Defining SmartMIB Reports

To define a SmartMIB Report; from the main GUI window the user needs to start the “Report’s List” window. There are two possible ways of doing this; first is from the Reports menu item and then choosing “Report’s Definition”.

The second way is by clicking on the “Reports” menu bar button. Figure one below shows the main GUI and the menu items and menu buttons.

A Report instance have to be displayed per device and per management process running and for all devices where the reported Database Objects exists. There is of course the need (sometimes) for displaying Reports produced by multiple different management processes; This in fact is the reason why SmartMIB and only SmartMIB is capably of producing meaningful, focused, and highly specialized and relevant Reports.

Figure (1) below shows the “Report’s List” window.

Figure (1):

From within the “Report’s List” window, the user needs to click on the add button in this window’s menu to start the “Add New Report” window shown on Figure (2) below. It is essential to specify the following data in the appropriate fields:

• Report Description; as this will list in the appropriate field in the “Report’s List” window.

• Report Path; is actually the full path to the report’s file itself, SmartMIB have two types of report, Web Report and Crystal Report, so either set the crystal file path in case of the crystal report or the name of web report page.

• Where Condition; this field adds the flexibility feature to the designed report, which will allow the user to add any filtering criteria to the reports. The main issue here is the syntax. Syntax is strongly related to the reporting tool you are using, as for the default reports syntax is restricted by Seagate Crystal Report Selection Formula Syntax.

• Historical Data; this field to specify if the database tables that will be created will have historical data or normal updatable table.

• External Report; this is to differentiate between the web report and Crystal report.
   
• Database Tables; where in fact a specific Database tables will be created to host the values of the Objects to be reported in this report particular Report being defined, more than one table can be defined at the report.
   
• Objects to be reported; and include all MIB objects and database objects detected to have been directly or indirectly acquired by the managing process(es).

It also important to note here as well that the User access to the Report could also be assigned by clicking on the User Access button in a manner similar to what is described in Defining the Report’s User Access.

Figure (2):

From within the database tables’ list the user can add, modify or delete one of tables listed.

When the user clicks either on the Add, Modify or Delete buttons, the following screen will display:

It is essential to specify the following data in the appropriate fields:

• Database Table; to specify the database table name.
   
• The Objects to be reported; objects can be removed by clicking remove/remove all buttons. Note that there are two lists, the first one contains the all defined objects and from this list the User have to select the table fields.

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