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Setting Up Native Reports 
Prime Network provides two reporting functions. The native reports feature is launched from the Reports 
menu in the Vision client, Events client, or Administration client; this reporting tool is described in the 
following topics. The Operations Reports feature is an optional application and is described in Cisco 
Prime Network 4.3.2 Operations Reports User Guide. 
These topics describe how to set up the native reports...

  
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Chapter 5      Setting Up Native Reports
  Checking Global Settings for Report Operations
Checking Global Settings for Report Operations
The following default report behavior is controlled from the Administration client and will affect report 
users:
The report actions users can perform, and the devices users can view and manage. When a user 
account is created the administrator assigns a user access level to the user account (Viewer, Operator, 
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  Event Reports
Step 3In the New Folder dialog, enter a folder name. The new folder appears under the Events Reports.
You can also move folders and reports to new locations from the Report Manager.
Event Reports
These event reports can be run from the Vision client, Events client, or Administration client:
Generalized Network Event Reports (Tickets, Service Events, Traps, Syslogs), page 5-3
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Ticket Event Reports
Service Event Reports
To get this ticket information: Use this report:Can you choose 
devices?Can you specify 
a time period?
Most common tickets for all managed devices
Pie chart shows type percentagesEvents Reports > Most 
Common Daily EventsNo; all devices 
chosen by defaultYe s
Details about tickets by their severity:
Alarm cause and the root event time
Affected devices
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Syslog-Specific Event Reports
Trap-Specific Event Reports
To get this Syslog information: Use this report:Can you choose 
devices?Can you specify 
time period?
Most common syslogs, and how many of each type?
Pie chart shows type percentagesEvents Reports > Most 
Common SyslogsNo; all devices 
chosen by 
defaultYe s
Devices with most syslogs
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Database-Related Event Reports
Traps generated by specific devices:
Number of traps per severity
Number of traps per ticket type
NoteThis report can also be generated from generic 
(non-actionable) events.
Pie chart shows device percentagesEvents Reports > 
Devices with the 
Most TrapsYe s Ye s
Trap details for specific devices:
IP address, time, description (long description if report is 
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  Inventory Hardware and Software Reports
Audit, Provisioning, System, Security Event Reports (Non-Network Reports)
Inventory Hardware and Software Reports
For all inventory reports, Prime Network retrieves the inventory information from the network element. 
These inventory reports can be run from the Vision client, Events client, or Administration client:
Hardware Reports, page 5-8
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Hardware Reports
Software Reports
Hardware inventory information: Type of report:Can you choose 
devices?
Hardware details (you can filter this report using a string from the device, chassis, 
module, or port name):
Chassis—Description and serial number; shelf description, serial number, and 
status
NoteWhen the last Virtualized Services Module (VSM) blade is removed from 
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  Network Service Reports
Network Service Reports
The following network service reports can be run from the Vision client, Events client, or Administration 
client. Software sorted by version:
Number of software versions being run
Image file name and number of devices running that imageSoftware Summary 
(By Version)Ye s
Cisco IOS-XR software sorted by devices:
Cisco IOS XR software version 
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  Creating Your Customized Report
Creating Your Customized Report
Customized reports can be added to Report Manager so that other users can run them using their own 
criteria (depending on their user access level and device scopes). If you created new report folders as 
described in Setting Up Your Report Folders, page 5-2, customized reports can be organized under that 
folder (using the Location field).
This example...