26Getting started with the CommandCentral family About Veritas CommandCentral Enterprise Reporter
Business executives and storage administrators can use Enterprise Reporter to do the following:
■Develop highly customizable business views of data from multiple data sources. For example, administrators can discover global storage usage trends and drill down to identify high consumers across geographic or business units.
■Create storage tiers that match business needs and associate costs with each tier. Administrators can then identify where storage is allocated appropriately to costly tiers.
■Create ad hoc reports quickly by inserting data fields (such as host attributes, array attributes, allocated capacity, and claimed capacity) into a report table. Add selectable and customizable filters to narrow the focus or display data visually using charts for quick interpretation. To focus on specific business units, users can drag customized business view options into the report, easily grouping data into business units.
■Create advanced reports incorporating more advanced layout options, such as maps, images, and HTML. Also, add multiple queries to reports or insert prompts that request report users to select the report focus that they want prior to running the report.
■Automate report generation with a specified schedule and set automated distribution through email.
■Develop a personalized dashboard in Cognos Connection containing customized reports that display answers you need quickly.
■Select a sample report or report you created as the default report for the Enterprise Reporter Dashboard.
How CommandCentral Enterprise Reporter works
Multiple data centers, each with one or more CommandCentral Storage Management Servers, send data to Kettle, which performs extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes. Kettle aggregates the data and prepares it for use by the Oracle database. Kettle then loads the data into the Oracle database.
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Enterprise Reporter enables users to see the aggregated data in customizable reports via its Console. Administrators also use the Console to configure data rollup, storage tiers, business views, and user accounts.