README for Report Generation Policy

Report Generation Policy

Example Overview

Example name : ReportGenPolicy.java
Location: <Web NMS Home>/default_impl/policies directory

This policy helps in scheduling Performance reports generation. It provides an UI via which you can configure which report has to be generated when.

Sample Output

To make use of the pre-built Report generation policy, you should follow these steps:

Select Administration tools node from the tree in Web NMS client.
Select Policies and you can see a list of Policies added to Web NMS.
From the menu , select the option Policy --> Add Policy.
You will get a form in which choose , "Report Generation Policy" from the drop down box and enter a name for this Report generation policy. Name it meaningfully so as to identify it in future.
Click Add button. You will get a form as shown below:

Enter the Report name for the text box labeled " ReportGenClassNames".

Note: You can get the list of Report names from the developer who have designed this product for you. Note that Report names are case sensitive. These names are stored in <Web NMS Home/classes> directory. These reports, if stored inside a package, use the package name as prefix in the input, as shown in the image.
If you wish to create a Report generation policy but want to disable the report generation temporarily then choose the input "Status" to be "Disabled". Later you can change the status to Enabled to continue Report generation.
Click "Schedule" button on the form.
You will get a screen . This screen will display dates of the month and days of the week. You can choose the day or date (s) also the time at which the report should be generated.

Finally, you can see your Report generation policy would be included in the list of polices. At the specified day and hour, the report will be generated.