Asset Manager comes with more than 40 standard reports. However, there may be times when you want to organize data for a more specialized analysis. On those occasions, you can build your own. This page describes creating a customized report of your organization's network data.
When you create a customized report, the general process is to select a zone of interest, define the format in which you'd like the data to display, build a query that represents the data you want to report, then save the results as a report.
Because the process includes determining the format in which the final data set is to display, the item you are working on is initially called, more generally, a "widget." The procedure describes creating a "widget" that can become either a dashboard element or a user-defined report.
The reports you create in one zone are available for use in all other zones to which you have access (i.e., the reports are affiliated with user accounts). And as you may know, user-defined reports—like all reports—pertain to one zone and not multiple zones.
Here is the procedure:
- Go to Reports > Browse Real-Time.
- Select the Zone from the drop-down list to which you would like to add a report.
Click the Plus icon to add a report.
Select the properties for the report, including specifying whether you would like to create a chart-style report, a table-style report, or a textual item.
Chart widget - Choose a chart when your goal is to show the relationship between one element and one-or-more other elements.
- Metric widget - Choose metric when your goal is to evaluate system performance.
Table widget - Choose a table when the value of each element is roughly equivalent; the focus is relatively balanced.
Text widget - Choose the text option to add text to a dashboard or report.
- Set specific parameters for the type of widget selected. For example, if you selected Chart widget, you can select a Visualization (chart) type and color Theme.
- Click Run after configuration is complete.
- Click the Save drop-down list to select a Save as option.