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Creating Query Groups and Report Definitions
9 Define Custom Groups and Reports in Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
 The first page contains the group name and description (the same as for the Query Groups interface).
 The second page is used to select the Query Category and the set of output columns wanted. The
third page is used to define the query selection criteria for the report output rows.
2.2 Query Category in OpenManage Enterprise
In Figure 3, one of the differences shown between the query for Query Groups and the query for Report
Definitions is the Query Category.
The screen shot in Figure 4 shows the Report Builder page used for report definitions in OpenManage
Enterprise. The Category control enables you to select the Query Category. Initially, it is set to “Devices” (the
most common option), but can be changed to query Jobs, Alerts, Servers, or Groups. The Servers category is
a subset of the Devices category, limiting query results to include only server devices.
The Report Definition page in OpenManage Enterprise
Query
Category
•A Query Category specifies the type of items to be selected by the query. The Query Category
is not applicable to Query Groups because query groups always select devices. However, for
Report Definitions, you can select the type of item for the report (such as Devices, Servers,
Jobs, or Alerts).