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Foglight for Databases 6.1.0 - User Guide

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Online-Only Topics

Online-Only Topics

You can use the Manage Reports dashboard to download and view details about generated reports. If you have the Advanced Operator role, this is also the dashboard from which you perform report-management tasks.

You can also use the Manage Reports dashboard to quickly generate and schedule new reports using an existing set of reports. From this dashboard you can run a report (see Online-Only Topics) and you can filter which reports are displayed in the table by selecting a template, module, or role.

If you have the Operator role, the Generated Reports table appears on this page. If you have the Advanced Operator role or Report Manager role, the Scheduled Reports table appears as well.

TIP: Show or hide columns in the views using the dialog box that appears when you click the Customizer icon ().Quickly find a report in one of these views using the Search field. You can also click the Search menu to perform an advanced search or use regular expressions.

Filter the list of reports to find reports listed in the Generated Reports and Scheduled Reports views more easily. You can filter these lists to show only the reports associated with a particular template, module, or role.

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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click Reports.
2
Click Manage Reports.
3
Click Currently Showing all Reports.
4
Clear the Show All Reports check box.

The reports that Quest Foglight has generated appear in the Generated Reports view. Use this view to download generated reports and to see details about a report such as its name, format, and the date on which it was generated. Report details are listed in the table and in the popup that appears when you click the row for a report.

2
Click View () to start the process of saving or opening the report.

If you have the Operator role, you can delete reports that you generated. If you have the Advanced Operator role, you can also delete reports that other users generated.

2
Click Delete ().

Use the Generated Reports view to create a scheduled version of a generated report. For example, you view a one-time report and decide it should be generated automatically at the end of each month.

You can also use this view to create a new scheduled report using a previously generated scheduled report. For example, you want to create a new scheduled report using the same template and the same schedule as your "End-ofDay" report, but the new report is tailored to a different service and emailed to a different group of recipients.

2
Click Manage Reports.
4
Click Schedule.
a
In the Name field, type a unique name for the report.
b
Choose the Output Format:
PDF is the default option.
Excel creates a report that you can open in Microsoft Excel.
XML creates a report in the XML format. Select this format if you want to import the data into other applications.
c
In the Retain field, type the number of instances of a scheduled report that you want Quest Foglight to keep. For example, if you type 3, Quest Foglight deletes the oldest instance of this report when it generates a fourth instance.
d
The Enable Scheduling check box is selected by default. When this option is selected, the scheduled report is automatically enabled when you click Finish.
e
Optional—type a comma-separated list of the email addresses of the recipients to whom you want Quest Foglight to email this report.
f
Click Next.
b
To specify a value, click the Edit icon () next to the report input. The contents of the dialog that appears vary depending on the type of value that you are editing.
c
Click Next.
a
Select the schedule that determines when Quest Foglight runs the report. For example, choose End of day to run the report daily, at the end of each day (5:00 pm by default). Select a schedule from the list or click the Add icon to create your own schedule. If you have chosen to create your own schedule, select a schedule pattern type and enter the details.
TIP: If you have a long list of schedules, use the Search field to narrow it down.
Start typing the schedule name into the Search field. You can also click the Search menu to perform an advanced search or use regular expressions.
b
Click Next.
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Confirm if the report values are correct. If they are not, click Previous and make the appropriate changes. If they are correct, click Finish to save your scheduled report.
2
Click Regenerate ().
3
Supply the values for the report input parameters. In the Optional or Required fields, click the Edit icon to select the new report input parameter value on which you want to base this report and then click Next.
a
In the Name field, type a unique name for the report.
b
Choose the Output Format:
PDF is the default option.
Excel creates a report that you can open in Microsoft Excel.
XML creates a report in the XML format. Select this format if you want to import the data into other applications.
c
Optional—if you want Quest Foglight to send this report to specific individuals, type a comma-separated list of email addresses of the required report recipients.
d
Click Next.
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Confirm if the report values are correct. If they are not, click Previous and make the appropriate changes. If they are correct, click Finish to generate your report.

When you schedule a report, it appears in the Scheduled Reports view on the Manage Reports dashboard. Use this view to download a generated scheduled report to see details such as its name, the schedule and template on which it is based, and the user who created it. You can also view report details in the popup that appears when you click the row for a report, such as the recipients to whom Quest Foglight emails the report.

Use the Scheduled Reports table to:

You can select a previous scheduled report to view or download it.

2
In the Generated From Scheduled Report table, click a generated report in the Date column and click View to start the process of saving or opening the report.

When you delete a scheduled report, you also have the option to delete any generated reports that are associated with it.

2
Click Delete.
3
Optional — In the confirmation dialog, select the Delete related Generated Reports check box if you want to delete generated instances of this scheduled report. Once selected, click Delete.
Quest Foglight removes the report from the list of scheduled reports. If you selected Delete related Generated Reports, all generated instances of this scheduled report are removed from the list of generated reports.

When you create a scheduled report, you choose whether you want it to be enabled (runs automatically at the scheduled times) or disabled (does not run at the scheduled times until it is enabled).

You can change these settings at any time from the Scheduled Reports view.

2
Click Manage.
3
Click Enable or Disable.
If you click Enable, the value in the Enabled column changes to true.
If you click Disable, the value in the Enabled column changes to false.

You can create a new scheduled report by copying or editing an existing scheduled report.

2
Click Manage Reports.
a
In the Name field, type a unique name for the report.
b
Choose the Output Format:
PDF is the default option.
Excel creates a report that you can open in Microsoft Excel.
XML creates a report in the XML format. Select this format if you want to import the data into other applications.
c
In the Retain field, type the number of instances of a scheduled report that you want Quest Foglight to keep. For example, if you type 3, Quest Foglight deletes the oldest instance of this report when it generates a fourth instance.
d
The Enable Scheduling check box is selected by default. When this option is selected, the scheduled report is automatically enabled when you click Finish.
e
Optional—type a comma-separated list of the email addresses of the recipients to whom you want Quest Foglight to email this report.
f
Click Next.
b
To specify a value, click the Edit icon () next to the report input. The contents of the dialog that appears vary depending on the type of value that you are editing.
c
Click Next.
a
Select the schedule that determines when Quest Foglight runs the report. For example, choose End of day to run the report daily, at the end of each day (5:00 pm by default). Select a schedule from the list or click the add icon to create your own schedule. If you have chosen to create your own schedule, select a schedule pattern type and enter the details.
TIP: If you have a long list of schedules, filter the list of templates by typing the first few letters of the template name or module in the Search field. You can also click the Search menu to perform an advanced or regular expression search.
b
Click Next.
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Confirm if the report values are correct. If they are not, click Previous and make the appropriate changes. If they are correct, click Finish to save your scheduled report.
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