Filtering Data in Global Reports

IMPORTANT: Depending on your license, Global Reporter may not be available. See the “List of Features” to determine if you have access to global reports. The “List of Features” is accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials). If your license lets you access global reports but you cannot access them, contact your system administrator to make sure your role lets you view and/or set up global reports.

You can filter the data in global reports so you only see the data gathered from certain sites and assigned to certain organizations. For example, assume your Global Reporter server gathers data from 10 sites throughout the world. You can filter the Global Reporter reports so you see data gathered from just one site.

If you do not see information in your reports, verify you have global reporting set up correctly. See ”Setting Up Global Reporter” on page 187.

To filter data global reports:

1.Access Reporting as described in ”Accessing Reporting” on page 431.

2.Expand the Global node.

3.Select a global report.

4.In the right pane, click the Filter Data button.

5.Expand the Sites and Organizations node.

6.In the Filtering window, select the sites you want to view.

7.Expand the node of each selected site to view its organizations.

8.Select the organizations containing the elements you want to view. To view all organizations at a site, select the Everything option.

9.Click OK.

The filter applies to all global reports.

Sending a Report by E-mail

You can send by e-mail an attached report in PDF, XML or Microsoft Excel format. If you want to send reports by e-mail on a regular basis, set up an e-mail schedule for the report, as described in ”Adding an E-mail Schedule for a Report” on page 436.

Keep in mind the following:

•Before you can e-mail a report, you must set up e-mail notification, as described in the topic, ”Setting Up E-mail Notification” on page 154.

•The elements in the report you send are based on your organizations and which organizations are selected in the organization filter at the top of the page.

•Send your reports soon after a report cache refresh. The reports display data that is in the report cache. If the report cache contains old data, the reports you send by e-mail will also show old data. The reports are refreshed every six hours by default. See ”Scheduling a Report Cache Refresh” on page 186.

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