How to Run a Report from the Reporting Pane in Operations Manager 2007

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Use the following procedure to run a report from the Reporting pane. In this example, you will run an availability report.

To run a report from the Reporting pane

  1. Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Report Operators role for the Operations Manager 2007 Management Group.

  2. In the Operations Console, click the Reporting button.

    Note

    When you run the Operations Console on a computer that is not a Management Server, the Connect To Server dialog box displays. In the Servername text box, type the name of the Operations Manager 2007 Management Server that you want the Operations Console to connect to.

  3. In the Reporting pane, expand Reporting and then click Microsoft Generic Report Library.

  4. In the Microsoft Generic Report Library Reports pane, right-click one of the reports (for example, Availability) and then click Open.

  5. In the Report view, in the Parameter area, click the down arrow in the From box, point to This week, and then click Sunday.

  6. Click the down arrow in the To box, point to This week and then click Saturday.

  7. Click Use business hours.

    Note

    You can further specify the timeframe for the report in the additional options in the Parameter area.

  8. Click Add Object.

  9. In the Add Object dialog box, in the Object Name text box, type the computer name for a computer that you want to report availability, and then click Search.

  10. In the Available items list, click the computer you want to run a report for, click Add, and then click OK.

  11. Click Run to display the Availability Report.

  12. For a more detailed report, such as a report showing a graph for every day, click the horizontal bar graph under Availability Tracker.

  13. In the toolbar, click View, point to Go To, and then click Back to Parent Report to return to the original report.

  14. Click Close to close the report.

See Also

Tasks

How to Create a Configuration Changes Report in Operations Manager 2007
How to Create an Alert Logging Latency Report in Operations Manager 2007
How to Create an Alerts Report in Operations Manager 2007
How to Create an Availability Report in Operations Manager 2007
How to Create an Event Analysis Report in Operations Manager 2007

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