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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About the User's Guide
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Managing Roles
- Managing Users
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback Manager Entity
- Add a vCenter Server Entity
- Rename a Chargeback Hierarchy or a Chargeback Entity
- Delete an Entity from the Hierarchy
- Delete a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Assign Attributes
- Move Entities Within a Hierarchy
- Allocate Computing Resource Units for a Chargeback Entity
- Share Virtual Machine Cost
- Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity
- Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Index
2 Enter relevant values for the scheduling parameters.
Option Description
Report Creation Time
When the report has to be generated.
Recurrence Pattern
How often the report has to be generated.
Range of Recurrence
Till when the report has to be generated periodically.
3 Click Schedule.
The report is generated periodically as per the scheduling options set. The report schedule can be accessed
from the Scheduled Reports page.
Email Report
After a report is generated, you can send it to one or more recipients through an email.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the SMTP server has been configured, before emailing the report.
Procedure
1 Click the Email Report icon above the generated report.
The Email Report screen is displayed.
2 Provide the email details.
Option Description
To
The email address of the recipients. The email addresses should be separated
by commas.
Subject
A subject for the email.
Body
The body text for the email.
3 Click Send.
If the size of the report in the PDF format is less than the attachment size limit configured for the SMTP server
in vCenter Chargeback Manager, then the report in the PDF format is attached to the email and sent to the
marked recipients. Else, a link to the PDF report is included in the email. The PDF report in the attachment or
at the link provided is password-protected. The password to access the report is emailed separately.
Export Report
After a report is generated, you can export it to .rtf, .pdf, and .csv formats.
Procedure
1 Select the output type.
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To export the report to the .rtf format, click the Microsoft Word document icon.
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To export the report to the .pdf format, click the Adobe PDF icon.
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To export the report to the .csv format, click the Microsoft Excel icon.
The Convert Report Format screen is displayed.
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