Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Performance Management Release 2.0 User Guide

							DEFINITY Performance Management User Guide, Release 2.0, 585-229-808
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Options from a Displayed Report
You have several options once you have a report displayed on your screen. You 
can:
• Change the sort order of a table
• Change the format of the report from a table to a chart or vice versa
• Print the report
• Save the report as a file
• If there is secondary data, switch between views of primary and secondary 
data
Procedures
To perform any of the options from a displayed report, use the following table: 
						

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To... Do this Result
Select primary 
or secondary 
data, if the Primary
 button 
displays. See 
About Secondary Data Fields
 on page 
126
 for 
secondary data 
field details.Click 
Primary
 and select data 
from the list of options.The data you select will appear in the 
report.
Change the sort 
orderFrom the Tools menu, click 
Sort
. Displays the Sort Properties window, 
where you can define the order in which 
the properties of the report will display. 
Go to 
Set up Report in Table Format
 
on page 154
 for more detail. You can 
also change the sort order by clicking on 
the table heading on the report itself. 
That heading will be the first type of data 
to sort on. 
						

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Change the 
report formatFrom the File menu, click 
Open > [Chart or Table]. 
If Chart
 is selected, displays Chart 
Properties window. Go to 
Set up Report 
in Chart Format
 on page 157
 for more 
detail.
If Ta b l e is selected, changes report output to 
a table using the sort values defined in the 
Send Output tab. Go to 
Set up Report in 
Table Format
 on page 154
 for more 
detail.
Print the report From the File menu, click 
Print
. Gives the option to print an image of the 
report or the report. Go to 
Print a 
Report
 on page 134
. 
Save the report 
as a fileFrom the File menu, click 
Save 
As > [HTML or ASCII]
. 
If saving as ASCII, you can 
also select a field separator, 
such as a semicolon or a 
colon. The separator is a 
single character that 
separates fields on a table.Saves output of report in selected file 
type. Displays confirmation window with 
path and file name of report.
To... Do this Result 
						

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Print a Report
This procedure describes how to print so that the printed report will appear as it 
displays on the screen (as a report image) or in a tabular format. Although there 
are several ways to print a report, this procedure explains how to print a report so 
that the printed report looks just like it does on the screen. See 
Define 
Destination of Report Output
 on page 163
 for other methods of printing a report.
Prerequisites
• Make sure your printers are set up and working properly, and that you have a 
PostScript printer in order to print a report image.
• If you do not have a working knowledge of UNIX print commands, get your 
UNIX administrator to help you with this procedure.
Procedure
To print a report on a printer, do the following:1Display the report on your screen as described in 
Define Destination of 
Report Output
 on page 163
.
2Do one of the following:
• To print the report as it appears on the screen, select 
File >  Reports > 
Print > Image
. The Print Dialog box displays. Go to step 3.
• To print the report in a table format regardless of the way it looks on the 
screen, select File >  Reports > Print >  Report. 
The Print Properties 
window displays. Go to step 4. 
						

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To define printer detail from the Print Dialog window, enter the settings as 
described in the following table and click 
Print
. If necessary, consult with your 
UNIX system administrator for system-specific information. After you click 
Print
, the report will print on the designated printer. 
						

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Field Description
Copies
Number of printed copies.
Printer For specifying a UNIX print 
command. For example, the 
following command will produce 
a PostScript output file:
prt -d 30N68 -1 raw
File For creating a postscript file, 
using UNIX conventions.
Banner Page Title Specifies what will appear at the 
top of the page of the report.
Print Command Options For specifying additional print 
options.
Paper Size/Orientation Specify size of paper to print on 
and whether to print in portrait or 
landscape mode. 
						

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To define printer detail from the Print Properties window, change the settings 
as described in the following table and click 
Close
. After you click 
Close
, the 
report will print based on the UNIX print command you specify. These values 
are usually set up by your UNIX system administrator, but you can change 
them here. 
						

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Field
Description
Print Command The UNIX print command the system 
will use to print the report.
Page Width The width of the report. The default is 
72 characters for portrait mode.
Page Height The height of the report. The default is 
66 characters for portrait mode. 
						

							DEFINITY Performance Management User Guide, Release 2.0, 585-229-808
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Select Managed Nodes
This procedure describes how to select which managed nodes in the Network 
Management System you want to report on. If the managed nodes have any 
corresponding components, you can also select which components of each 
system to report on.
Procedure
To specify which managed node to report on, do the following:1Click 
Performance Management  >  Reports  >  [Report name]  >  Definition
.
Result: 
Displays the Report Definition Pane for that report. The 
Data Fields
 
tab is automatically selected.
2Click the 
Limit Search
 tab.
Result: 
Displays the 
Limit Search
 tab, which lists all of the managed nodes 
known to the Network Management System. 
						

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In the Select DEFINITY systems box, put a checkmark in the box next to each 
DEFINITY system you want to report on.
The default is all systems. You can choose any combination, but at least one 
system is required.