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Report Manager user interface consists of one main screen from which you can access the various Tier tabs. Report Manager main screen includes the following elements:
- About the Precise bar
- About the Tier selection bar
- About the View control
- About the Report set selector
- About the Report set description
- About the Reports table
- About the Data view
- About the Status view
- About the Command buttons
The following figure describes the Report Manager user interface elements.
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Table 2-1 Precise bar functions
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 | Backward | During a work session, keeps track of where you have navigated to. The Back button enables you to navigate between previously visited views. The Back control displays your previous view. |
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 | Forward | Enables you to navigate to the next view. This button is only enabled if you clicked Back or if you chose a history option. |
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 | History | The |
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History control displays your navigation paths signifying the various views you have already visited. Choose a navigation path from the pull-down menu to display a previous view. The history does not record changes to the selected view or tab. For example, in the Current tab, if you have an instance selected as the entity in the Main area and you change the association area from Active applications to Applications and then click the Back button, you will not be taken back to see the Active Applications. Instead, you will be taken back to see the previous entity in the Main area, which may be in a different tab. |
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 | StartPoint | Launches |
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| Precise StartPoint from your current Precise product. You can launch any Precise product from StartPoint. |
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 | AdminPoint | Launches |
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| Precise AdminPoint. |
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 | Home | Navigates to the highest level entity, usually the instance or Tier (all instances). The time frame settings remain the same. |
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 | Stop | Stops a request for information from the server. |
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 | Refresh | Updates the data currently displayed. |
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 | Favorites | Enables you to add or remove favorites in your Favorites list. |
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| the Print Option dialog where you can select the area of the screen you want to print. |
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 | Settings | Opens the General Settings and Time Frame Settings dialog boxes. |
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 | Actions | Depending on the tab you are viewing, it lets you perform different actions, including editing an existing statement or saving a statement with a new name. |
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 | Send | Opens a new email message in your email program with the link to the current application in context. |
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| Help | Help | Opens |
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| the online help in context. |
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 | Communications Indicators | Indicates whether or not the client is communicating with the server. Moving the cursor over this icon displays a ToolTip indicating the GUI server and port number. |
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Report Manager collects information and generates reports about the various Tiers in your application. The Tier Selection bar contains a button for each of these Tiers. When you select an Tier, Report Manager displays information relevant for that particular Tier in the tab. You can switch from one Tier to another at any time using these buttons. In addition, the Tier Selection bar contains the Cross-Tiers button that enables you to display high-level view of your application and generate integrated reports of more than one Tier.
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The View Control enables you to select the view of the Reports table. The following two views are available:
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Status view Displays the reports list with status information about the report, such as last run date and error description. See About the Status view on page 16.
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Report Manager reports are grouped into six different sets as follows: Profile, Exceptions, Availability, Load Balancing, Capacity Planning, and Customized. When you select a report, Report Manager displays its assigned reports in the Reports Table.
In Cross-Tiers area, the Report Set selector is dimmed because the Cross-Tiers reports are assigned to a single report set.
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A short description of the report set, including few statistical information, which summarize the data available in the reports.
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The Reports Table, which is the main area of the user interface, contains a list of Report Manager reports that are assigned to the selected Tier and report set.
The Reports Table also displays statistical information according to the selected view: Data or Status.
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In the Data view, the Reports Table shows a list of reports with statistical information displayed for each report. The statistical information includes columns that are common to all reports and additional columns that are specific to the selected report set.
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Customized This set contains new user-defined reports and copies of reports from other sets. The customized reports include data that is not provided in the pre-defined reports.
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In the Status view, the Reports Table displays a list of reports along with their corresponding status information. The following table describes the information displayed in the Reports table in the Status view.
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Clicking Details or double-clicking on the selected report displays the status details of the selected report.
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The Command buttons enable you to enable various functions for each report, such as opening the properties page or viewing its scheduling parameters. The following table describes the functions that can be carried out for each report.
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