Creating a Custom Trending Report

To create a custom trending report:

  1. From the System Wide Reports section of the navigation pane, select Trending Reports.

    The Trending Report Definition Administration page opens.

  2. Click Create Trending Report Definition.

    A new Trending Report Definition Administration page opens, containing fields for configuring a customized trending report.

    See Figure 1 shows a sample.

    Trending Report Definition Configuration Page

  3. Enter the following information for the new trending report:
    1. Name—The name of the trending report.

      The name can only contain the characters A through Z, a through z, 0 through 9, period (.), hyphen (-), and underline (_).

    2. Y-title—The title of the Y series.

      The title can contain up to 40 characters and cannot begin or end with a space.

    3. Description—The description of the trending report.

      The description can contain up to 250 characters and cannot begin or end with a space.

  4. Add counters to the report:
    1. Click Add next to the Counters Setting field.

      The Add Stats Definition popup opens.

    2. Enter a name for the counter in the Name field.

      The name can contain up to 40 characters, cannot contain double quotes (") or commas (,), and cannot begin or end with a space.

    3. Select the server type from the Server Type list.
    4. Select a statistic from the Statistic Name list.

      After selecting a statistic, all counters supported by that statistic populate the Counter Name list.

    5. Select a counter from the Counter Name list.
    6. Click Save to add the counter to the Counters Setting list.

      You have added a single counter to the trending report. You can continue to add individual counters to the report, using this step. You can also add counters by cloning an existing counter (described in the following step).

  5. (Optional) Add, edit, or delete reports.
    • Cloning an entry in the table
      1. Select an entry in the table.
      2. Click Clone. The Clone window opens with the information for the entry.
      3. Make changes as required.
      4. Click Save. The entry is added to the table.
    • Editing an entry in the table
      1. Select the entry in the table.
      2. Click Edit. The Edit Response window opens, displaying the information for the entry.
      3. Make changes as required.
      4. Click Save. The entry is updated in the table.
    • Deleting a value from the table
      1. Select the entry in the table.
      2. Click Delete. A confirmation message displays.
      3. Click Delete to remove the entry. The entry is removed from the table.
  6. Click Save.
You have defined and saved a custom trending report. The custom trending report appears, in alphabetical order by name, in the list of custom trending reports.
Parent topic: Custom Trending Reports