Once the REPOS agent on a Reporting Server is selected, you can drill down into a database type category and see long-term historical data from the Central Repository database (CRDB).
Determine the starting and ending date and time for the time range you wish to report on. For example: for a monthly report, the months of January through May in the current year. Also determine the sample hosts (SAMs) and entities that you wish to include in the report (that is, the metric data originating from those sample hosts and entities are included in the report; the Central Repository contains metric data from many sample hosts and entities, so the report needs to narrow down what you are interested in).
The long-term history (reporting) views provide metric data over the long-term, such as months or years. Each view is interactive, so you can browse different sample hosts and entities, as well as scroll graphs and zoom in and out. You can also export the report as a PDF.
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Click on the desired database type category in the tree.
The action panel fills with Long-term History (Reporting) views for the given database type, as well as an Agent Views link to return to the previous action panel.
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Select the desired long-term history (reporting) view from the list shown in the action panel.
The long-term history view populates the window on the right side. The view still requires the sample host name, entity name, and a time range before it can show metric data.
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Select the desired sample host (SAM) from the dropdown in the Sample Host field, or enter a name.
You may specify a wildcard (%) in the field, to select multiple sample hosts. For example, to select all sample hosts: %
The Entity dropdown list fills with only those entities available for the given sample host(s).
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Select the desired entity from the dropdown in the Entity field, or enter a name.
You may specify a wildcard (%) in the field, to select multiple entities. For example, to select all entities for the given sample host(s): %
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Select a starting date and time in the From field.
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In the From field, click on the little calendar
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A time selector and date calendar pops up, along with several quick links for common times.
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Select the date and time for the oldest metric data to find.
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Click on the green arrow button
to confirm the new date and time.
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Select an ending date and time in the To field.
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In the To field, click on the little calendar .
A time selector and date calendar pops up, along with several quick links for common times.
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Select the date and time for the newest metric data to find.
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Click on the green arrow button to confirm the new date and time.
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Click the Go button.
The long-term history (reporting) view populates with metric data.
Note: The view may take several minutes to populate. The window will display Loading... while a data refresh occurs.
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In the output part of the report, select the desired output sample host (SAM) from the dropdown in the Sample Host field, or enter a name.
The Entity dropdown list, in the report output, fills with only those entities available for the given sample host(s).
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In the output part of the report, select the desired entity from the dropdown in the Entity field, or enter a name.
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Depending on the type of report, there may be additional fields to complete in the output section, to select the metric data to show.
After all output fields are selected / completed, metric data is shown (i.e. graphs, grids) in the output part of the report.
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Optionally, click on the green arrow button in the upper-right part of the screen to export the report in PDF format.
An additional dialog will appear to ask where to store the PDF file on the local computer.