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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 Archived Reports
The Archived Reports page of the Reports tab displays a table listing all the reports archived in the application.
This includes manually generated and saved reports as well as reports generated by report schedules.
All the reports generated by a single schedule have the same name but different Created on and Billing
Period values. The reports are listed in the ascending order of their creation time. You can view an archived
report by clicking it.
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Export Archived Report on page 124
After a report is generated and archived, it can be exported to the required format at any time.
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Email Archived Report on page 125
After a report is generated and archived, you can send it through email to one or more recipients.
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Delete Archived Report on page 125
You can clear the archive by deleting unwanted reports.
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Advanced Search for Archived Reports on page 126
You can search for specific archived reports by using the advanced search feature of vCenter Chargeback
Manager.
Export Archived Report
After a report is generated and archived, it can be exported to the required format at any time.
To export an archived report, you must have at least read privilege on the report.
Procedure
1 In the Reports tab, click Archived Reports.
A table listing all the archived reports is displayed.
2 Select the report that you want to view.
3 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.
4 Select the Click to download link.
The application exports the report to the specified format. If the report name contains any special
characters, then such characters are replaced with an underscore (_) in the exported report file name.
If you have chosen to export the report to the .rtf format, an Opening
filename
.rtf dialog is displayed.
NOTE If the temp folder in the Tomcat installation folder is deleted, the export to .rtf might fail.
If you have chosen to export the report to the .pdf format, an Opening
filename
.pdf dialog is displayed.
If you have chosen to export the report to the .csv format, an Opening
filename
.csv dialog is displayed.
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