Customized Analytics Reports

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If the report you want to see does not exist, it's easy to create a new one.

Creating a Customized Report

  1. In the left navigation menu, select Analytics  and then  Analytics.

  2. In the Analytics page, do one of the following:

    • Under Predefined Analytics, select a predefined report that is similar to the one you want to create and click copy_report.png to copy it. 

      OR

    • Click add_button.png under Customized Analytics to create a custom analytics report from scratch.

  3. In the Copy Analytics or Create Analytics dialog that opens, edit or enter these details:

    Field

    Description

    Name

    Enter a name for the report.

    Time Resolution

    Set the default time resolution for the report:

    • Seconds to show raw data, which is polled every ten seconds.

    • Minutes to show data aggregated to five minute granularity.

    • Hours to show data aggregated to one hour granularity.

    • Days to show data aggregated to one day granularity.

    This time resolution is used when a user opens the report.

    Timeframe

    Set the default timeframe for the report.

    The timeframe determines the period of time over which data is displayed.

    This timeframe is used when a user opens the report. The user can change the timeframe while viewing.

    Object Type

    Select the type of the object(s) to report metrics for.  

    You'll further specify the object(s) in the Objects field.

    Objects

    Select one or more objects to report metrics for.

    Each object's data are displayed on a separate graph.

    If no object is selected, all existing and future objects of the selected Object Type are included in the report.

    Selected Properties and Available Properties

    Select one or more properties (metrics) to include in the report under Available Properties and click the left arrow to move them to Selected Properties.

    Each selected property is shown in a different color on the graph(s). 

  4. Click Create

    The report is created, and opened for you.

Editing a Customized Report

  1. In the left navigation menu, choose Analytics -> Analytics.

  2. Under Customized Analytics, select the report that you want to edit and click edit_report_button.png.

  3. In the dialog that opens, make changes to the report and click Save

Deleting a Customized Report

  1. In the left navigation menu, choose Analytics -> Analytics.

  2. Under Customized Analytics , select the report that you want to delete and click delete_report_button.png.

  3. In the confirmation popup, click Yes to confirm the deletion.

Exporting Customized Reports

You can export customized reports from a cluster as a JSON file. These files can then be imported to another cluster, and thereby share the same reports across several clusters.

  1. In the left navigation menu, choose Analytics -> Analytics.

  2. Click Export.

  3. Select the customized reports to export, from the list.

  4. Click Export To JSON. The report is saved as a JSON file on your computer.

Importing Customized Reports

Import customized report files into the cluster (that could be exported from another cluster, for example).

  1. In the left navigation menu, choose Analytics -> Analytics.

  2. Click Import.

  3. Select the JSON file to import. The file should be in the format of an exported report.

  4. Select the reports to import from the file.

  5. Click Import From JSON. The selected reports are imported and added to the list of customized reports. If a report already exists on the cluster, the report from the file is  renamed.