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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About the User's Guide
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Managing Roles
- Managing Users
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback Manager Entity
- Add a vCenter Server Entity
- Rename a Chargeback Hierarchy or a Chargeback Entity
- Delete an Entity from the Hierarchy
- Delete a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Assign Attributes
- Move Entities Within a Hierarchy
- Allocate Computing Resource Units for a Chargeback Entity
- Share Virtual Machine Cost
- Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity
- Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Index
3 Select a sub-section from the Header section of the report view.
4 Select an option from the Header Settings section to display the required information in the selected sub-
section.
Option Description
Text
The text that you want the report header to contain. For example, the name
of the organization.
Image
An image that you want the header section to display. For instance, the
company logo. Ensure that the image size does not exceed 1MB.
Report Name
The name of the report entered when generating the report.
Report Description
A description of the report provided when generating the report.
None
(default) No information is displayed in this sub-section in the report.
Repeat this step to set the information for each sub-section as required.
5 Click Title.
The Title section of the report template displays nine sub-sections.
6 Select a sub-section from the Title section of the report template.
7 Select an option from the Title Settings section to display the required information in the selected sub-
section.
Option Description
Text
The text that you want the report header to contain. For example, the name
of the organization.
Image
An image that you want the header section to display. For instance, the
company logo. Ensure that the image size does not exceed 1MB.
Report Name
The name of the report entered when generating the report.
Report Description
A description of the report provided when generating the report.
None
(default) No information is displayed in this sub-section in the report.
Repeat this step to set the information for each sub-section as required.
8 Click Footer.
The Footer section of the report template displays three sub-sections.
9 Select a sub-section from the Footer section of the report template.
10 Select an option from the Footer Settings section to display the required information in the selected sub-
section.
Option Description
Copyright
The copyright information that you want to include in the report.
Page Number
Selecting this option ensures that each page of the report is numbered.
Report Creation Time
Date and time of report generation based on the system date and time on the
machine where vCenter Chargeback Manager is installed.
None
(default) No information is displayed in this section in the report. This is the
default selection.
Repeat this step to set the information for each sub-section as required.
11 (Optional) Click Preview to preview a sample report on the right pane of the page.
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