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While Uptime Infrastructure Monitor offers powerful reporting features, you may want to generate reports that use a specific set of data or a custom report format. Using Crystal Reports, you can retrieve data from the up.time UIM DataStore, and use it to create reports that meet your individual requirements.
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Before you begin
If you have not already done so, install the MySQL ODBC driver and create a data source to access the up.time UIM DataStore. For more information about this feature, see Con necting Connecting to the up.time Uptime Infrastructure Monitor DataStore via ODBC.
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Configuring a
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report in Crystal Reports
To configure a report in Crystal Reports:
- Start Crystal Reports, and then click the Standard Report Wizard icon. The following window should appear:
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- In the Data Source column of the Standard Report Creation Wizard window, expand the Create New Connection and ODBC (RDO) folders.
- Double-click Make New Connection. The Data Source Selection window should appear:
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- In the Data Source Name list, click Uptime Infrastructure Monitor your UIM version, and then click Next.
- When prompted for a user ID and password, enter reports in both fields, and reports and then click Finish. The connection will appear appears in the Make New Connection window.
- Expand the connection, and then double-click Add Command. The Add Command to Report window should appearappears.
- Enter Type the following code in the column in the left portion of the window:
Code Block language sql select e.display_name,
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avg(p.cpu_usr + p.cpu_sys + p.cpu_wio), DATE(s.sample_time)
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from performance_samples, performance_aggregate p, entity e
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where s.id = p.sample_id
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and e.entity_id = s.uptimehost_id and s.sample_time > "
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2023-11-23"
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and s.sample_time < DATE_ADD("
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2023-11-23", INTERVAL 7 DAY) group by DATE(s.sample_time), e.display_name
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order by DATE(s.sample_time), e.display_name;
This example
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- reports on the CPU workload average for all systems over the seven day period from
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- 2023-11-23 to
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- 2023-11-30.
- Click OK after you change the range to suit your needs. The Standard Report Creation Wizard will startstarts.
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Use the
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- wizard to control the appearance of the report.
- Select the fields that you want to display in the report, and then click Next.
- On the Grouping screen, select
display_nameto group the systems by their host names, and then click Next.
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- On the Summaries screen, select
avg(p.cpu_usr + p.cpu_sys + p.cpu_wio)from the Available Fields column, and then select Average from the drop-down list below the Summarized field Fields column.
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- Click Next.
- Select None for group ordering, and then click Next.
- Select No Chart, and then click Next.
- Do not choose any subset information to display, and then click Next.
- Select the template that you want to use, and then click Finish. Crystal Reports will now generate generates the report, as shown below:
- Save the report by selecting Save from the File menu.
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Info You may need to move or alter some of the report fields to meet your desired format.
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Modifying the
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sample report
Download the sample report that was created earlier, open it locally with the settings intact, and then modify the sample report as required by following these steps:
- Download the sample report using the link to the right.
- Open the file in Crystal Reports.
- Click Database / Set Datasource Location.
- In the Set Datasource Location window, click on the current data source.
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- Locate your ODBC source in the bottom part of the window, click Update, and then click Close.
- Click on Database / Database Expert.
- In the Selected Tables column, right-click on Command, and choose Edit Command.
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- Modify the report to suit your needs. Click
- Click OK when you are finished.