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3 Define Custom Groups and Reports in Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
Contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Terminology ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
1 Managing Custom Query groups and Reports in OpenManage Enterprise ................................................................ 6
1.1 Custom Query Groups in OpenManage Enterprise ........................................................................................... 6
1.2 Report Definitions in OpenManage Enterprise ................................................................................................... 6
1.3 Query Builder in OpenManage Enterprise ......................................................................................................... 7
2 Creating Query Groups and Report Definitions ........................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Interface pages for Query Groups and Report Definitions ................................................................................. 8
2.1.1 Interface pages for Query Groups ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.1.2 Interface pages for Report Definitions ................................................................................................................ 8
2.2 Query Category in OpenManage Enterprise ...................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Selection criteria for a Query Group or Report Definition ................................................................................. 10
2.3.1 Copy an existing query ..................................................................................................................................... 11
2.3.2 Query Criteria Selection–field definitions ......................................................................................................... 11
2.3.3 Query Criteria Selection–Multiple entries ......................................................................................................... 12
2.4 Output columns for a Report Definition ............................................................................................................ 15
3 Advanced topics about Query Groups and Report Definitions .................................................................................. 16
3.1 Field structure ................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.2 Report Definition Categories ............................................................................................................................ 18
3.3 Best practices and guidelines ........................................................................................................................... 20
3.3.1 Avoid conflicting conditions .............................................................................................................................. 20
3.3.2 Avoid multiple multiples .................................................................................................................................... 20
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................ 21
A Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 22