Enterprise Reporter 3.2.1 - Report Manager User Guide

What are Published Reports?

Reporting administrators can publish reports that will be useful to their users. When a report is added to the Published Reports container, it is visible to all reporting users the next time they open their console. These reports are generally customized to suit your environment. You can base a published report on a report from the library, or you can create a new report and publish it. If you are a reporting administrator, you can edit reports directly in Published Reports; however, it is recommended that you copy reports to My Reports for editing.

If you are a reporting user, you can fill in the parameters, run the reports from the published reports container, and copy them to My Reports (see Copying Reports ) so they can be modified (see Editing Reports ). For example, you may want to run different versions of the same report. By creating several copies in My Reports and saving the parameter values, you can save yourself time. Reports in this container may also be scheduled (see Scheduling Reports ).

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What is the Report Library?

The Report Library is only visible to reporting administrators. It contains all available pre-defined reports included with Enterprise Reporter, organized by type of discovery (see Reports Included in Enterprise Reporter ). Reports in the library cannot be modified or moved, so you need to first copy them to My Reports or Published Reports if you would like to work with them (see Copying Reports ). If reports in the library contain values in their parameters, those values will be included when the report is copied.

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Reports Included in Enterprise Reporter

The reports included in Enterprise Reporter are located in the Report Library, and can only be seen by reporting administrators. The reports include the results of all discoveries that have been run on the server to which the console is connected. If you would like to customize a report, you need to create a copy in My Reports or Published Reports (see Copying Reports ) and modify it (see Editing Reports ). If reports in the library contain values in their parameters, those values will be included when the report is copied.

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Active Directory® Reports

The following table outlines the Active Directory® reports included in the Report Library. If you are a report user, your administrator may have made some of these reports available in Published Reports. For each report, you must specify the domains on which you want to report.

You can configure Enterprise Reporter to save your favorite parameter values within each report type. Your favorites can then be loaded when running reports that contain these parameters. For more information, see how To enter a parameter value .