Reports
Finding Report Information
You can find information describing the reports available for each product by going to the Reports & Attributes link on the respective product page.
Software Inventory Reports
Which type products are you interested in?
Generic Software Reports
There are a number of reports available out of the box in Tideway Foundation that allow you to report on Software Instances.
The most frequently used reports can be found on the Reports page, in the Software Reports channel. Both reports allow users to report on a specific product using a pull down menu comprising of discovered software product types.
The Software Inventory - Summary report provides a count of each software instance version.
The Software Inventory - Detail report lists all software instances and provides more precise version information along with host OS and Provenance information which is essential for verifying accuracy.
Standard Attributes
Want to create your own reports? If so you will need to understand which attributes are available to you.
Standard Attributes are those attributes that are part of the Tideway Foundation Taxonomy and can be viewed through Tideway Foundations UI.
Default Attributes
All software patterns provide the following attributes:
- Type
- Version
- Product Version
Optional Attributes
In addition many patterns simplify reporting by providing a finer level of precision by providing the following data . Reports containing these attributes are currently not included out of the box in Tideway Foundation however report queries can be downloaded from the respective product page on Configpedia.
Click the links to find out which products provide each attribute.
Additional Attributes
Additional attributes are created for many products by the software pattern. These are not included as part of the Tideway Foundation Taxonomy. Over time Tideway will add some of these additional attributes to the Taxonomy. Reports containing these attributes are currently not included out of the box in Tideway Foundation however report queries can be downloaded from the respective product page on Configipedia.
You can also run the query below on Tideway Foundation to determine the additional attributes for the installed TKU.
SEARCH Pattern
WHERE additional_attributes
ORDER BY name
SHOW name, version, additional_attributes
Click for a list of products which provide Additional Attributes