Quick Start Step 1: Create a Basic Table Dynamic Template
Prerequisite:
See Select an Enterprise Object.
Start by opening the folder in the left panel and drag fields into the Selected Field panel at the right.
See Configure General Dynamic Template Designer Components.
See Dynamic Template Field Configuration.
Note that when you drag fields into the right panel, an Alias name is assigned.
Enter or select the mandatory/optional fields shown at the top of the window and save the report template. refers to grouping assignment within the Inventory. When displayed in the Inventory, templates are sorted into information categories such as performance, storage or forecasting. If a category has not been selected, these templates are displayed under the heading Uncategorized. You can always assign a category, by customizing an existing template.
A dynamic template categorized for an object type and All products are displayed for all groups and individual servers of this object type.
A dynamic template categorized for an object type and specific products are only displayed for groups and individual servers of this object type, subsystem and not others.
This step alone can produce a very basic report.
Click to save this initial version of the report template.
This example produces a report similar to the following:
As you can see, these results would benefit from additional formatting, hyperlinks to other reports, totals at the bottom of the numeric columns, and perhaps even additional table columns with values calculated from other fields. For example, totals would be useful at the bottom of the table and perhaps an additional column with calculated values would improve this report.
Basic formatting will be covered in this example.
