Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide

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5.3.10 Editing a report

You can use the following two methods to edit a predefined report:

Organization of this subsection
(1) Editing a report from the Reports window
(2) Editing a report from the report window

(1) Editing a report from the Reports window

To edit a predefined report from the Reports window:

  1. From the monitoring console browser, log on to PFM - Web Console.
    The main window appears.
  2. In the navigation frame of the main window, choose the Reports tab.
    The Reports window appears.
  3. Select a report to be edited in the Reports tree of the navigation frame.
    The selected report is marked with a checkmark.
  4. In the method frame, select the Edit method.
    In the Information Frame, the Edit > Name and Type window appears.
  5. Edit the report definition.
    The subsequent steps are similar to those when creating a new report.
    For details on the procedure, see from 5.3.3 Setting the name and type of a report to 5.3.8 Associating a report with another report (drilldown report).
  6. When you are finished editing, click the Finish button.
    Now the edited report definition is valid.

Notes:
  • You cannot change reports provided as a monitoring template. If you want to customize the report definition of a monitoring template, copy the necessary report of the monitoring template, and edit the copied report definition.
  • When modifying the created report, you cannot change Product. In addition, if Report type and Record are changed, definitions such as the filter condition and indication settings are reset, so you must set them again.

(2) Editing a report from the report window

To edit a report from the report window:

  1. From the monitoring console browser, log on to PFM - Web Console.
    The main window appears.
  2. In the navigation frame of the main window, choose the Agents tab.
    The Agents window is displayed.
  3. From the navigation frame in the Agents tree window, select an agent.
    The selected agent is marked with a checkmark.
  4. From the method frame, select Display Reports.
    A list of reports is displayed in the information frame.
  5. Choose a report in the information frame.
    The report window appears in a new window.
  6. Select the Edit Report Definition tab.
    You can edit the items listed below. For details on how to set each item, see 5.3.4 Setting fields displayed in a report to 5.3.7 Setting the display format (table, list, or graph) of a report. Note that you cannot edit Name and Type and Drilldown.
    • Field (Record names cannot be edited.)
    • Filter
    • Indication settings
    • Components
    • Graph (when a graph is selected)
  7. When you are finished editing, click the OK button.
    Now the edited report definition is valid.
    If you want to save the edited report definition, display the report again, and then click the Save Report Definition anchor.

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