3.2 Managing Reports

You can modify, schedule, or delete reports. You can also view the previous instance or the latest instance of the reports.

  1. In the ZENworks Control Center, click Reports.

  2. In the ZENworks Reporting Server Reporting panel, click ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView to launch the ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView.

  3. View or modify the reports as necessary.

    Refer to the following table to understand the tasks that you can perform on a report:

    Task

    In ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView

    By using command line

    Additional Details

    Viewing the previous report instances

    Click Actions > History.

    report-list-history (rplh) [options] (report name) (report folder) (report type)

    Lists the report instances you can view.

    Viewing the latest instance of a report

    Click Actions > View Latest Instance.

    Not available

    The latest instance is the one most recently created.

    Deleting a report or report instance

    Click Actions > Delete.

    Only the Administrator account can delete the report instances in the Predefined Reports folder.

    Modifying a report

    Click Actions > Modify.

    Not available

    You can modify the report template, queries, and layout.

    Scheduling a report

    Click Actions > Schedule.

    report-schedule (rps) (report name) (report folder) (report type) (report destination)

    You can schedule a report to automatically run at a certain time.

    Importing a single report

    Not available

    report-deploy (rpd) (file path) (destination folder) [report type]

    You can import a single report to the ZENworks Reporting Server

    Importing all custom reports

    Not available

    report-load (rpld) (source folder)

    Imports all the reports, reporting rights, and ownership details from the specified folder to the Custom Reports folder.

    Exporting a single report or a report instance

    Not available

    report-generate-now (rpgn) (report name) (report folder) (report type) (format type) (report destination) [options]

    You can export the report to a file.

    The report type should be set as WID to export report definitions.

    Exporting all custom reports

    Not available

    report-save (rpsv) (destination folder)

    You can export the reports, reporting rights, and the ownership details from the local ZENworks Reporting Server to the specified folder.

    The report type should be set as WID to export report definitions.

For more information on how to use the zman command line utility, see Report Commands in the ZENworks 10 Asset Management Command Line Utilities Reference.