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Using MonitorMagic
To create a subreport item select report - report builder - add report item - subreport... from
the menu. The "Report item subreport" window will pop up in which you can specify a name and a
description for this subreport.
A subreport can be regarded as a folder within the template: a subreport template. A subreport
can contain its own set of report items and variables. You can put in a title, a piece of text, a
picture and a table as if it were a normal template.
Subreports are useful to keep some order in the templates. You can create subreports in
templates and put (nest) subreports into subreports, so you can organize your report as if it were
a logical directory. This will result in a logical sequence of repeating parts.
There is an extra feature regarding the use of variables:
variables that are created in subreports can not be used in the rest of the template, but
variables that are created in the (root of the) template can be used in the subreports !!
This means that you can define global and local variables. How these can be used see
Mulitivalue variables.
The most important application of subreports is the possibility to repeat parts of the report for
different variables. E.g. if you want to generate the same report for every computer in your
network. This can be realized by defining the local variable %COMPUTER%. If you define this
variable as "user input variable" then when you generate the report you will be asked for which
computer you want to generate the report. If you define this variable as a "query input variable"
then you can use this variable to generate a report for all computers in the network. See also the
Multivalue Variables chapter.
See also:
Reporting - Overview
Reporting - Collecting log information
Reporting - Overview report templates
Reporting - Building a report template
Reporting - Items and variables
Reporting - Multivalue Variables
Reporting - Report item graphical element
Before you start creating an item open the template in which you want to place the item. Select
the template in the report template tree and select from the menu report - report builder - open
report template, or right click the mouse on the template and select open report template.
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