HP Web Jetadmin Software manual All About Reports, Types of Data Collection and Available Reports

●Data Collection

●Report Generation

●Archived Reports

All About Reports

●Types of Data Collection and Available Reports

●Examples of Reports

HP Web Jetadmin provides a rich set of data collection and reporting features. These features enable data collections that are stored in a database and that are used in generating reports at a later time. After data is collected about a device or group of devices, you can display the data in a report, save the data for future use, or save the report.

There are two steps to producing a report:

1.Collecting the data: request which devices to collect information about for the report. Since this process causes network traffic and database space, you must turn on data collection when you want a report.

NOTE: If the data collection is not turned on, then the data will not be included in the report when it is run.

2.Generating the report: specify the report type, the device or group or devices to include in the report (which could be all or a subset of the devices you specified in Step 1), and the time frame for the data to be included in the report. This must be done each time you want the report to run.

Reporting in HP Web Jetadmin shows data change over time. A very simple report could be simple device page count on a single device (Device Utilization, see Device Utilization on page 206). After data collection has been established and multiple page counts exist in the database, a report can be displayed that shows the page count change (if any) in a selected time interval.

For more information about producing a report for the first time, see Getting Started with Reports on page 209.

To ensure this feature works properly, see System Requirements on page 1.

Types of Data Collection and Available Reports

The following reports can be generated and produced if you select the corresponding type of data collection:

Table 3-9Available Types of Data Collection and Reports

Select this type of Data	To gather this type of	To generate this report	To determine	Notes
Collection	data
Accessories Inventory	Lists accessories	Accessory Inventory	Tracks install,	Accessory data is
	installed on the devices.		uninstalled, and	collected once every 24
	For example, a printer		changes to device	hours.
	might have an accessory		accessories.
	duplexer or paper tray.
Device Inventory	Reports on device status	Device Inventory	Reports “found”, “lost”,	Data is collected once
	and attribute changes.		and IP address changes.	every 24 hours; collects
	Includes device first and		Includes the number of	device status and other
	last communication.		various models installed	device details.
			on the network. This
			enables you to monitor
			which devices are
			actually on the network.

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