Product guide

Charging departments for storage use 35
Reporting on Your Datacenter
Note: “Creating file groups” on page 33 provides instructions for creating a file group.
Once this configuration process is complete, the CTO runs StorageScope’s built-in
Chargeback report to assess how much to charge the department for its resource
usage at the file level.
To run the Chargeback report, the CTO:
1. Selects Analysis > Reports > Built-In/Custom Reports from the StorageScope
navigation menu to go to the All Reports page.
2. Selects the checkbox corresponding to the Chargeback report on the list of
Built-in Reports.
3. Scrolls to the bottom of the page and clicks Run Report. The Run “Chargeback”
Report dialog box appears.
4. Selects a Name and Output Format for the report.
5. Clicks Get Values to retrieve a list of Host Names and File Groups in the managed
environment.
6. Uses the Filters to select one or more Host Names, File Groups, Paths, and a File
Size range on which the report will be generated.
7. Clicks Run Now to generate the report. The dialog box will close and the browser
will be redirected to the Interactive Reports page.
Note: The report may take several minutes to run.
8. Refreshes the Interactive Reports page periodically to check the status of the
report.
When StorageScope has generated the report, the Status will be listed as
“Complete.”
9. Selects the completed report’s name in the Job column (in this case, Chargeback)
to view its results.
The Chargeback report displays a listing of File Groups for Chargeback in the
managed environment, with subtotals by group and itemized data points for the
file-level storage used by each group.