Working with YSoft SafeQ CRS reports

YSoft SafeQ CRS Reports allows you to view the basic reports via the web interface using the reporting services.

See the article YSoft SafeQ CRS Report Builder for information about generating a customized report.

 

This article consists of:

 

How to display basic reports

Follow these steps to connect to the Reports server and display any predefined YSoft SafeQ report:

 

1

Use any Web browser (for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer) to connect to the Reports server. Enter: http://SERVER_NAME/reports/

SERVER_NAME = CRS Server IP address or server name 

2

In the pop-up window, type the user name and password to access the Reports server. (This authorization is verified using domain accounts.)

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3

A new basic Reports menu window opens. Click SafeQ Reports to display a list of reports.

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4

Click any Report link to display a new window with filters.

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In this window, you can define additional filter parameters (year, month, day, etc.). Click the View Report button to display the required data.

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MS SQL Server 2008 - How to schedule an automated report via e-mail

Follow these steps to schedule an automated sending of a specific report via e-mail:

images/s/-3eliqb/8502/404359a7d2ab19c9c7c58d12013124a386b28257/_/images/icons/emoticons/warning.svg This step requires that Reporting Services are configured for an e-mail delivery. This is not configured by default. Omitting this step will cause that e-mail will not be offered as one of the delivery options. For more information kindly refer to the Microsoft documentation at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345234(v=SQL.105).aspx

1

Find the report you wish to send via email. Hover the mouse over the report, open the drop-down menu and click Manage.

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2

Select the Processing Options, then select Cache a temporary copy of the report. Expire copy of report after a number of minutes: 30.

Confirm the configuration by pressing Apply.

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3

Select the Subscriptions tab and click New Subscription. The new window Report Delivery Options will be opened.

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Fill in the e-mail recipient in To field, fill in the e-mail Subject and set the other parameters per your needs. The content of the window will differ according to the attributes of your report.

Once finished, click the Select Schedule button. The new window Schedule details will be opened

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Configure how often the e-mail report shall be sent (Hour, Day, Week, Month, Once). Once finished, confirm the configuration by clicking OK.

images/s/-3eliqb/8502/404359a7d2ab19c9c7c58d12013124a386b28257/_/images/icons/emoticons/lightbulb_on.svg Please bear in mind that it may take around one day to synchronize and process all the data from the CML servers (depending on the configuration of the CML and the environment) - thus when setting up a monthly schedule, it is recommended to set it up to the beginning of the second day in the month.

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 Confirm also the Reports Delivery Options window by clicking OK. The new subscription is now displayed on the Subscriptions tab. Your e-mail schedule is created and it will send an email with reports according to the configuration.

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Predefined attributes for basic reports

This chapter describes the attributes that are available in the reports:

 

1

The following predefined attributes are available for both Base and Full reports:


year - year
month - month
day - day
hour - hour
date - date/hour/minute (only in Full report)
jobs cnt – jobs count
pages – number of pages
price - price
costs per page – cost per page
price per page – price per page
avg cvg – average job coverage
Avg Toner K: average coverage of black toner
Avg Toner Cmy: average coverage of color toner
papers – quantity of paper

 

2

Base report attributes:


Report Base - base report
Report Base - Cost Centers report: Basic report per cost center
name – cost center name
Report Base - Device Cost Centers report: basic report per device's cost center
name – Cost center name
Report Base - Device Groups report: basic report per device's groups
name – device group name
Report Base - Devices report: basic report per device
name – device name
description – device description
ip address – device IP address
ou name – device cost center name
group name – device group name
activation date – device activation date
deactivation date – device deactivation date
contact person – device's contact person
equipment id – device's equipment ID
service agreement id – device service agreement ID
location-- device location
printer type flag – device flag type
printer type name – device driver type name
printer type driver – device driver type
Report Base - Projects report: base report per project
name – project name
Report Base - Servers report: base report per server
name – server name
Report Base - Users report: base report per user
name – full user name
login – user login
name – user's cost center name

 

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Full report attributes

 

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Report Full - Base report
Report Full - Cost Centers report
Report Full - Device Cost Centers report
Report Full - Devices Groups report
Report Full - Devices report
Report Full - Filetypes report
Report Full - Projects report
Report Full - Servers report
Report Full - Users report

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Counters report attributes:

 

Report Counters – device's report
name – device name
description – device description
ip address – device IP address
ou name – device's cost center name
group name – device group name
activation date – device activation date
deactivation date – device deactivation date
contact person – contact person
equipment id – device equipment ID
service agreement id – device service agreement ID
location – device location
printer type flag-- device flag type
printer type name – device type name
printer type driver – device printer type driver name
year – year
month – month
day – day
hour – hour
value – counter value