7.3 Generating Reports

ZENworks Asset Management uses ZENworks Reporting Server to generate reports for your Management Zone. You can use predefined reports or custom reports.

To access the reports:

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click the Reports tab.

    Reports page

  2. In the ZENworks Reporting Server panel, click ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView to launch the ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView. The ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView page is displayed with initial view as Document List.

    The following table explains the various tasks you can perform in the ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView.

    Task

    Steps

    Generate a predefined report

    1. Navigate the Predefined Reports folder until you locate the report definition on which you want to generate a report.

    2. Click Actions > Schedule, or right-click the report, then select Schedule.

    Generate a custom report

    1. In the InfoView toolbar, click New > Web Intelligence Document. The Universe pane is displayed.

    2. Click the Universe that you want to view. For example, to view the ZENworks Universe, click ZENworks.

    3. In the Data tab, navigate to the universe object for which you want to create a report, and drag the object to the right pane.

    4. Click Run Query.

    5. Save the report in the Custom Reports folder.

    View the earlier instances of a report

    1. Navigate the Predefined Reports or the Custom Reports folder until you locate the report whose earlier instances you want to view.

    2. Click Actions > History, or right-click the report, and select History.

    View the latest instance of a report

    1. Navigate the Predefined Reports or the Custom Reports folder until you locate the report whose latest instances you want to view.

    2. Click Actions > View Latest Instance, or right-click the report, and select View Latest Instance.

    View the properties of a report

    1. Navigate the Predefined Reports or the Custom Reports folder until you locate the report whose properties you want to view.

    2. Click Actions > Properties, or right-click the report and select Properties.

You can also use the report-generate-now command, as well as other report commands, in the zman utility to manage reports. For more information, see Report Commands in the ZENworks 10 Asset Management Command Line Utilities Reference.

For more information about reporting, see the ZENworks 10 Asset Management System Reporting Reference.