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Contents 5
Contents
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About This Guide 7
1Overview 9
1.1 ZENworks Reporting Server Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.2 Inventory Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.3 Web Intelligence Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.4 Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.5 Central Configuration Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.6 Reporting Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Setting Up System Reporting 13
2.1 Understanding and Assigning the Reporting Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1.1 Understanding the Reporting Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1.2 Understanding the Reporting Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.3 Understanding the Predefined Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.4 Assigning Reporting Rights to Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.2 Synchronizing Report Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.3 Changing the Passphrase of the ZENworks Reporting Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Export Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4.1 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Send E-Mail Notifications to the
ZENworks Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.4.2 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Set Up Destination File Locations. . 20
2.4.3 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Set Up the Destination FTP Server 20
2.5 Launching the ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.6 Setting the ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.7 Reporting User Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3 Creating and Managing Reports 25
3.1 Creating Custom Report Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.2 Managing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.3 Managing Report Discussions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4 Troubleshooting System Reporting 29
4.1 System Reporting Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.2 System Reporting Troubleshooting Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
A References 37
B Documentation Updates 39
B.1 March 30, 2010: SP3 (10.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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About This Guide 7
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About This Guide
This Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 System Reporting Reference includes
information to help you successfully create and manage reports by using ZENworks Reporting
Server. The information is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, “Overview,” on page 9
Chapter 2, “Setting Up System Reporting,” on page 13
Chapter 3, “Creating and Managing Reports,” on page 25
Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting System Reporting,” on page 29
Appendix A, “References,” on page 37
Appendix B, “Documentation Updates,” on page 39
Audience
This guide is intended for Novell®ZENworks®administrators.
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ZENworks 10 Configuration Management is supported by other documentation (in both PDF and
HTML formats) that you can use to learn about and implement the product. For additional
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Overview
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Overview
Novell®ZENworks®10 Configuration Management SP3 lets you monitor the activity within your
management zone through system reports.
Reports can contain details from a large volume of inventory, packaging, and other device or bundle
information. You can create new reports, edit existing reports, delete reports, or schedule reports.
You can create folders to organize and store reports based on your own criteria.
The following sections contain additional information to help you understand the Reporting
concepts:
Section 1.1, “ZENworks Reporting Server Reports,” on page 9
Section 1.2, “Inventory Reports,” on page 10
Section 1.3, “Web Intelligence Documents,” on page 10
Section 1.4, “Universe,” on page 10
Section 1.5, “Central Configuration Manager,” on page 10
Section 1.6, “Reporting Terminology,” on page 10
1.1 ZENworks Reporting Server Reports
ZENworks Reporting Server provides a Web interface called ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView
that provides a broad range of useful business information to your company, including Web
Intelligence* documents, spreadsheets, and other documents. With ZENworks Reporting Server,
you can access the information and organize it according to your requirements.
By using ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView, you can:
Create report definitions for Bundles, Policies, Discovered Devices, Inventory, Asset
Management, Patch Management, and ZENworks System messages.
Schedule reports.
Maintain the history of reports.
Export reports in various formats such as Microsoft* Excel*, Adobe* PDF, BusinessObjects*
WID*.
Print reports.
Distribute reports through e-mail.
Have Discussions on the reports.
In ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView, you can manage predefined reports and custom reports.
Predefined reports include report definitions for Bundles, Policies, Discovered Devices, and Patch
management that are included with ZENworks Configuration Management.

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1.2 Inventory Reports
ZENworks Configuration Management allows you to take an inventory of all the devices in your
Management Zone, including data on hardware, software, and demographics. An inventory scan
allows you to collect data from managed devices in your Management Zone. An inventory only scan
allows you to scan devices in the zone that don’t have the ZENworks Adaptive Agent installed but
do have the Inventory Module installed. This type of scan is useful for devices running Windows*,
NetWare®, and Mac OS*X.
For more information about Inventory Reports, see the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management
Asset Inventory Reference.
1.3 Web Intelligence Documents
Web Intelligence provides you an easy, interactive, and flexible user interface to build and analyze
reports on data over the Web, on secured intranets and extranets. You can create Web Intelligence
documents by selecting the ZENworks universe in ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView and
building one or more queries to define the document data.
1.4 Universe
Universes are patented Business Objects technology. They act as a semantic layer between the user
and a database. A universe is a file that contains the following:
SQL structures called objects that map to actual SQL structures in the database, such as
columns, tables, and database functions. Objects are grouped into classes. Objects and classes
are both visible to Web Intelligence users.
A schema of the tables and joins used in the database. Objects are built from the database
structures that you include in your schema. The schema is only available to Designer users. It is
not visible to Web Intelligence and Desktop Intelligence* users.
Web Intelligence users connect to a universe, and run queries against a database. They can perform
data analysis and create reports by using the objects in a universe, without seeing, or needing to
know anything about, the underlying table schemas in the database.
A universe provides an interface for Web Intelligence users to run queries against a database so as to
create reports and perform data analysis.
1.5 Central Configuration Manager
The Central Configuration Manager is a server-management tool on Windows that allows you to
start or stop the Server Intelligence Agent.
For more information about the Central Configuration Manager, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise
XI 3.1 Administrator’s Guide (http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31/en/xi3-
1_bip_admin_en.pdf).
1.6 Reporting Terminology
Following are the terms associated with the ZENworks Reporting Server reports:

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Table 1-1 ZENworks Reporting Terminology
Term Description
ZENworks Reporting
Server InfoView
The main user interface for working with reports through ZENworks
Reporting Server. The ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView runs within
your Web browser and gives you the ability to view, export, print, and
schedule reports.
Universe A file that contains SQL structures and the schema of the tables and joins
used in the database.
Web Intelligence Document A report that is generated by selecting a universe in ZENworks Reporting
Server InfoView and building one or more queries to define the data
content of the documents.
Report Definition A Web Intelligence document containing report information, such as
database fields.
Report Instance A report instance is created when you run a scheduled report. The report
instance contains only the data that is available at the time you run the
report. The latest report instance contains the most recent data.
Administrator Account The individual who uses Administrator as the username to log in to the
ZENworks Reporting Server.

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Setting Up System Reporting
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Setting Up System Reporting
Before generating the ZENworks Reporting Server reports, review the information in the following
sections:
Section 2.1, “Understanding and Assigning the Reporting Rights,” on page 13
Section 2.2, “Synchronizing Report Folders,” on page 16
Section 2.3, “Changing the Passphrase of the ZENworks Reporting Server,” on page 17
Section 2.4, “Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Export Reports,” on page 17
Section 2.5, “Launching the ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView,” on page 21
Section 2.6, “Setting the ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView Preferences,” on page 22
Section 2.7, “Reporting User Details,” on page 23
2.1 Understanding and Assigning the Reporting
Rights
The following sections provide detailed information about the Reporting rights that are available to
the ZENworks®administrators:
Section 2.1.1, “Understanding the Reporting Rights,” on page 13
Section 2.1.2, “Understanding the Reporting Folders,” on page 14
Section 2.1.3, “Understanding the Predefined Reports,” on page 14
Section 2.1.4, “Assigning Reporting Rights to Administrators,” on page 16
2.1.1 Understanding the Reporting Rights
The ZENworks super administrator can assign the Execute/Publish Reports or the Create/Delete
Reports rights for a folder or a Web Intelligence document to other administrators.
For an administrator, if a particular right is assigned to a folder, all the subfolders or reports
contained within that folder have the same right, unless specific rights are assigned to them. If no
rights are explicitly assigned to an administrator, the administrator can only view the list of all the
reports.
Execute/Publish Report Right: Allows the administrator to schedule reports and manage
historical report instances.This right does not allow administrators to create or delete reports or
folders within the folder on which the right is conferred. However, the administrator can copy
the reports from one folder to another if the administrator has the Create/Delete Reports right
on the destination folder.
Create/Delete Report Right: Includes the Execute/Publish Report right. It allows the
administrators to create, modify, or delete Web Intelligence documents and folders contained
within the folder on which the right is conferred.
For more information about how to assign reporting rights, see Section 2.1.4, “Assigning Reporting
Rights to Administrators,” on page 16.

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2.1.2 Understanding the Reporting Folders
ZENworks Reporting contains personal as well as shared folders to create and organize reports. The
reports created in the personal folder are personal to the administrator and are not shared or visible
to other administrators. Only the reports that are created in the shared folder are accessible to the
other administrators.
The following report folders are available on the ZENworks Reporting Server:
Favorites Folder: The Favorites folder is the administrator’s personal folder. This folder is
available to the administrator who has the Create/Delete Report right or the Execute/Publish
Report right. Administrators can save their reports in this folder only if they have the Create/
Delete Report right. This folder cannot be viewed by other administrators on the server.
Administrators who have the Create/Delete right on a Favorites folder can also save the
customized InfoView Page Layouts in to the Favorites folder. For more information on
customizing the InfoView Page Layouts, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 InfoView
User’s Guide (http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31/en/xi3-
1_bip_user_en.pdf).
Novell ZENworks Report Folder: This is a shared folder that can be accessed by all the
ZENworks administrators on the ZENworks Reporting Server. This folder contains the Custom
Reports and the Predefined Reports subfolders.
Predefined Reports Folder: The Predefined Reports folder contains reports that are
bundled with the product. The folder and its contents are accessible by all the
administrators on the server. The administrators can schedule, view, and manage the
historical instances of these reports only if they are assigned the Execute/Publish Report
right. However, the administrators cannot modify, create or delete these reports.
If you assign Create/Delete rights to the Predefined Report folder, this applies only the
Execute/Publish rights to the folder.
For report definitions of each of the reports in the Predefined Reports folder, see
Section 2.1.3, “Understanding the Predefined Reports,” on page 14.
Custom Reports Folder: Administrators who have the Create/Delete Report right can
create subfolders or reports within the Custom Reports folder and share it with other
ZENworks administrators based on their reporting rights.
2.1.3 Understanding the Predefined Reports
The Predefined Reports folder includes predefined reports for Bundles, Policies, Patch
Management, Discovered Devices, and Asset Management.
The
ZENworks Standard Templates folder contains the A4-Landscape, A4-Portrait, Letter-
Landscape, and Letter-Portrait formats. You can generate the customized reports in these formats.
For more information on using the templates, see “Creating Reports by Using ZENworks Standard
Templates” on page 15.
For more information on the report definitions for each of the predefined reports, see the following
table:

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Table 2-1 Predefined Reports
Creating Reports by Using ZENworks Standard Templates
To use the templates in the ZENworks Standard Templates folder, ensure to set the Select a
default creation/editing tool option in the Web Intelligence preference to Advanced. For more
information on how to set preferences, see Section 2.6, “Setting the ZENworks Reporting Server
InfoView Preferences,” on page 22.
To use a template to create a report:
1In ZENworks Control Center, click the Reports tab.
2In the ZENworks Reporting Server panel, click ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView to launch
the ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView.
3Navigate to Novell ZENworks Reports > Predefined Reports > ZENworks Standard Templates,
select the desired template, then click Organize > Copy to copy the template.
4Paste the template to a customized report folder that has Write permission.
5In the customized report folder, select the template, then click Actions > Properties to edit the
title of the template, specify a name for your new report, then click OK.
6Select the template, then click Actions > Modify.
Predefined Reports Description
Asset Management See “Viewing a Predefined Report” in the ZENworks 10 Asset Management
Reference.
Bundles and Policies See “Viewing the Predefined Reports” in the ZENworks 10 Configuration
Management Software Distribution Reference and “Viewing the Predefined
Reports” in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Policy
Management Reference.
Discovered Devices See “Viewing the Predefined Reports in the ”ZENworks 10 Configuration
Management Discovery, Deployment, and Retirement Reference.
Patch Management See the ZENworks 10 Patch Management Reference.
ZENworks Systems This folder contains the Device Listing, Non-Compliant Devices, ZENworks
License Information, ZENworks Messages, and ZENworks Server Statistics
reports.
For more information on the Device Listing and Non-Compliant Devices
reports, see “Viewing the Predefined Reports” in the ZENworks 10
Configuration Management Discovery, Deployment, and Retirement
Reference.
For more information on ZENworks License Information report, see
“ZENworks 10 Product Licensing” in the ZENworks 10 Configuration
Management System Administration Reference.
For more information on ZENworks Messages report, see “Message
Logging” in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management System
Administration Reference.
For more information on ZENworks Server Statistics report, see “ZENworks
Server” in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management System
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7Click Edit Query on the toolbar.
8Delete any objects that are in the Results Objects pane.
9Drag the objects from the ZENworks universe to the Results Objects pane to create the report.
10 Click Run Query.
11 Click the Data tab in the left pane, and drag the objects from the Data panel to the report in the
right pane.
12 Save the report.
2.1.4 Assigning Reporting Rights to Administrators
By default, a super administrator has the Execute/Publish Report right on the Predefined Reports
folder and the Create/Delete Report right on the Custom Reports and the Favorites folders. A super
administrator cannot change or override these rights.
Any other administrator must be assigned specific rights on the Predefined Reports, Custom
Reports, and Favorites folders.
These reporting rights can also be specified within a role that can be assigned to the administrators.
For more information on roles, see “Managing Administrator Roles” in the ZENworks 10
Configuration Management System Administration Reference.
To assign reporting rights to the administrators:
1In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configurations tab.
2In the Administrators panel, select the administrator to whom you want to assign reporting
rights.
3In the Assigned Rights panel, click Add, then select Reporting Rights to display the Reporting
Rights dialog box.
4Click Add to browse for and select the folders or reports to which you want to assign the
reporting rights for the administrator.
The rights that you assign to the Reports folder are also automatically applied to the Favorites,
Custom Reports, and Predefined Reports folders. You cannot assign rights individually to the
contents of the Predefined Reports and the Favorites folders.
5Select the reporting rights you want to assign.
You can allow or deny the Create/Delete Report right and Execute/Publish Report right on
reports to the administrator.
6Click OK.
2.2 Synchronizing Report Folders
The report folders and Web Intelligence documents created in the ZENworks Reporting Server
InfoView must be synchronized with ZENworks Configuration Management in order to enable the
ZENworks super administrator to grant reporting rights to other administrators on the folders and
Web Intelligence documents. The ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView sets this synchronization
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To manually set the synchronization interval, do the following:
1In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configurations tab.
2In the Management Zone Settings panel, click Reporting Services.
3Click Folder Sync Schedule to display the Folder Sync Schedule page.
4Specify the refresh interval when the Custom Report folders that are created in the ZENworks
Reporting Server InfoView must synchronize with the ZENworks Control Center. By default,
the refresh interval is five minutes.
5Click OK to save the changes.
You can also use the zman command line utility to synchronize report folders. For more information,
see “Report Commands” in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Command Line Utilities
Reference.
IMPORTANT: In ZENworks Reporting Server, if a folder has both a subfolder and a report file
with the same name, then only the object that is created first is synchronized with ZENworks
Configuration Management. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not create a report and a
report folder with the same name.
2.3 Changing the Passphrase of the ZENworks
Reporting Server
When you launch ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView through the ZENworks Control Center, the
ZENworks Primary Server automatically authenticates to the ZENworks Reporting Server by using
a passphrase and launches the ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView. This passphrase is
automatically generated and set during ZENworks Reporting Server installation. The super
administrator can change this passphrase to a new randomized value.
To change the passphrase:
1In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configurations tab.
2In the Management Zone Settings panel, click Reporting Services.
3Click Reset the Passphrase of the ZENworks Reporting Server to display the Reset the
Passphrase of the ZENworks Reporting Server page.
4Select the Yes option to change the passphrase, then click Apply.
2.4 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server
to Export Reports
You can configure ZENworks Reporting Server to export reports by e-mail, by setting up file
locations or an FTP server at the destination.
Review the following sections to understand the different ways in which you can export the reports:
Section 2.4.1, “Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Send E-Mail Notifications to
the ZENworks Administrator,” on page 18

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Section 2.4.2, “Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Set Up Destination File
Locations,” on page 20
Section 2.4.3, “Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Set Up the Destination FTP
Server,” on page 20
2.4.1 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Send E-
Mail Notifications to the ZENworks Administrator
You can distribute reports created in ZENworks Reporting Server InfoView by automatically
including them in an e-mail.
To configure ZENworks Reporting Server to send e-mail notifications to the ZENworks
administrator:
1In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configurations tab.
2In the Management Zone Settings panel, click Reporting Services.
3Click E-mail Notification Settings to display the E-mail Notification Settings page.
4Fill in the following fields:
From: Specify the sender’s e-mail address.
To: Specify the e-mail address of the recipients to whom you want to send the report. You can
specify more than one e-mail address by separating them with commas.
CC: Specify the e-mail address of the recipients to whom you want to send a carbon copy of
the report. You can specify more than one e-mail address by separating them with commas.
Subject: Specify the subject of the e-mail. You can also use predefined macros for the subject.
You can also use the predefined macros for the subject. Click , then select the variable you
want to use. The following table describes various variables and their respective macros:
Message: Specify the message to be sent. You can also use the predefined macros to send the
message. Click , then select the variable you want to use. The following table describes
various variables and their respective macros:
Variable Macro as Displayed in the
Subject Field Description
Title %SI_NAME% Name of the report.
ID %SI_ID% Report ID.
Owner %SI_OWNER% Name of the report owner.
Date/Time %SI_STARTTIME% Date and time when the report is scheduled.
User Full Name %SI_USERFULLNAME% Name of the administrator who schedules and
sends the report.
E-mail Address %SI_EMAIL_ADDRESS% E-mail address of the administrator who schedules
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Attach Report Instance to E-mail Message: Select this option, and configure the following
settings if you want to attach an instance of the report to the e-mail:
Use the Default Filename (Randomly Generated): Select this option if you want a
default name to be assigned to the report instance. By default, this option is selected.
Specify a Filename: Select this option, then specify a name for the report instance. You
can also use predefined macros to create the filename. You can also use predefined macros
to create the filename. Click , then select the variable you want to use. The following
table describes various variables and their respective macros:
Add File Extension: Select this option if you want the file extension to be added to
the name of the report instance.
5Click OK to save the changes.
Variable Macro as Displayed in the
Subject Field Description
Title %SI_NAME% Name of the report.
ID %SI_ID% Report ID.
Owner %SI_OWNER% Name of the report owner.
Date/Time %SI_STARTTIME% Date and time when the report is scheduled.
User Full Name %SI_USERFULLNAME% Name of the administrator who schedules and
sends the report.
E-mail Address %SI_EMAIL_ADDRESS% E-mail address of the administrator who schedules
and sends the report.
Viewer Hyperlink %SI_VIEWER_URL% The URL for the viewer in which you want the E-
mail recipient to view the report.
Variable Macro as Displayed in the
Subject Field Description
Title %SI_NAME% Adds the name of the report to the filename.
ID %SI_ID% Adds the report ID to the filename.
Owner %SI_OWNER% Adds the name of the report owner to the
filename.
Date/Time %SI_STARTTIME% Adds the date and time when the report is
scheduled to the filename.
User Full Name %SI_USERFULLNAME% Adds the name of the administrator who
schedules and sends the report.
E-mail Address %SI_EMAIL_ADDRESS
%
Adds the E-mail address of the administrator
who schedules and sends the report, to the
filename.
File Extension %EXT% .Adds the .
ext extension to the filename.

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2.4.2 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Set Up
Destination File Locations
You can specify the destination directory for the report instances on ZENworks Reporting Server or
on any other remote server.
To configure ZENworks Reporting Server to specify the file locations:
1In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configurations tab.
2In the Management Zone Settings panel, click Reporting Services.
3Click File Location Notification Settings to display the File Location Notification Settings
page.
4Fill in the following fields:
Directory: Specify the path to the directory on the destination device to save the report
instance.
Filename: You can either select a default name or specify a name for the report instance.
Use the Default Filename (Randomly Generated): Select this option to assign a default
name to the report instance. By default, this option is selected.
Specify a Filename: Select this option, then specify a name for the report instance.
Add File Extension: Select this option to add a file extension to the name of the report
instance.
Username: Specify the username who has the permission to write files to the destination
directory.
Password: Specify the password for the username you provided.
2.4.3 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Server to Set Up the
Destination FTP Server
You can specify the destination on the FTP server where you want to transfer the reporting
instances.
To configure ZENworks Reporting Server to specify the location:
1In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configurations tab.
2In the Management Zone Settings panel, click Reporting Services.
3Click FTP Server Notification Settings to display the FTP Server Notification Settings page.
4Fill in the following fields:
Host: Specify the hostname of the FTP server where you want to transfer the reporting
instances.
Port: Specify the port on which the FTP server is running. The default port is 21.
Username: Specify the username that has permission to write the report instances to the FTP
server.
Password: Specify the password for the username you provided.
Account: Specify the FTP account information that is part of the standard FTP protocol.
Provide this information only if your FTP server requires it.