type:
Activity report or 
Widget report - Title
- Visibility ( public mode or private mode)
- Template - See the list
- Period / Frequency / Sending: Used to indicate how reports are sent based on the sending policy defined
indicates that reports are sent by email
indicates that reports are available for downloading from a shared folder
- Name of the user who created the report
- Last date on which the report was sent
Functionalities
- Click one of the reports to display the window for configuring the report.
- Used to modify general information and the scope of the report.
- Open the graphic editor to configure the contents of the report.
: Used to delete the selected report.
Procedure: How to create a report
Step 1: Select the company where you want to implement the new report
SelectCompanyInCompanyTree_Procedure
1. Go to the Web app.
2. Select the company from the company tree structure.
Notes:
- The selected company must be associated with a Box.
- You can create a new company. See the procedure
Step 2: Create the new report
1. Select Configuration > Reporting in the menu.
2. Select the category of the report, e.g. customer base for internal use, customer base for external use or internal IT.
3. Click Add.
4. Specify the information for the report.
- Select the type: Activity report or Widget report.
- Select the template.
- Specify the information required in the General information tab.
- Select each tab and define the scope of the report.
Tabs displaying the table of categories:
- Click - in the left pane to exclude the category.
- Click + in the right pane to include the category.
example
- Exclude the Printer category
- Include the Camera category
Display a preview of the report to check its contents.
- Click Preview at the top of the configuration window.
The report will be generated and displayed in a new Web browser tab. - Check the contents of the report and correct its configuration if required.
5. Click Apply to save the configuration of the report.
The new report will be created.