Generating Reports

You can generate a standard report in one of three ways:

• By choosing Generate from the File menu in Report Manager.

• By double-clicking the name of the report request from the left pane in Report Manager.

• By clicking the Generate icon in the menu. This is the first icon located under the menu options.

After you generate the report, you can print the report and specify several printing options. Each time you generate a standard performance report, you must provide the host name and corresponding port if this information is not predefined. The host name is not saved to the report request. You can specify a different host name each time you generate a standard performance report.

For standard system configuration reports, a report is generated for all hosts identified in the Sun Management Center server context that also have the Performance Reporting Manager software installed.

For more information about standard performance and system configuration report requests, see Standard Reports Overview.

Both standard and custom reports are generated this way. For information about scheduling reports to run at regular intervals, see Scheduling Reports.

To Generate a Standard Report

You must have the Kernel Reader Simple module loaded in order to run any standard performance report.

Steps

1. Start Report Manager.

2. Select the name of the desired report request from the hierarchy view.

   Verify that this report request is correct by reviewing the summary information contained in the right pane.

3. Choose Generate from the File menu, or double-click the name of the report request from the hierarchy view.

   The standard report is generated. A second window opens that contains the report output. For information about when data is available for reports, see Data for Reports.

4. If a dialog box appears, provide the host name and corresponding port.

To Print a Report

After generating the report, you can print the report and save it to a file.

Steps

1. From the File menu, choose Print Screen.

   The Print dialog box appears.

2. From the General tab, you can do the following:

   • From the Name pull-down list, choose a printer.

   • (Optional) Select Print to File.

     If you select Print to File and then click Print, a Print to File dialog box appears. Accept or change the default path and file name. The output file type is PostScript^TM.

   • (Optional) Enter a print range.

   • (Optional) Enter the number of copies.

3. To change the page set up, click the Page Setup tab. From this tab, you can do the following:

   • (Optional) From the Size pull-down menu, choose a paper size.

     Options include Letter (default), Tabloid, Legal, Ledger, Executive, A3, A4, A5, B3, and B4.

   • (Optional) Choose an orientation.

   • (Optional) Specify left, right, top, and bottom page margins.

4. To change the appearance of the printed report, click the Appearance tab. From this tab, you can do the following:

   • (Optional) Choose color or monochrome.

   • (Optional) Choose print quality (draft, normal, high).

   • (Optional) Choose side orientation (one side, tumble, duplex).

   • (Optional) Choose job attributes (banner page, priority, job name, user name).

5. Click Print.