Components overview
BMC TrueSight Reporting is an advanced reporting platform. It uses the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise product as the host for BMC TrueSight Operations Management to administer and publish reports. It also uses Oracle or SQL Server as the application database.
BMC TrueSight Operations Management systems propagate events and component status changes from BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server to the BMC TrueSight Report Engine. The BMC TrueSight Report Engine then aggregates and summarizes the events and component status changes, and stores the processed data in the Reporting Database. The impact reports are supplemented with associated service information.
The following figure depicts the architecture of BMC TrueSight Reporting with port numbers used by the respective components:
For information about deployment scenarios, see Deployment-architecture.
BMC TrueSight Reporting consists of the following components:
BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management
BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management is an integrated platform that combines event management and data analytics (including baselines, abnormality detection, and Root Cause Analysis algorithms) in a single seamless solution. Event management provides a real-time solution for proactive detection and resolution of IT problems before they have an impact on critical IT systems. Data analytics provide the ability to combine information associated with an area of interest and drill down into specific details. The goal of data analytics is to provide a research facility to better understand, tune, and modify the selected area.
Events, their statuses, and other related event messages in the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management environment are represented in the Operations Console.
Reporting database
BMC TrueSight Reporting Database acts as a central repository for all the event, impact, and performance data for one or multiple BMC TrueSight Report Engines. The Reporting Database can be either Oracle or SQL Server databases.
BMC TrueSight Report Engine
BMC TrueSight Report Engine is a java application that receives event, impact, and performance data from BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server. The Report Engine periodically summarizes events, impact, and performance data in the Reporting database according to the reporting needs.
BMC Reporting Foundation
BMC Reporting Foundation provides the base on which BMC reporting systems and solutions are built. BMC Reporting Foundation uses SAP® BusinessObjects™ Enterprise. BMC Reporting Foundation does not include the database that contains the data used in the reports.
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise is a third-party business intelligence system used by BMC Reporting Foundation. It provides infrastructure for reporting, including portal, scheduler, and administration facilities. SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Central Management Server (CMS) is responsible for maintaining a database of information about your BusinessObjects Enterprise system. The data stored by the CMS includes information about users and groups, security levels, BusinessObjects Enterprise content, and servers. The CMS also maintains the BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository and information about user actions.
For more information and registration, visit the SAP BusinessObjects Indirect Client Knowledge Center.
InfoView web client
BMC TrueSight Reporting uses the SAP BusinessObjects InfoView web client to view, generate, and save reports. Using a browser, you can view reports and store them in a common area in the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise CMS repository database, or you can store them in a personal area that only you can access. InfoView also provides search tools to locate saved reports. For details, see Using reports.