Creating a Pre-Defined Report

Pre-defined report allows users to create one report based on the existing pre-defined categories.

This topic contains the following information:

• Selecting the Report Type and KPIs

• Customizing Report Content

• Scheduling the Report

Selecting the Report Type and KPIs

To create a pre-defined report, complete the following steps:

1. In the HPE Aruba Networking Central MSP Overview page, click the menu icon to open the Menu page.

2. In the Reports card, click Manage.

   The Reports page in the list view is displayed.

3. Click Create Report.

   The Create Report page is displayed.

4. In the Content section, select Pre-defined.

5. In the Select a Report section, choose a report from the following:

   • Infrastructure—The Infrastructure report is classified into:

     • Licenses—The Licenses report includes the License Utilization Summary, Subscription Keys and Subscription Utilization Overview KPIs.

     • Subscription Renewal Schedule—Includes the Subscription Renewal Schedule KPI.

   • Tenants—The Tenant report includes Tenant Growth, Trend Summary, and Tenant Summary KPIs.

   By default, all the KPIs are selected for Pre-defined report category.

6. You can manually deselect KPIs listed under the Licenses or Tenants section as per your requirement.

7. Click Next.

   The Preference page is displayed.

8. Under Scope, select Global.

9. In Device Ownership, select at least one of the following types:

   • MSP Owned—Tenant account in which the devices are owned by the MSP account.

   • Tenant Owned—Tenant account in which the devices are owned by the tenant.

   By default, all the options are selected.

   Note:

   The Device Ownership is displayed only when Tenants > Tenant Summary KPI is selected in the Select a Report section.

10. In the Additional Preferences section, click the icon.

    The Additional Preferences pop-up window is displayed.

11. Under Additional Columns, on the right side of the KPI click the drop-down icon and select the relevant columns.

    Note:

    The list of columns that are displayed depends on the KPIs that are selected on the Select a Report section.

    PDF reports support a maximum of 10 columns per table, including the default columns.

12. Click Apply.

Customizing Report Content

HPE Aruba Networking Central allows you to customize the report content. After selecting the preferred options in the Content and Preference pages, complete the following steps to customize the report:

1. Click Customise Report Content in the Preference page.

   The Customise Report Content page is dispalyed.

2. Customise the visual layout of the report by dragging to re-order the widgets and select a desired visual element from the view selector icons available in each card.

3. Click the following icons to select the necessary report format for selected KPIs:

   • List view—Click the icon to select the list view.

   • Bar-chart view—Click the icon to select the bar-chart view.

   • Multi view—Click the icon to select the both list and donut-chart or bar-chart view depending on the KPI selected.

   The report formats available depend on the type of KPIs selected.

4. To delete a KPI, click the delete icon. Click Undo to undo the deletion operation.

5. Click Save.

Scheduling the Report

HPE Aruba Networking Central allows you to schedule the report for a specific period of time. After selecting the preferred options in the Content and Preference pages, complete the following steps to schedule the report:

1. Click Next in the Preference page.

   The Schedule options are displayed.

2. In Schedule, under Report over period, select one of the following options:

   • Last Day—Creates a report for a day for now, on a particular day, or recurring.

   • Last Week—Creates a report for a week for now, on a particular date in the week, or recurring every week for a particular day or every month for a particular date.

   • Last Month—Creates a report for every month for now, on a particular date in a month, or recurring every month for a particular date.

   • Custom Range—Creates a report for a time period within the last 90 days, including the current date. Define a date interval in From and To options. This can be used only for historical data. It is not possible to set report ranges for dates in the future.

   Based on the selected schedule, further options are displayed to create a report with more details.

3. In Report Schedule, under Recurrence, select one of the following options:

   • One Time (Now)—Creates a report for the current time.

   • One Time (Later)—Creates a report either for today or a later date for a particular time.

   • Recurring—Creates a recurring report for every day, week, or a month.

4. On selection Recurring, the following options are displayed:

   1. Frequency—Select the frequency of the report from the following options:

      • Every Week

      • Every Month

      Note:

      Based on your selection in Reports Over Period, the options in Frequency varies. You can either select Every Week, or Every Month.

   2. Run Day—Select a specific day in every week or a specific date in every month, for which you want to schedule the report creation.

      Note:

      When you select a frequency of Every Month, you can only select day 1–28 as the Run Day.

   3. Run Time—Select the time for which you want to schedule the report.

   4. End Date—Select the end date of the report.

      Note:

      By default, the End Date is set to six months. A maximum selection period of up to one year is permitted.

5. In Report Details > Report Name, enter the report name.

6. In Email Recipients, enter an email address to receive the report over an email.

7. Click Preview Report Content.

   The Preview Report Content displays the output based on the input provided in the Content, Preference, and Schedule pages. This content in the widgets is for preview purposes and does not display the actual report content.

8. To close the preview, click Close X.

9. Click Create.

   The created report displays on top of the Reports table.