1.0 ZENworks Reporting

The ZENworks Reporting Solution integrates with different Novell ZENworks products to provide reporting functionality for those products. This solution replaces the ZENworks Reporting Server that shipped with ZENworks 11 SP2. ZENworks Reporting Solution is available starting with ZENworks 11.2.4 and includes the following features:

  • Enables you to generate reports for different Novell ZENworks products.

  • Provides an intuitive user interface, which can be leveraged to perform data analysis, by using Ad-Hoc Views. It also has enhanced capabilities to drill-down into data.

  • Ships with pre-defined reports that are based on the most common use cases. You can use these reports as a starting point for your work.

  • Provides scheduling capabilities to generate reports that can be delivered to your mailbox.

  • Enables you to export report data in multiple file formats.

  • Provides built-in charts that help you achieve new insights into your data.

  • Supports LDAP-based authentication, thus facilitating easy access to non-ZENworks users or administrators within the organization.

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