Pivot report usage

The pivot report is an embedded function of all BMC Defender Servers and does not require any plug-ins or adapters to access and use fully. Access this facility from the Reports > Pivot tab of BMC Defender, that provides a series of screens that permit configuration and viewing of the pivot data.

The BMC Defender Reports application group, where the Pivot reporting facility resides, provides general utility in the reporting of both raw and correlated message information. In addition to the Pivot report facility discussed here, these other reporting screens include a graphing facility, as well as a comprehensive reporting facility based on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. The report generators normally run at midnight each day, collecting information from the previous day, and making this data available to operators the next morning. Also, these reports are generated on demand, such as to view the latest pivot data for the current time.

Pivot reports operate in a similar fashion to Excel reports except that their setup and operation is slightly more complicated. Unlike Excel reports, that require very little configuration other than selecting a Thread and Report Title, the Pivot facility requires the operator to define the structure of the data and the actual pivot items that are reported upon. A user-friendly configuration facility simplifies this activity. Both the top-level reporting and configuration screens are documented in this section.

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