Template Dependencies

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Template Dependencies

The following QAS reports require certain information from specific templates:

Report

template

QAS - User with Personality Information

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QAS - User Attributes Collection

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QAS - User Personality Attributes Collection

QAS - Group with Personality Information

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QAS - Group Attributes Collection

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QAS - Group Personality Attributes Collection

QAS - UNIX Group ID Conflict Information

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QAS - Group Attributes Collection

QAS - UNIX User ID Conflict Information

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QAS - User Attributes Collection

QAS - UNIX Host Access Summary

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QAS - User Attributes Collection

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QAS - User Personality Attributes Collection

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QAS - Group Attributes Collection

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QAS - Group Personality Attributes Collection

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QAS - UNIX Host Attributes Collection

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QAS - Organizational Unit Attributes Collection

QAS - Associated Personalities

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QAS - User Personality Attributes Collection

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QAS - Group Personality Attributes Collection

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QAS - UNIX Host Attributes Collection

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QAS - Organizational Unit Attributes Collection

QAS - Associated UNIX Enabled Users and Groups

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QAS - User Attributes Collection

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QAS - Group Attributes Collection

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QAS - UNIX Host Attributes Collection

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QAS - Organizational Unit Attributes Collection

QAS - Associated UNIX Hosts

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QAS - UNIX Host Attributes Collection

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QAS - Organizational Unit Attributes Collection

Before running these report templates against live data, you must run the associated templates to ensure the information contained in these QAS reports is accurate.

To generate a QAS report

1.

Double-click one of the QAS Report templates.

– OR –

Right-click one of the QAS Report templates and select Run Report.

The Objects, Filter, Collection, and Output tabs are displayed by default. You can configure the tabs that will be displayed. For more information, see Configuring the Tabs in the Report Dialog Box.

2.

Click Add to select the objects to report on.

In the Object Picker, you can select Query to set search parameters for the objects you are reporting on. Reporter finds the most current information at the time the report is generated. For more information on using queries, see To create an object set.

User Personality and Group Personality objects cannot be imported into object sets. For more information on using object sets, see Using Object Sets to Organize Network Objects.

3.

Select the object sets or objects to include and drag them to the lower pane.

4.

To select the level of recursion for an OU container, right-click the container, then select Options.

5.

Select the level of recursion, then click OK.

6.

Click OK to return to the Report dialog box.

7.

To set filters for your data collection, click the Filter tab.

For more information on applying filters, see Applying Filters to Attributes.

8.

Click the Collection tab and select Live collection as the content source.

9.

Select from the following options:

OPTION

EXPLANATION

Show change history information.

Select this if you want to compare stored data with the most recent data. You can track changes on information that is already in the database with information retrieved during a live collection.

Note: For this to be enabled, you must select the Collect change history information option in the Configure utility.

If you select to show change history information, you must enter the date range information.

From

To

In this date range option, the date range is based on a set window of time that you specify.

Note: Midnight is used as a starting and ending point for the dates you select. That is, if the date range uses a start date of 07/22/2008 and an end date of 07/24/2008, this is interpreted as July 22 starting at 00:00 GMT time and ending July 23 at 23:59 GMT time. The report only displays changes that occurred within this time frame. Changes that actually occurred on July 24 are not included. This is an important distinction to keep in mind when you specify a range.

Or

In this option, the date range is based on a sliding window of time.

The sliding window of time provides more current history reporting on the objects. When you specify a number of days, weeks, or months, this value is applied based on the current date and time when the report template is run.

For example, if you specify five days and run the report template today at 18:00 hours, the report content is based on data in the Reporter database that was collected over the last five days. The time frame for the data in question would start from today at 18:00 hours and go back to five days ago at 18:00 hours.

Use linked data from the database

Select this option if you do not want to do a fresh collection on linked objects.

There may be instances when a fresh linked collection is not necessary. For example, if you do a collection on groups and decide to also link in users, you may not need to collect linked users if you have just done a collection on all the Domain users.

Collect nested groups

Select this option if you want to collect nested group membership when doing group collections. You can select a nesting level between 2-99. (By default, nesting is turned on and set to nest 10 levels deep.)

De-selecting this option disables the nesting levels and reports only the first-level groups.

By default, members of the Domain Users group are not collected. You can configure Quest Reporter so that it collects this information. Run the Configure tool by clicking Start | All Programs | Quest Software | Quest Management Suite | Reporter | Configure. On the Reporter Collections tab, select Collect Members of Domain Users in Nested Group Collections.

10.

Click the Output tab and select from the following options:

OPTION

EXPLANATION

Layout

Click this button to select the style and orientation of the report.

Note: These options apply to any fully formatted report output, for example, screen, HTML, PDF, Word or RTF. Text based outputs such as CSV, tab delimited, and Excel are not altered by these options.

Screen

Select this option if you want the report results to be displayed once the report has been generated.

This is the default output option.

File

Select this option if you want to save the report results to a file.

If you select File, select a file type, browse to the folder where you want to save the report, and enter a file name for the report.

Append datestamp to file name

Select this option if you want to add the date to the end of the file name.

One file per page of report

Select this option if you selected HTML as the file type and you want one HTML file generated for each page of the report.

11.

Click OK.

These values are not saved; you must set them every time you want to run a predefined report template. If you want to save the settings, you can save the report template as a favorite. For more information, see Using Favorites for Frequent Reporting.

For information on using more advanced report features and managing report properties, see Creating Custom Report Templates and Favorites.

OPTION	EXPLANATION
Show change history information.	Select this if you want to compare stored data with the most recent data. You can track changes on information that is already in the database with information retrieved during a live collection. Note: For this to be enabled, you must select the Collect change history information option in the Configure utility. If you select to show change history information, you must enter the date range information.
From To	In this date range option, the date range is based on a set window of time that you specify. Note: Midnight is used as a starting and ending point for the dates you select. That is, if the date range uses a start date of 07/22/2008 and an end date of 07/24/2008, this is interpreted as July 22 starting at 00:00 GMT time and ending July 23 at 23:59 GMT time. The report only displays changes that occurred within this time frame. Changes that actually occurred on July 24 are not included. This is an important distinction to keep in mind when you specify a range.
Or	In this option, the date range is based on a sliding window of time. The sliding window of time provides more current history reporting on the objects. When you specify a number of days, weeks, or months, this value is applied based on the current date and time when the report template is run. For example, if you specify five days and run the report template today at 18:00 hours, the report content is based on data in the Reporter database that was collected over the last five days. The time frame for the data in question would start from today at 18:00 hours and go back to five days ago at 18:00 hours.
Use linked data from the database	Select this option if you do not want to do a fresh collection on linked objects. There may be instances when a fresh linked collection is not necessary. For example, if you do a collection on groups and decide to also link in users, you may not need to collect linked users if you have just done a collection on all the Domain users.
Collect nested groups	Select this option if you want to collect nested group membership when doing group collections. You can select a nesting level between 2-99. (By default, nesting is turned on and set to nest 10 levels deep.) De-selecting this option disables the nesting levels and reports only the first-level groups. By default, members of the Domain Users group are not collected. You can configure Quest Reporter so that it collects this information. Run the Configure tool by clicking Start \| All Programs \| Quest Software \| Quest Management Suite \| Reporter \| Configure. On the Reporter Collections tab, select Collect Members of Domain Users in Nested Group Collections.

OPTION	EXPLANATION
Layout	Click this button to select the style and orientation of the report. Note: These options apply to any fully formatted report output, for example, screen, HTML, PDF, Word or RTF. Text based outputs such as CSV, tab delimited, and Excel are not altered by these options.
Screen	Select this option if you want the report results to be displayed once the report has been generated. This is the default output option.
File	Select this option if you want to save the report results to a file. If you select File, select a file type, browse to the folder where you want to save the report, and enter a file name for the report.
Append datestamp to file name	Select this option if you want to add the date to the end of the file name.
One file per page of report	Select this option if you selected HTML as the file type and you want one HTML file generated for each page of the report.