Generating reports from existing recording files

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Use the Generate Report option to generate reports from the existing recording files in the user-specified directory path.

If the directory path selected is Persistent Recording, the following conditions are true:

If the persistent recording is running, then current running persistent recording is selected for report generation.
If the persistent recording is not running, then the most recently completed persistent recording is selected for report generation.

Using the Generate Report option prompts you to enter the values of the recording file, reporting format, begin time, end time, interval, and the file or printer name to generate a report based on the input.

Perform the following steps to generate a report:

Select the file name or printer to send the report to:

               Send report to File/Printer
 
Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.
 
1 Filename
2 Printer

Select the path to locate the recording file:

 Path to locate the recording file              [] +

Select the reporting format (based on the type of recording):
```
* Reporting Format                              [] +
```

The following is an example of a comma separated/spreadsheet report type:

* Type of Recording                                [] 
* Reporting Format                                 []
    Type                                           [mean] +
  Recording File name                              []
* Output File                                      []

The following is an example of a nmon report type:

* Type of Recording                                [] 
* Reporting Format                                 []
  Recording File name                              []
* Output File                                      []

Note: The Output file field is mandatory for comma separated/spreadsheet, and nmon types and optional for all other reporting formats. The topas recordings support only mean type for comma separated and spreadsheet reporting formats.

The following is an example of a summary/disk summary/detailed/network summary report type:

* Type of Recording                                []
* Reporting Format                                 [] 
  Begin Time (YYMMDDHHMM)                          [] 
  End Time (YYMMDDHHMM)                            []  
  Interval                                         [] 
  Recording File name                              []
  Output File (defaults to stdout)                 []

For all the above examples, the first two fields are non-modifiable and filled with values from the previous selections.

If printer is selected as the report output, the Output File field is replaced with the required Printer Name field from a list of printers configured in the system:

* Printer Name                                     [ ] +

For a description about reporting formats available for CEC and Local binary recordings, see the topas command in Commands Reference, Volume 5.