HP Web Jetadmin - Creating Reports and Exporting Data

Once generated, reports can be displayed within HP Web Jetadmin, emailed, scheduled to be

emailed at regular intervals, and saved to file (HTML or CSV). All reports are archived within HP Web

Jetadmin for a defined number of days. By default, a report is archived for 90 days.

Report types

Nine report types are defined in HP Web Jetadmin. They are easier to use now that each report type

matches the data collection type it is associated with (Figure 4 on the previous page).

 Accessory Inventory: Tracks device accessories.

 Device Inventory: Tracks the last known status of a device on the network.

 Device Utilization: Tracks page count usage information.

 Device Utilization By User: Tracks pages printed and applications used on a by-user basis.

 Event Log History: Tracks device errors and their frequency, as logged by the device’s Event Log.

 Hourly Peak Usage: Tracks hourly page count usage information; similar to Device Utilization

reports except the data is displayed in hourly increments.

 Supply Ordering: Tracks supplies usage information (toner cartridges, fuser kits, drum kits, transfer

kits, and so on) and provides estimated replacement dates, making proactive supplies ordering

easier.

 Supply Replacement Forecast: Tracks supplies usage information and predicts how many supplies

will be needed over a given time period.

 Supply Usage: Tracks supplies usage information for showing supply usage rates.

Understanding the Reports user interface

The navigation tree

The main reporting node in the navigation tree is titled Reports. Selecting Reports invokes a summary

page in the workspace area of HP Web Jetadmin that displays the major task-specific modules for

reporting (Figure 5). These include Data Collection - Management, Report Generation, Scheduled

Reports, and Archived Reports. Right-clicking Reports provides a long list of various tasks that are

directly available for added convenience (Figure 6 on the next page). Some of these tasks are: Add

devices to data collection, Generate report, Schedule report, Create or Edit data collection template,

and View or Email archived report. These tasks are also available under various task modules in the

main workspace, depending on the Reports page being displayed.

Figure 5—Navigation tree and the summary page in the workspace area