Managing report settings

Define the settings for style-based reports and know how to customize logo for reports.

Report parameters

From the Reports tab of the Global Settings > System Variables node, you can define some default settings for the style-based reports.

Parameter

Description

Style Sheet

Defines the style sheet to use by default when displaying style-based reports in one of the following ways:

  • From the console, you can browse for a style sheet and apply it for style-based reports.
  • 2 files are delivered with the software, but you can adapt these to your requirements or add custom style sheets. These must be located in the <InstallDir>/data/Vision64Database/reports/common/css directory of the master. The BMC.css file is the default file. It has a default width of 1024 pixels . The Compatible.css file has the same values as the BMC.css file but no fixed width and is to be used if you are upgrading from an earlier version to be used with existing reports.

Encoding

Defines the encoding to be used by default when creating reports.

Time Zone

Defines the time zone to be used for the dates displayed in the generated report. Possible values are:

  • GMT: Uses the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) time zone.
  • Master or Local: Uses the time preferences set on the master server or the local time zone.
  • Administrator: Uses the time zone set in the user preferences by the administrator generating the report.

Time to live for report results (Days)

Defines the number of days for which reports are stored on the master server. By default, the reports are stored on the master server for 90 days.

Chromium-based Browser Executable Path

Defines the complete path of the browser's executable based on Chromium as Chrome, or Chromium. The browser will be used to generate the style-based PDF report.

The logo is only applied to style-based reports. It cannot be applied to template-based reports. You can either select an available logo from the drop-down list or add a new logo for the report.

Notes

  • You cannot delete a logo from the console.
  • If you do not want any logo on the reports, do not select any logo from the drop-down logo menu. The logo name is the same as the filename.
  • Supported formats are PNG and JPG.
  • Minimum logo size is 272 x 91 pixels.
  1. Click Browse.
  2. Select the image and click Open.
  3. You can resize the image by using the cropping tool that borders the selected image. You can zoom in or zoom out the image by using the pointing device (mouse wheel) on your computer.
  4. Click OK.
  5. To apply the selected logo, click Apply.
  6. To reset back to the default logo, click Reset.

 

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