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Chapter 8
Creating, Running, and Emailing Reports
This section describes AirWave reports, including access, creation, scheduling, and distribution. It includes the following
sections:
l "Overview of AirWave Reports" on page 278
l "Using Daily Reports" on page 287
l "Defining Reports" on page 281
l "Emailing and Exporting Reports" on page 319
AirWave ships with several reports enabled by default. Default reports may run nightly or weekly, depending on the
AirWave release. Review the list of defined and scheduled reports with the Reports > Generated and Reports >
Definition pages to determine if default reports are desired. If not, you can delete, disable, or reschedule any of them.
AirWave supports additional specialized reports as follows:
l System > Status page supports the diagnostic report file for sending to customer support: diagnostics.tar.gz.
l System > Status page supports the VisualRF diagnostics report file: VisualRFdiag.tar.gz.
l VisualRF > Network View supports the Bill of Materials (BOM) report. Refer to "Using VisualRF" on page 322.
Overview of AirWave Reports
Reports are powerful tools in network analysis, user configuration, device optimization, and network monitoring on
multiple levels. Among their benefits, reports provide an interface for multiple configurations.
AirWave reports have the following general parameters:
l AirWave runs daily versions of all reports during predefined windows of time. All reports can be scheduled to run in
the background.
l The daily version of any report is available instantly in the Reports > Generated page.
l The Inventory and the Configuration Audit reports are the only reports that don’t span a period of time. Instead,
these two reports provide a snapshot of the current state of the network.
l Users can create all other reports over a custom time period on the Reports > Definitions page. All reports can be
printed, emailed, or exported to CSV, PDF, or XML format.
Reports > Definitions Page Overview
The Reports > Definitions page allows you to define new reports and see the reports already defined.
The Definitions page includes these sections:
l Report Definitions section—The Add button allows you to define a custom report using the Custom Options drag
and drop interface, or from any of the report types in the drop down menu. The Report Definitions table has a
complete list of all saved report definitions with an option to return to each definition’s table to further customize
your report. When you create a report, the following additional buttons are available:
n Add and Run allows you to create a report definition and run that report immediately.
n Run Now (visible from the expanded Report Definitions menu) allows immediate running of a custom report as
soon as you set the parameters. You must save its definition separately, if you want to remember the parameters.
l Report definitions for other roles section—This section, supported for admin users, displays additional reports that
have been scheduled for other roles. This section of the page adds the Role column, and other columns are the same.