Creating a Report

To create a report, you must have read, create, and delete permissions for HPE Aruba Networking Central Reports. The Reports page in HPE Aruba Networking Central is not visible to users who have only create or delete permission. Hence, it is recommended for users to have full access to HPE Aruba Networking Central and any of the following combination of permissions to create, modify, or delete reports:

  • Read, Create, and Delete

  • Read and Create

  • Read and Delete

For more information on roles and permission, refer HPE GreenLake Documentation.

The following report types are supported by HPE Aruba Networking Central:

  • Pre-defined—Single report based on the categories under the pre-defined template. For example, Inventory reports.

  • Custom—Customized reports to meet your needs with a combination of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across various report types and categories.

    Note:

    In Network Usage reports, the Max & Average WLAN Usage KPI includes WLAN entries with Total Usage of 0 bps, as part of reporting requirement.

Important Points to Remember While Creating Reports

  • When you create a report, the Select a Report varies based on the report type selected under Content. For Pre-defined, all the KPIs are preselected. You can also manually deselect the KPIs. Whereas for Custom, you must manually select the KPIs. When creating Custom reports, a maximum of 15 KPIs can be selected.

  • For Pre-defined reports, the Customize Report Content is populated with all KPIs. You can manually change the order in which the KPIs are displayed in the report.

  • Based on your Report over period and Report Schedule selection, the following Schedule options are displayed:

    • Last Day and One Time (Now)—No further options are displayed under Report Schedule.

    • Last Day and One Time (Later)—Select the Run Date and Run Time.

    • Last Day and Recurring— Select the Frequency, Run Time, and End Date.

    • Last Week and One Time (Now)—No further options are displayed under Report Schedule.

    • Last Week and One Time (Later)—Select the Run Date and Run Time.

    • Last Week and Recurring— Select the Frequency, Run Day, Run Time, and End Time. In Frequency, you can select either Every Week or Every Month. By default, Every Week is set as the Frequency.

    • Last Month and One Time (Now)—No further options are displayed under Report Schedule.

    • Last Month and One Time (Later)—Select the Run Date and Run Time.

    • Last Month and Recurring—Select the Frequency, Run Day, Run Time, and End Time. Frequency is preselected to Every Month.

    • Custom Range and One Time (Now)—Select the From Date, Start Time ,To Date, and End Time. No further options are displayed under Report Schedule.

    • Custom Range and One Time (Later)—Select the Run Date, and Run Time.

  • Advanced Time Slicing feature enables a user to create pre-defined or custom reports for a granular time period. This option enables you to create a report for specific days and time periods. This feature is currently applicable only for Capacity Planning, Resource Utilization, Network Usage, and RF Health reports. If you select this option for other report types, the time-period selected in the time slicer is not applied. Instead, the report is created for the whole report duration.

    The following Advanced Time Slicing options are available:

    • For Last Month, in addition to the time range, you can select the days from the Days over the week option.

    • For Last Week, in addition to the time range, you can select the days from the Days over the week option.

    • For Last Day, you can select the time range from the From and To options. This option allows you to select a minimum report period of one hour.

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