User`s guide

The reduce data wizard can be started in two ways:
from the main windows, select Reduce Data - Wizard
at the end of the process data wizard, continue with the reduce data wizard.
Follow the directions in the reduce data wizard. At the end of the reduce data wizard, you have an opportunity to
save the source code for this invocation of the reduce macro. Save the source code; you will use it in Section 2. It
will be necessary for the batch processing examples in this document.
Check the SAS LOG window for any messages, warnings, or errors, in the reduce step.
3. Generate one or more reports on the data in your test PDB.
List the supplied report definitions that are based on the tables in your test PDB. Follow this path from the IT Service
Vision main window:
Reports -> Manage Report Definitions
IT Service Vision displays a list of supplied report definitions that are based on the tables in your PDB.
The name of each report definition follows a naming convention. A simplified description of the naming convention can
be found in Shared Appendix 7: Supplied Reports Naming Convention
. Each report definition is intended for a specific
audience. For details about the associated audiences, refer to the Macro Reference documentation for IT Service Vision.
Note: If there are no supplied reports for your collector/data source, make at least one report definition. For information
on creating report definitions, in the Manage Report Definitions window, select Online Help -> Help on this window.
For convenience use the Plots report style. You may find this table helpful; it describes the mechanics of creating a
simple report definition in the Manage Report Definitions window.
Select
Select Table’s right arrow -> Levels Detail -> level.table DETAIL. TABLENAME -> OK
Select Variable’s right arrow -> Variable Types Analysis -> Variable Name -> Add
Attributes -> Variable Name -> type Variable Label Variable Label-> OK
Variable Types Statistics -> MEAN -> Add
Variable Types By -> MACHINE -> Add
Variable Types X Variable -> DATETIME -> Add
Attributes -> DATETIME -> type Variable Label Date -> OK -> OK
Summary Time Period’s right arrow -> AS IS -> OK
click on image under Current Report Style->Report Style Plots -> Report Sub-Style Line -> OK
To save this report definition your SASUSER.ITSVRPT folder, follow this path from the Manage Report Definitions
window: File -> Save Report Definition.
Read about the report and view an example report for each report definition.
Note: This will not apply if you just created a new report definition above. Continue at the bullet "Select and
run...".
i. Read the purpose of the report.
From the list of supplied reports, follow this path:
select the report definition(s) -> Locals -> Show report explanation
IT Service Vision displays the explanation in a separate window. Note whether the report requires some