HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

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• ”Views from Previous Releases” on page 546
IMPORTANT: You must install Report Designer before you can create custom reports. Obtain a
copy of Report Designer from your sales professional. Follow the installation instructions that
accompany it.
About Creating Custom Reports
To create customized reports, you need a program for creating reports, such as Report Designer.
Use Report Designer to create customized reports on the management server. Report Designer links
to the database of the management server, so you can view real-time data in your customized
reports. Once you are satisfied with the customized reports, you can merge them onto the
management server so they are accessible from the management server console.
The following figure shows how Report Designer fits into the reporting architecture. Use Report
Designer to create the reports. Then, deploy the reports on the management server.
Figure 66 Report Architecture
When you create reports, you can use pre-existing schema materialized views. A materialized view
is a snapshot of data, from the database, created from a query. Report Designer refers to these
materialized views as tables. Materialized views are refreshed based on its collector's schedule for
obtaining the latest data. The default refresh time is every six hours. The current and deprecated
materialized views are provided at the end of this chapter.