In addition to predefined report templates, NetCrunch provides a group of reports containing parameters to be configured by the user.
Ability to configure the parameters of a report is indicated by the asterisk located on the left side of the appropriate report in the Add Report window.
Configuration of a report is always performed when one of the report templates indicated by the asterisk is added to the data collection.
When the appropriate configuration is done, you can save such report as a common report definition by selecting the Save as common definition checkbox. It will be listed in the Add Report window then. Reports with defined parameters are related to network services and performance counters.
You can configure parameters and create a new predefined report for the following report templates:
- Selected Service Availability
- Presents information about the availability of top ten network services on a map and availability of the selected network service on a node.
- Selected Service Think Time
- Presents information about the comparison between the response time of a network service with the response time of a PING service on the node.
- Selected Service Uptime
- Presents information about how long the service is up or down; it describes time statistics such as the hours when the service was up.
- Selected Counters Report
- Presents information about selected performance counters on a node.
- Selected Counters on Multiple Nodes Report
- Presents information about selected performance counters on multiple nodes.
- Custom
- Allows creating custom report definitions by providing desired parameters.
To open the Edit Report Parameters window double-click the selected report template.
You need to select the network service or counter and specify other parameters depending on their types.
The report template configuration is always performed when one of the reports described above is added to the data collection. When parameters for a selected report are configured, you can save it as a common report definition. As a result, it will be listed in the Add Report window.
