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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
Procedure
1 In the Reports tab, click Archived Reports.
A table listing all the archived reports is displayed.
2 Select the archived report that you want to delete.
3 Click the delete icon (a red cross) above the table.
A dialog box confirming the action is displayed.
4 Click OK.
The archived report is permanently deleted from the application.
Advanced Search for Archived Reports
You can search for specific archived reports by using the advanced search feature of vCenter Chargeback
Manager.
You can only search for archived reports on which you have read permission.
Procedure
1 Click Advanced on the Archived Reports page of the Reports tab.
The Advanced Search screen is displayed.
2 Provide the required search parameters.
Parameter Description
Name of Report
Name or part of the name of the report. You can either search for reports that
have the specified name or the ones that do not have the specified name.
Hierarchy name
Name of a chargeback hierarchy. You can search for all the reports that are
generated on a hierarchy or any of its entities by specifying the name of the
hierarchy. You can also search for reports that are not generated on a
specified hierarchy or any of its entities.
Created by user
You can search for reports created and archived by a specific user or the ones
that are not created by the specified user.
Cost Model
You can search for reports that are generated by using the specified cost
model or the ones that are not generated by using the specified cost model.
Entity Name
You can search for reports that are generated on the specified entity or the
ones that are not generated on the specified entity.
Number of entities
The number of entities for which the report is generated. This is a value range.
The search result includes reports that have total number of entities in the
specified range.
Total cost in report
The value of total cost in the archived reports. This is a value range. The
search result includes reports that have total cost in the specified range.
3 Specify the filters to sort the search results.
You can specify two filter levels. The results can be sorted based on the report name, hierarchy name,
entity name, or page count.
4 Click Search.
The reports that match the criteria specified by using the search parameters are displayed in the table on the
Archived Reports page of the Reports tab.
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