Diagnostic Manager 5.0.1 - User Guide

Scheduling a Report

The Metalogix Diagnostic Manager Scheduled Reports feature lets you set up reports to run in the background at a specified date and time, either once or on a recurring basis.  

To schedule a report do the following:

1.In the Management Console, select a farm whose reports you wish to see.

2.Click the farm name, above the overview area, and select Reports from the drop down pane.

3.From the left hand pane, select (...) next to the report that you would like to schedule, and select Schedule from the drop down list.

This feature is especially useful for reports that you want to run and distribute on a regular basis.

Scheduling a Recurring Report for Which a Specific Time Period was Selected

When report parameters specify a fixed time period (for example, "Today" or "Last [x] Days (or Hours)," the Metalogix Diagnostic Manager scheduler will interpret it as a relative date range (that is, relative to the date when the scheduled job is run).  Whenever the job runs, the report will cover the specified time period, as of the run date.

EXAMPLE:  If you initiate an Alert History Report for a date range that covers the past 7 days, then schedule it to run every week, beginning in the first week of February:

·the first time the scheduled job runs, results will include data for the week specified in the report parameters:

·the second time the scheduled job runs (the following week), results will include data for the second week of February.

Creating a Scheduled Report

To create a Metalogix Diagnostic Manager Scheduled Report job:

1.In the Management Console, select a farm whose reports you wish to see.

2.Click the farm name, above the overview area, and select Reports from the drop down pane.

3.From the left hand pane, select (...) next to the report that you would like to schedule, and select Schedule from the drop down list.

4.Complete the General Job Information section as follows:

a)Enter a Job Name and Description.

b)If you want the job to be active, make sure the Active box is checked.

c)Enter an Output File Name.

d)Select an Output Type (Acrobat (PDF), Excel 97-2003, or CSV (comma delimited) from the drop-down

e)If you want the date and time that the job is run to be appended to the file name, click the Include Date Time stamp in the file name box.  (This will enable you to retain a historical record of report results.)

5Complete the Schedule Details as follows:

6For Distribution Details:

§Complete the Send to:, Subject, and Message fields. (Note that you can enter multiple email addresses (separated by commas) in the Send to field.

§If you want to configure email settings, click the [Email settings] and follow the instructions for Configuring e-mail Settings.

7To save the job, click [OK].

Once a scheduled job has been created, it can be accessed via the Scheduled Reports grid.

Managing Scheduled Reports

From the Scheduled Reports grid, you can view the status of scheduled jobs.  You can also:

·view the report's parameters

·edit scheduled report settings

·delete scheduled jobs

·run a scheduled report immediately

To access the Scheduled Reports grid:

1.In the Management Console, select the farm whose reports you want to view, select the name above the viewing pane and click Reports from the drop down panel.

2.Select the (\/) next to the Scheduled Reports section.  

3.The Scheduled Report grid displays the following information for each scheduled job:

·Job Name

·One of the following Schedule Status values:

·Creation Date and time

·End Date and time (which, for recurring jobs, displays the last date and time that the job is scheduled to run)

·Last Run Time

·Next Run Time, which identifies:

§the next date/time a Pending job is scheduled to run

§the last date/time a Retired or Inactive job ran

§the start date/time that an in-process job started running.

If you want to narrow displayed results, you can:  

·search for a specific text string

AND/OR

·filter by one or more column headers.