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Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise Edition 8.9.3 - Web Component Tutorial

Using the Web Component Tutorial Tutorial 1: Drag and Drop Tutorial 2: Creating a Dashboard Tutorial 3: Adding a Drilldown Page Tutorial 4: Adding Views Tutorial 5: Using a Grid Tutorial 6: Reports Tutorial 7: Creating a Form Tutorial 8: Renderers Tutorial 9: Adding Questions and Answers Tutorial 10: Sending Messages to Other Users

Configuring the columns for the row-oriented table

This component needs a host context as well, so need to define it.

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Open the Context tab.
2
Under Inputs, click Add Input , and set the columns of the newly added row as follows:
Key: hosts
Name: unchanged
Usage: Required
List: True
Data Type: Monitoring:Host
3
In the Fallback Value column, click Edit , and choose String from the list that appears.
4
In the Edit - Context Input Entry “title” dialog box that appears, in the String value box, type Utilization Report - Hosts, and then click Set.

Now you need to define the columns for the Load Summary T5 table.

1
Open the Configuration tab.
2
To tell the table that its rows will be populated from a context selection, locate the row called Rows. In the Value column, click Edit , and choose Context from the list that appears.
3
In the Edit - Rows dialog box that appears, click the Input Key box, and choose hosts (List of Hosts) from the list that appears.
The table is now configured to be populated from the hosts context that is defined in the Hosts Summary Report T5 view, but we still have to define which properties of a host appear in the columns. For that, we have to add columns and define their contents.
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Choose Columns > Column > Value.
6
In the Value column, click Edit , and choose Context from the list that appears.
7
In the Edit - Value dialog box that appears, click the Input Key box, and choose currentRow (Host) from the list that appears.
8
Click the Path box, and choose Name - String from the list that appears.
9
Click Set.
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On the Configuration tab, select the Show Advanced Properties check box so that you can set the property containing the header name for the newly configured column.
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Under Columns > Column > Header, in the Value column, click Edit , and choose Context from the list that appears.
12
In the Edit - Header dialog box that appears, in the Value box, type Host Name, and click Set.
13
Under Columns > Column > ID, in the Value column, click Edit .
14
In the Edit - ID dialog box that appears, in the String value box, type Host Name, and click Set.

At this point you are going to add eight more columns in four groups: CPU, Memory, File System, and Network to complete the definition of the table.

1
On the Configuration tab, expand the Groups node and click to add a new group.
2
Under Groups > Group > Header, set the group header to CPU Utilization.
3
Add three more groups with their Header property set to Memory, File System and Network.
1
On the Configuration tab, expand the Columns node and click the Add Column () button.
2
Choose Columns > Column > Value.
3
In the Value column, click Edit , and choose Context from the list that appears.
4
In the Edit - Value dialog box that appears, click the Input Key box, and choose currentRow (Host) from the list that appears.
5
Click the Path box, and choose CPUs - Host CPUs > Aggregate State Severity - Alarm Severity from the list that appears.
6
Click Set.
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Under Columns > Column > ID, in the Value column, click Edit .
8
In the Edit - ID dialog box that appears, in the String value box, type CPU Aggregate State, and click Set.
9
Repeat the previous steps to add seven more columns, with the following ID, Path , and Renderer values. Set the Input Key value for all of these column to currentRow (Host).
ID: CPU Average Utilization
Value > Path: CPUs > Utilization - Metric > Current - Metric Value > Average - Double
Value > Renderer: Management Server > System > Number: No Decimals, With Unit
ID: Memory Aggregate State
Value > Path: Memory - Memory > Aggregate State - Integer
ID: Memory Average Utilization
Value > Path: Memory - Memory > Utilization - Metric > Current - Metric Value > Average - Double
Value > Renderer: Management Server > System > Number: No Decimals, With Unit
ID: Disk Aggregate State
Value > Path: Storage - Host Storage > Aggregate State - Integer
ID: Disk Average Utilization
Value > Path: Storage - Host Storage > Disk Utilization - Metric > Current - Metric Value > Average - Double
Value > Renderer: Management Server > System > Number: No Decimals, With Unit
ID: Network Aggregate State
Value > Path: Network - Host Network > Aggregate State - Integer
ID: Network Average Utilization
Value > Path: Network - Host Network > Utilization - Metric > Current - Metric Value > Average - Double
Value > Renderer: Management Server > System > Number: No Decimals, With Unit
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On the Configuration tab, expand the Groups node, choose the Group node to which you want to add a column, and expand the group’s Column Order node.
To add a a column to a group, first create a group, and add a Column ID node to the group’s Column Order node. For each column that you want to add to the group, create a separate Column ID node, and set its value to the column’s ID value.
3
Set the table title to Utilization Summary - Hosts.
5
Open the Hosts Summary Report T5 view for editing, and add the newly created Load Summary Table T5 view to the report, as described in Adding a sample view to the report.
6
With the Hosts Summary Report T5 view still open for editing, on the Views tab, select the Load Summary Table T5 view and click Properties.
8
Save the changes to the Hosts Summary Report T5 view.

Generating the table

Test the work you have done so far by generating a PDF of the table.

1
Ensure that Load Summary Table T5 is open in the Definitions pane.

Adding a Header

You could attempt to design fixed-layout views to use as the header and footer on a single-page report, but in most cases all you require is a simple one-line header and footer. Multi-page reports would present you with even greater challenges.

The Page Decoration component removes most of the effort in creating headers and footers. It has right, center, and left areas where you can add icons and text. Page numbering is easy because the PDF Layout component passes a special context, pageNumber, to views if you assign the Header or Footer function to them.

Creating the header component

The Add View dialog box appears.
3
In the Add View dialog box, ensure that the Create a Blank View tab is selected.
4
On the Create a Blank View tab, choose Reporting > Page Decoration.
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1
Open the Context tab.
2
Under Inputs, click Add Input , and set the columns of the newly added row as follows:
Key: title
Name: unchanged
Usage: Required
List: False
Data Type: Common:String
1
Open the Configuration tab.
a
In the Left Image row, in the Value column, click Edit , and choose Set to Binding > Icon in the list that appears.
b
In the Edit - Left Image dialog box that appears, click the Icon box, choose Management Server > Reporting > Company Logo from the list that appears, and click Set.
a
In the Center row, in the Value column, click Edit , and choose Context from the list that appears.
b
In the Edit - Center dialog box that appears, click the Input Key box, choose title (String) from the list that appears, and click Set.
a
In the Right row, in the Value column, click Edit , and choose Context from the list that appears.
b
In the Edit - Center dialog box that appears, click the Input Key box, and choose timeRange (Time Range) from the list that appears.
c
Click the Renderer box, and in the Select a Renderer dialog box that appears, choose Management Server > Reporting > Absolute Time Range, and then click Save.
d
In the Edit - Right dialog box, click Set.
1
Open the Hosts Summary Report T5 view for editing, and open its Views tab.
2
Click Add icon.
3
In the Select a View to add to the Report dialog box that appears, in the Name column, choose My Views > Header: Icon, Report Title, Time Range T5, and click Save.
4
On the Views tab, in the newly added Header: Icon, Report Title, Time Range T5 row, click the Function column, and choose Header from the list that appears.
5
Select the Header: Icon, Report Title, Time Range T5 row and click Move Up two times to move this view to the top of the container view.
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