Extracting Notification Server Report Results

A set of reports is supplied with Notification Server, and installed solutions may add further reports.
Some reports have the user parameters that you can set when you extract the report results. User parameters are variables in the report query, and they make reports more flexible and powerful. For example, the Computer list by System Type and OS Name report has user parameters defined for both the system type and OS name. When you extract report results, you can specify the system type and OS name combination that you want to use by setting the appropriate parameters. Without user parameters, each report would have fixed values defined within the query. You would need to have a different report for each system type and OS name combination. Alternatively, you would need to modify the report query each time you wanted to extract results.
To minimize the load on Notification Server, large or frequently-used reports can be saved as snapshots. Creating snapshots lets all other users view the report results in the latest snapshot instead of each user running the report over again. The scheduled reports are normally run with the Administrator scope to ensure that all available data is included. When you view the report result set, the snapshot data is scoped accordingly. When you view report results, you can choose a snapshot to use. If you don't choose a snapshot, the results are extracted by running the report query in the CMDB.
This task is a step in the process for viewing and managing resource data with Notification Server reports.
  1. To extract Notification Server report results
  2. In the Symantec Management Console, on the
    Reports
    menu, click
    All Reports
    .
  3. In the left pane, select the report that you want to use.
  4. (Optional) In the right pane, under
    Parameters
    , set the appropriate user parameters.
    After you change any parameter, the parameters string becomes highlighted with yellow, to indicate that the parameters string and report results differ from the selection in parameters control. When you click
    Run
    , the parameters string and the report results get updated and the yellow highlight disappears.
  5. If you want the report query to run automatically after opening the report page, check
    Auto-run
    . If
    Auto-run
    is not checked, the report query does not run automatically and you must click
    Run
    to get the report data.
    Note, that by default the
    SuppressReportAutoRun
    is disabled and therefore you can disable and enable the
    Auto-run
    functionality. If you enable the
    SuppressReportAutoRun
    , the
    Auto-run
    check-box becomes inactive. In this case, after you open any report, the report query does not run automatically and you must click
    Run
    to get the report data.
    You can enable or disable the
    SuppressReportAutorun
    functionality in
    NS Configurator
    , under
    Core Settings > User Interface > Report > SuppressReportAutorun
    .
  6. If you want to use a snapshot, in the
    View
    drop-down list, select the appropriate snapshot.
    The options are predefined as follows:
    • Current
    • Latest Snapshot
    Any additional snapshots that you have created are listed. Each is labeled with its creation date and time.