A report template contains instructions for gathering metadata from CentraSite Business UI or the CentraSite registry/repository for one or more assets, and formatting it into an asset-specific report. The template lets you create detailed reports for your assets containing data that you have specified. Using the Report Designer, you can also create report templates that have the exact content and presentation that you need.
Report templates can be constructed to represent a framework of formatted object-specific data references that will generate different reports, depending on the object-specific data being referenced. Depending on the object types that you include, a report template can be run against different objects to generate results specific to each object.
A report template is also an efficient way to create multiple reports that contain the specific information that you want to display. For example, if every report you create requires your organization name, address and the date that the report was generated, you want to be able to include that information on each report automatically, rather than adding it to each individual report that you generate. A report template enables you to define your required information once, and then generate it as many times as you want.
CentraSite provides a variety of predefined report templates that you can use to generate reports based on your objects. In addition, you can design your own report templates using the Eclipse-based Business Intelligence Reporting Tools (BIRT) Report Designer.
The BIRT Report Designer creates a ".rptdesign" file, which is also referred to as the "Template File" and which describes a predefined rptdesign layout that is used for creating the report templates. Using the BIRT reporting engine you can create report templates and generate reports for any object. For example, you might want a report that lists all of the unused assets in your organization. Or you might want a report that lists the most recent changes for a specified asset in the catalog.
Note:
A report template could either be used stand-alone or associated with
one or more CentraSite objects.
CentraSite provides a variety of predefined report templates that you can use to obtain, view and share information from your objects. To access data and display the report on an object, you use one of the following report templates.
| Report Template Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Asset Change History |
This report lists all changes that have occurred on a specific asset. |
| Asset Changes Since Date |
This report lists all changes that have occurred on the assets of the specific organization since selected date. |
| Asset Dependencies |
This report lists the incoming and outgoing relationships for a specific asset. |
| New Assets Since Date |
This report lists all new assets that were created in the specific organization since selected date. |
| Policy Compliance |
This report displays the policy log for a selected object. If you configured CentraSite to log only failed policy executions, the log will contain only failed policy executions for the selected object. If you configured CentraSite to log successful and failed policy executions, this report will list all policy executions for the selected object. |
| Run-time Asset Error |
This report provides details about the runtime asset errors for that particular day. |
| Run-time Asset Quality of Service |
This report displays the quality of service information about runtime assets. |
| Run-time Asset Usage |
This report provides details about the selected asset (or all assets) usage over the selected period. |
| Run-time Consumer Usage |
This report provides details about the usage by each consumer over the selected period. |
| Run-time Policy Errors |
This report displays policy violation errors for that particular day. |
| Run-time Services |
This report displays the summary level information about virtual services. |
| Service Details |
This report displays the details of services in CentraSite. |
| SLA Violations |
This report provides details about the SLA violations reports over the selected period. |
| SOA Maturity |
For each month in the current and previous year this report calculates the number of services available per month with the total number of usage references for those services. |
| Top Ten Consumers |
This report displays the top ten consumers in the SOA infrastructure. |
| Top Ten Services |
This report displays the top ten services in the SOA infrastructure. |
| Unreferenced Assets |
This report shows all assets that have no incoming relationships. |
Notes:
For more information about generating reports, see Generating a Report.
By creating and designing report templates, you can produce detailed reports that have the specific content and format that you require.
The report templates that you create will be stored in the CentraSite data store.
After you create a custom report template, you can use it to generate reports as many times as you want.
For information about creating a custom report template and generating custom reports, see Adding a Custom Report Template.
