Exporting information to a file

Export information from tables in IBM Storage Insights to a CSV, PDF, or HTML file.

About this task

Use the export action to save information about resources or other items that are listed on a page. The information is organized according to the sorting, filtering, and column order that is defined on that page. Columns that are hidden on a page are not included in the generated file. Depending on your web browser, you can determine the name and location of the file.

Procedure

  1. Go to the page for which you want to export information. For example, to view the list of block storage systems, click Storage Systems > Block Storage Systems.
  2. Click Export to select the type of file format you want to use and to export selected information. Alternatively, to export information from the list, right click any row and select Export > <file_format>, where <file_format> represents the format that you want to use for a file.
    You can save information to the following formats:
    CSV (comma-separated values)
    A CSV file is a file that contains comma-delimited values and can be viewed with a text editor or imported into a spreadsheet application. The information in a CSV file has the following format: 
    "Column_name","Column_name","Column_name","Column_name","Column_name","Column_name"
"data","data","data","data","data","data"
    Column_name represents the name of a column in a table and data represents the data that is associated with a column.
    PDF
    You can view a PDF file with Acrobat reader. The information that you export to a PDF file is formatted into a table.
    Tip: When you export a table of data that contains many columns, the rows in that table might span multiple pages in the resulting PDF. For example, if a table contains 20 columns, then the row for a specific resource might be shown on more than one page (10 columns on the first page and 10 columns on the second page). To reduce the number of pages that a table spans, before you select the export action, hide the columns that you do not want to include in the PDF. Continue to hide columns until the table no longer spans multiple pages.
    HTML
    You can view an HTML file with a web browser. The information that you export to an HTML file is formatted into a table.

Results

The selected information is saved in a file, which is in the specified format.