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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
Managing Reports
After you generate a report, the report is displayed in the application. You can remove rows and columns from
the displayed report and also rearrange the columns in the report. You can also archive, schedule, email, and
export the report.
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Modifying the Report in the Interactive Report View on page 119
After a report is generated and displayed in the application, you can make few modifications to the
report. vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you remove rows and columns from the generated report. You
can also rearrange the columns in the report. You can chose the types of the graphs to be included in the
report.
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Configure vCenter Chargeback Manager to Correctly Display the Characters in the Exported Report on
page 120
If you are using vCenter Chargeback Manager on a localized operating system or if the generated report
contains extended ASCII or Unicode characters, these characters might not be displayed correctly when
the report is exported or emailed.
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Configure Precision Value for Numbers Displayed in the Report on page 120
The precision value for the numbers displayed in the exported PDF report can be configured in the
vCenter Chargeback Manager database.
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Archive Report on page 121
A generated report can be archived and stored in the application. After you generate a report, the
application displays the generated report.
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Schedule Report on page 121
You can schedule report generation after a report has been generated.
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Email Report on page 122
After a report is generated, you can send it to one or more recipients through an email.
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Export Report on page 122
After a report is generated, you can export it to .rtf, .pdf, and .csv formats.
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Stop Report Generation on page 123
You can stop one or more reports that are being generated, including scheduled reports, in vCenter
Chargeback Manager.
Modifying the Report in the Interactive Report View
After a report is generated and displayed in the application, you can make few modifications to the report.
vCenter Chargeback Manager lets you remove rows and columns from the generated report. You can also
rearrange the columns in the report. You can chose the types of the graphs to be included in the report.
You must have update privilege on the report to modify the report view.
NOTE The changes made to the report view can be emailed or exported report only after the modified report
is archived. However, not all changes made to the generated report are included in the emailed or exported
report. Only show/hide of columns and the reordering of columns in the generated report are reflected in the
emailed or exported report.
Procedure
1 Select an entity to view informational messages related to the entity.
All the informational messages related to the selected entity are displayed in the Info section below the
report.
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