HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

NOTE: You must be signed-in to HP SIM with

administrative rights

operator rights

to copy report

configurations. If you are not signed-in with administrative or operator rights, the copy option is not available.

NOTE: You can also access the Manage Repor ts page from the Manage section of the HP SIM Home

page, by clicking the Manage inventory reports link.

To copy a report configuration:

1. Select Reports→Manage Reports. The Manage Reports window appears.

2. Select the report to copy, and then click Copy. The Copy report section appears.

3. In the Report Name field, enter a name for the new report configuration.

Important: Report names cannot contain any of the following characters: < > ' & \ ` , # + | % ; / \\

! ~ @ $ ^ * = { } [ ] " : and ?

4. Click OK.

The Copy report section closes, and the copied report configuration appears in the Manage Reports

section.

Command line interface

Use the mxreport command to perform this task from the command line interface (CLI). For assistance with

this command, see the HP-UX or Linux manpage by entering man mxreport at the command line. See

“Using command line interface commands” for more information about the command and a link to the

manpage.

Related procedures

• System reporting

• Adding a report

• Editing a report

• Showing SQL

• Snapshot comparison reporting