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About Database Reports
Configuring OVO
About Database Reports
OVO provides preconfigured reports for the administrator and the
operators. In addition, you can create customized reports using the
report writer supplied with the installed database or any other
report-writing tool.
You can do the following with database reports:
❏ Display in a window
❏ Save to a file
❏ Print
Defining a Printer for Reports
You can define a printer for reports using the X resource,
Opc.printCommand, in the general application defaults file:
/opt/OV/lib/X11/app-defaults//Opc
Or you can use Opc.printCommand in your private file:
$HOME/.Xdefaults
Configuring Timeouts for Report Generation
If you expect that generating a report may take longer than five minutes,
set the keyword OPC_REPORT_TIMEOUT using the command-line tool
ovconfchg on the OVO management server. By default, this keyword
assumes a value of 300 seconds. To increase the timeout, set the keyword
using the ovconfchg, specify the desired value in seconds, and restart
your GUI session.
Generating Reports for the Internet
You can retrieve specific information directly from the database and
publish and view the resulting reports in graphically rich formats on the
Internet. To generate these Internet-ready reports, use enhanced
reporting features of OVO in conjunction with OpenView Service
Reporter. For more information, see the documentation supplied with the
OpenView Service Reporter and the OVO Concepts Guide.
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