Quick Reference Guide

40 | Chapter 2: Common Tasks
NMS200 Quick Reference Manual
Reports
Reporting includes a defined report combined with a report template. The report definition
itself selects the devices to query and the (reusable) template selects which of the available
attributes of those printers appear in the report.
The first reports you create about discovered equipment are typically done with the included
report templates that come with your software. To create a report with an existing template,
open File > Open > Reports > Reports, or click the icon in the navigation window.
Figure 6. Report Manager
Although you can limit what appears by using the filter at top of this screen, by default, all
reports appear in this list. The devices they report about, and their associated templates
appear as nodes in a tree in the lower panel.
Note: To create some reports about devices, you must initiate monitoring
or polling on the selected device before generating the report. For
Trend Reports, you must set thresholds polled. See Branding
Reports on page 42, or the online help for additional information.
See the online help for instructions about creating or altering Report templates themselves,
and assigning them to reports.