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Report Selection (Output)

Use this tab to select the output format and save options of the report.

Output Format

Allows you to select an output format for the report.

  • HTML

    Generates and/or saves the report in HTML format.

  • Full

    Generates and/or saves the report in its entirety. (Job Summary reports only.)

  • Summary Only

    Generates and/or saves the report summary. (Data Protection reports only.)

  • Text

    Generates and/or saves the report in text format.

  • PDF

    Generates and/or saves the report in pdf format.

  • XML

    Genertaes and/or saves the report in xml format. (Job Summary and Media Information reports only.)

  • Full

    Generates and/or saves the report in its entirety. (Job Summary reports only.)

  • Short (Pager)

    Generates and/or saves the report in a concise format. (Data Protection reports only.)

  • Text Delimiter

    Generates and/or saves the report in a text format with tabs or commas. (CommCell Summary, CommCell Readiness, Job Summary, Media Information and Vault Tracking reports only.)

    Tab

    Generates and/or saves the report in a text format with tabs.

    Comma

    Generates and/or saves the report in a text format with commas.

  • Iron Mountain

    For those users who are using Iron Mountain to send their media offsite, generates and/or saves the report in a format for Iron Mountain. (Media Information and Vault Tracking reports only.)

  • Use style sheet

    Specifies a style sheet to use with the report output. To select an existing style sheet, click Browse

Output To

Saves the report to a specified location.

  • Impersonate User

    Displays the user name of the account.

  • User Name/Password

    Allows you to change the user account from the Change User Account dialog box.

  • Use Local Drive On

    Saves the report to a client on the CommServe. From the drop down menu, select a client and click Browse to specify a Report Copy Location. Username and password is not required.

  • Use Network Share

    Saves the report to a location on a network. Click Browse to specify a Report Copy Location. Username and password may be required.

  • Report Copy Location

    Type or click Browse to specify a local or network location to save the report. If the file name for the report is not provided, the system automatically provides a name for the report when it is saved.

  • Browse

    Allows you to browse to a network path that is displayed in Report Copy Location to save the report.

  • FTP/SFTP Upload

    Allows you to save the report to the default File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server or Secure FTP (SFTP) server that is configured for the CommCell environment.

    • Settings

      Allows you to specify a different location and credentials for the FTP server or SFTP server than the default server that is configured for the CommCell environment. You can configure different report schedules to upload to different FTP server or SFTP server. For more information about the options in this dialog box, see FTP Upload Settings.

Choose Locale

Generates and/or saves the report in a language that can be different from that of the CommCell Console. The languages currently supported are listed in Languages - Reports in Books Online.

Report Custom Name

Enter a name for the report. You can also include the current date and job ID using macros:

  • To include the date, enter the following macro: cvdate

  • To include the report job ID, enter the following macro: cvjobid

Choose Report Template

Allows you to specify how the information in the report displays; select Default to display information according to CommCell entities, or select NetBackup to display information according to the original NetBackup entity.

Save As

Click to save the selected options as a report template or as a script file.

When you save the operation as a script, each option in the dialog will have a corresponding xml parameter in the script file. When executing the script, you can modify the value for any of these XML parameters as needed.

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