User`s guide

select the table -> click right mouse button ->
Properties
Check that the Kept status of the table is set to Yes. Then select Variables and check that the Kept status of the
appropriate variables (select a variable -> click right mouse button -> Properties) is set to Yes, and the
appropriate levels are set to non-zero durations. For the non-detail levels, check that the appropriate statistics are
selected. (For a formula variable, check that the formula is applied to the appropriate level and that the table and
variables on which it is based are defined appropriately.)
Note: A formula variable does not have selectable statistics. If you want statistics on a formula variable, you must
define the statistics as formula variables at the desired non-detail levels.
Check that the collector was configured correctly to provide the metrics.
If you do not get the "No observations" window but you get no report, perhaps all data values are missing. That
is, the observation may exist but the value on the observation is set to the missing value code.
At detail level, this can occur if you have not set up data logging properly. At all levels, this can occur for a
formula variable if it is not defined properly or if the statistics on which it is based are not selected at the levels
specified for the formula variable or if the base variables for the statistics have a Kept status of
No.
Note: A formula variable does not have selectable statistics. If you want statistics on a formula variable, you must
define the statistics as formula variables at the desired non-detail levels.
Read the Help file on Report Styles. Select
Reporting
->
Manage Report Definitions
->
select the Current Report
Style image -> Help.
The most probable cause of this message
ERROR: The left vertical axis labeled <varlabel> could not be fit
as specified.
is that you have more classes than will fit in the legend on the graph.
A solution to this problem is to increase the height of the GRAPH window. Type the following statement in the body of
the PROGRAM EDITOR window
goptions device=
value vpos=100 ;
where VPOS=100 means a vertical height of 100 rows. Then submit it and re-run the report definition.
Test report definitions on a subset of your data so that the testing proceeds quickly.
For details, see Tips for Subsetting Data
in this appendix.
Add formula variables (variables that are calculated only when accessed) to simplify reporting.
For details, see Consider creating new report definitions
under UNIX and Windows NT in Section 3 and OpenView and
NetView Appendix 3: OVW Specific Tips for Reporting.
Tips for Subsetting Data
Subsetting via DATETIME
If your report displays no observations (you get an empty report) or if your report displays observations in only one part of the
date range of the processed or reduced data, you may need to reset the report definition’s datetime range.
Follow this path from the report’s main report definition window
DateTime Range -> Reset from PDB -> OK