HP Web Jetadmin - Creating Reports and Exporting Data

CREATING REPORTS

There are two main steps to create any report in HP Web Jetadmin:

1. Data collection: A process that gathers usage data from a device, either on a regular, manual, or

per-job basis, and then stores that data in the HP Web Jetadmin database. Setting up a data

collection is the first step and required before any report can be generated.

2. Report generation: Once data has been collected, reports can be generated.

Data collection basics

The concept of data collections is that you apply specific data collection types to capture the data you

are interested in seeing. HP Web Jetadmin provides a rich set of data collection types (Figure 3).

These data collection types allow device usage data to be captured and stored in the database. The

data collection process occurs daily and cannot be changed. However, data collections can be

triggered manually and the daily data collection default time (12:00 am) can be changed. The

collected data is then used to generate reports. Data collection can be enabled on a device-by-device

basis or on a device group basis (based on HP Web Jetadmin device Groups).

Keep in mind that in most cases, at least two data collections must occur on a device before a report

can be generated for that device. This is because HP Web Jetadmin uses differentials of one page

count (or consumables usage) with another to calculate usage over a period of time.

On data collections where page counts remain the same, HP Web Jetadmin does not store the

unchanged value. This helps minimize database growth.

Data collection types

Seven data collection types are defined in HP Web Jetadmin, each designed to capture specific data.

Unless otherwise noted, each data collection is triggered by a daily schedule or by a trappable event,

such as end-of-job for printing.

 Accessory Inventory: Captures information on what device accessories might be installed

(including disk drive, installed RAM, duplexer, input trays, and analog fax).

 Device Inventory: Captures device status and device communication state, enabling the user to

monitor which devices are on the network.

 Device Utilization: Captures page count usage information (including color, black-and-white,

simplex, duplex, copy, scan, digital send, fax, and media size counts).

Figure 3—Data collection types