Owner's Manual

Reporting 175
An HTML format-based report showing NIC device information for each of
the 50 systems in her enterprise is displayed.
Choosing a query-based report:
Jane could also opt for a query-based report. Instead of choosing Select
devices/groups from the tree below in the report wizard, she could choose
Select a query. Then, she can either select a query that she created earlier,
or create a new query by clicking the New button. She can specify the
parameters for a query report as shown in Table 10-2:
Table 10-2. Query Report Parameters
Parameter Description
Name of the Query Specifies the name of the query.
Query Criteria Specifies the query criteria. For example, to
create a new query with the query criteria for all
devices that correspond to a subnet, specify:
Where: IP Address Starts With
143.166.155
The query operators are:
•Contains — Specifies that the q uery criteria
string contain a certain set of characters.
•Ends With
— Specifies that the q uery
criteria string ends with a certain set of
characters.
• Is — Specifies that the query criteria string
exactly match these characters.
• Starts With — Specifies that the query
criteria string starts with these characters.
You can expand the query with up to
10 subqueries, which together constitute the
complete query. Join the subqueries by using
AND/OR operators.
NOTE: If you make any changes while editing an
existing query and save that query, the original
query is replaced.