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Maximizing Reporting on the K1000

Andy Flesner, Enterprise Tech Support Consultant - K1000 Product LeadCharles Ruffino, Software Sales Engineer IIINovember 6, 2014

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Agenda

• Introduction• Basic Wizard Reporting

• Components• Duplication• Scheduling• Notifications

• Advanced Reporting• Converting to SQL• Writing SQL Reports

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Basic Wizard Reporting

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Components of a Wizard Report (Walkthrough)

• Step 1 – Title and Topic• Title (required)• Category• Description• Show Line Numbers• Topic (required)• Subtopic

• Step 2 – Fields to Display• Field Selection

• Step 3 – Column Order• Ordering

• Step 4 – Sorts and Breaks• Sorting• Breaking

• Step 5 – Filters• Filtering

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Duplication

• One-click Method

• Examples:• Wizard Report – easy to quickly create a similar report• SQL Report – saves time and effort with raw SQL

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Scheduling Reports (How To)

• Creating a Schedule

• Format Options• html• csv• txt• pdf• xlsx

• Recipients

• Attachment Method

• Scheduling Options• Hour offset• Day offset• Date/Time offset• Custom• Limitations

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Notifications (Walkthrough)

• Detect and Notify Based on Criteria• Devices• Discovery• Assets

• Versus Scheduled Reporting• Designed for Remediation – Any results will trigger notification• Frequency Limitations

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Advanced Reporting

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Advanced Reporting (Walkthrough)

• Converting Wizard Report to SQL

• Writing Raw SQL Reports• Schema Discussion• Dangers / Warnings

• Remote Database Access• Read-Only• Port 3306• Accounts

• ORG Specific: ORG1 = R1, ORG2 = R2, etc.

• Tools• MySQL Workbench

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Q & A