Viewing or Printing a Report

The reports display the information from the selected data source. Therefore, you must select a data source before viewing, printing, or saving the reports. Then, you can view or print a report, as well as save a report in HTML format.

Note

• Before selecting any reports, select a default printer on the workstation on which you run MOM Reporting.
• This tool uses the Short date style and Time style specified in the Regional and Language Options application in Control Panel. For more information, see Understanding Dates and Times.
• You should use a screen resolution of 800×600 or larger.

To view or print a report:

1. Select a data source. For more information, see Selecting a Data Source.
2. Select the report you want in the left pane of MOM Reporting.
3. Specify the report criteria in the right pane of MOM Reporting. The criteria for most reports are defined as follows:

4. Date range

   Specifies the dates on which the entries included in the report were logged:

   All dates

   Includes all entries that match the remaining criteria specified.

   Selected

   Includes entries that match the remaining criteria specified only if those entries were logged during the specified dates.

   Chart options

   Specifies how the graphs are drawn in the reports that provide graphs.

   Chart Type

   Specifies the type of graph to produce. For more information about the different types of graphs, see Understanding Graphs.

   Use smooth lines

   Specifies whether the graphed lines are smoothed to reduce extreme values.

   Y-axis range

   Specifies the minimum and maximum values for the Y-axis of the graph.

   Select servers to include in the report

   Specifies the servers from which the entries are included in the selected report.

   All

   Includes in the report entries from all the servers listed in the Server list box.

   Selected

   Includes in the report entries from the servers selected in the Server list box.

5. Click the desired action button:
6. • To view the selected report, click View.
   • To print the selected report, click Print.
   • To save the selected report in HTML format, click File on the menu bar, then click Save as HTML on the File menu.
7. If you are viewing the report, press the ESC key to return to the main window.