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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 Log in to the vCenter Chargeback Manager database.
Ensure that you have modify privilege on the CB_SERVER_PROPERTY table.
2 Configure the server properties for precision data in the CB_SERVER_PROPERTY table.
The table contains three properties that enable you to configure the precision value for numbers displayed
in the PDF report.
Option Description
reporting_pdf_report_cost_pattern
Pattern used to display all the cost values. The default value is #,##0.00.
reporting_pdf_report_usage_patter
n
Pattern used to display all the usage values. The default value is #,##0.00.
reporting_pdf_report_number_patte
rn
Pattern used to display all other numbers, such as base rates and rate factors.
The default value is #,##0.000.
What to do next
Restart the vCenter Chargeback Manager service.
Archive Report
A generated report can be archived and stored in the application. After you generate a report, the application
displays the generated report.
Procedure
1 Click the Archive Report icon above the generated report.
A dialog reporting whether the action was successful or not is displayed.
2 Click OK.
If the report is archived successfully, the report can be accessed from the Archived Reports page.
What to do next
To know more about viewing and managing archived reports, see “Managing Archived Reports,” on
page 124.
Schedule Report
You can schedule report generation after a report has been generated.
Other than the privileges required to create a report, you must have create privilege on the schedule resource
type to perform this task.
Prerequisites
Before you schedule a report, refer to “Scheduling Parameters,” on page 113 to learn about the scheduling
parameters in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
Procedure
1 Click the Schedule Report icon above the generated report.
The Schedule Report screen is displayed.
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