HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

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• Asset Based - Displays the following asset-based chargeback for each department owning
elements: department, asset name, ownership ratio, and chargeback amount. Total
asset-based cost per month is also displayed.
• Storage Based - Displays storage-based chargeback for each department owning
applications: department, application, ownership ratio, total capacity, and capacity
amount. Total storage-based cost per month is also displayed.
• Storage System Based by Tier - Displays storage-based chargeback by tier.
The report is displayed as a Web page in the right pane. See the topic, ”Chargeback Reports”
on page 631 for more information about each of the reports.
3. Select one of the following options for a different output:
• PDF
• Excel
• XML
4. To view the report in a new window, select the Open in new window option. Then, click the
Run Report button.
E-mailing a Chargeback Report
You can e-mail a Chargeback report in PDF, XML or Microsoft Excel format. If you want to e-mail
reports by on a regular basis, set up an e-mail schedule for the report, as described in ”Adding an
E-mail Schedule for a Chargeback Report” on page 633.
IMPORTANT: Before you can e-mail a report, you must set up e-mail notification, as described in
the topic, ”Setting Up E-mail Notification” on page 178.
To e-mail a report:
1. Do one of the following:
• To access the reports through Reporting, click the Reporter button in HP SE (Tools >
Storage Essentials > Home). Then, expand the Reporter > Chargeback nodes in the
tree in the middle pane.
• To access the reports through Chargeback Manager, click the Reports tab in Chargeback
Manager and expand the Chargeback Reports node in the tree in the middle pane.
2. Expand the tree in the middle pane, and click the report for which you want to send by e-mail.
3. When the report is displayed in the right pane, click the E-mail Report button in the
upper-right corner of the right pane.
4. In the To field, type the recipient's e-mail address.
The software verifies the address entered has a correct form. To send multiple addresses,
separate each address with a semicolon (;), for example:
[e-mail];[e-mail]
5. From the Format drop-down menu, select one of the following formats:
• PDF - Requires the use of Adobe Acrobat, which can be downloaded for free from
http://www.adobe.com.