Creating a CMDB Report

There are two ways you can create new CMDB reports:

  • Create a new report from scratch
  • Clone and modify an existing system or user-defined report by selecting a report and clicking Clone.

Follow the procedures below to create or modify a CMDB Report.

Creating a CMDB report

  1. Go to CMDB and select CMDB report folder from the left tree where the report has to be placed.
  2. Click New. 
  3. In the New CMDB Report dialog box, enter the information below.

    SettingsGuidelines
    Report NameName of the CMDB report.
    DescriptionAny information related to the new report.
    TargetSelect the target type.
    ConditionsSet the filter conditions by selecting (Attributes, Operator and Value) together with Next Operators. Parenthesis can be added by clicking + to give higher precedence to any evaluation conditions.
    Display ColumnsThe columns in the report result. The order can be changed by selecting a column and clicking the Up or Down icons. You can specify the Order as ASC or DESC.
  4. Click Save.

You can also import a report under CMDB by clicking Import to browse and choose.

Cloning and Modifying a CMDB report

You can modify user-defined reports by selecting the report and clicking Edit. However, you cannot directly edit a system-defined report. Instead, you have to clone it, then save it as a new report and modify.

  1. Go to CMDB > CMDB Reports.
  2. Select the system-defined you want to modify, and click Clone.
  3. Enter a name for the new report, and click Save.
    The cloned report will be added to the folder of the original report. 
  4. Select the new report, and then click Edit.
  5. Modify the report, and click Save. 

Exporting a CMDB Report

  1. Go to CMDB > CMDB Reports.
  2. Select the CMDB Report folder from where the report has to be exported.

  3. Click Export to download and save the report.

Importing a CMDB Report

  1. Go to CMDB > CMDB Reports.
  2. Select the CMDB Report folder where the report has to be imported.

  3. Click Import and see the report showing up in the correct folder.