1.6 What are AppManager Reports?

Whether you need to report on service‑level conformance, historical trends, or ad hoc performance results, AppManager delivers a powerful and flexible reporting infrastructure, including:

  • Performance‑related reports to help you understand the performance of your applications and systems.

  • Trend analysis reports to help you plan for system or application upgrades.

  • Service level agreement reports to quantify the availability of services and service response time.

  • Event summary reports to provide an overview of the events AppManager creates. Use this information to develop a plan of action.

  • Configuration reports to provide an overview of the system details being monitored and configuration details, such as event threshold settings.

AppManager reports use the same Knowledge Script‑based mechanism that you use to run jobs that collect data and raise events.

An AppManager report queries data from a single QDB. At this time you cannot use AppManager to report on data from more than one QDB in the same report. To report on AppManager data from more than one QDB in the same report, use the NetIQ Analysis Center product (Analysis Center).

Analysis Center enhances the reporting capabilities of the Service and Security Management solutions from NetIQ Corporation, helping IT organizations communicate service levels and security compliance. By offering quick time‑to‑value without sacrificing functionality or flexibility, Analysis Center rises above the level of individual metrics. The product provides vital information, such as overall system utilization, security incident interpretation, root‑cause analysis and historical trending, and critical trends and conditions.

For more information about AppManager reports, see Section 10.0, Running Reports. For more information about Analysis Center, see the NetIQ Analysis Center Product Upgrades Web site.

Please discuss your AppManager reporting needs with your NetIQ Sales Representative or NetIQ Partner.