Working in the Console

The console design is based on the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). You can customize the view by hiding or showing various components of the console such as menus, toolbars, tabs, and the console tree.

To customize the view

1.	Click the View menu and select Customize.

2.	Modify the current view by selecting or clearing the appropriate check boxes.

Reporter uses the right-click menus typical in the MMC application design. The Reporter right-click menus also include standard MMC menu items.

In the Reporter console, the left pane contains a treeview that includes the domains and subnets you have added, along with the Reporting node. The Reporting node contains the following subnodes: Object Sets, Report Templates, Collections, and Collection Status. When you select one of these subnodes, information about its contents is displayed in the panes to the right.When you select a report template in the upper-right pane, a report information page is displayed in the lower pane that includes the following information about the report template. Not all of the report templates display all of the items.

item	description
Report Fields	Shows a list of fields that can be generated in the report.
Notes	Provides recommendations on when to use the report template.
Applied Filters	Shows any filters that will be applied to the report template. When you change the filtering, the report information page is updated.
Suggested Filters	Provides a list of links that you can select to apply filters to the report template.
Grouping	Shows the default grouping for the report template. When you change the grouping, the report information page is updated.
Related Reports	Provides a list of links to related report templates.