How to export/import custom reports using template files (78973)

Date - Sep 2008
Affected Product & Version - NVBU 8.1
Affected Module & Version - Report Producing APM
OS Version - N/A
Application Information - N/A

When you modify or create a report component and save it under a new name it will create a file in the reports/templates directory where NetVault is installed. You can copy these files from the templates directory on one computer to another. Note that the actual name of the file doesn’t matter. Once the file has been copied to the other computer, the custom component will then become available to add to reports.

You will need to recreate the report jobs by simply creating a new report, adding the custom components to it, and then saving it with the name you want. When recreating the report, the report components will be grouped in the Available components section by class. Inside the template files, the top two lines will determine what class you will find the custom component in, and what the name of that component will be.