Inventory Reports

This topic describes how to add new Inventory Summary and Inventory Analytical Reports.

Adding Inventory Summary Reports

Inventory summary reports display inventory details based on the filters selected.

On the SapphireIMS menu, point to 'Reports' and click 'Asset and Inventory Reports'.
Click the ‘Inventory Summary Reports’ link. Click the ‘Add’ button. A screen to enter the report details is displayed. As an example, the report below displays inventory BIOS details for all hosts of SapphireIMS OU, with Microsoft Windows as the operating system.

The fields are described below.

Serial No	Field Name	Description
1	Title	Enter the title of the report.
2	Description	Brief description of the report to be created.
3	Report Type	Select the type of the report as Inventory Summary Report.
4	Node Selection
	Criteria	Select the appropriate filter criteria (OU/domain/OS/Device Category/Baseline Compliant Nodes) to be displayed in the report.
	Organization Unit/Domain/OS/Device Category/Baseline Compliant Nodes	Select the corresponding criteria.
	Select Hosts	By default ‘All Hosts of Bangalore OU’ will be selected (If 'Bangalore’ is the OU selected). If only specific hosts needs to be selected then click on the sign ‘’ to select the hosts from the ‘Search Hosts’ window.
5	Fields Selection	Select the fields which have to appear in the report columns.
	Filter	In the ‘Type’ drop down, select the field types associated with the filter to be displayed in the report.
	Type	Select all the required fields. These fields will be displayed as a separate column.
6	Advance Filter	This filter is used to display the data based on the fields and the criteria selected.
	Filter	Select the fields.
	Type	Select the field type.
	Criteria	Select the condition.
	Value	Enter the value for the selected field type.
7	Access To	The Access control permissions for the Report can be set here.
	Role	Select one or more Roles for which the permission has to be given.
	Users	Select one or more Users for whom the permission has to be given.
	Access Permissions	Check one or more boxes to give permission to 'View', 'Edit', 'Delete' reports or check on 'All' if all permissions are to be given.

Enter the fields and click on 'Save'. The report gets added and appears in the report list.

Inventory Analytical Reports

Inventory analytical reports display the inventory count based on the fields selected.

Click 'Reports', 'Inventory & Asset Reports'.
Click the ‘Inventory Analytical Reports’ link. Click on the ‘Add’ button. The report creation screen is displayed. As an example, the report below displays the count of all Windows OS systems in a specific domain.

The fields are similar to Inventory Reports. Note that the count is based on the fields which are selected. In the above report, the count is based on 'OSType' and further it is filtered and the report limited to Windows systems only.
Enter the fields and click on 'Save'.
The report appears as below.

Inventory Chart Reports

Inventory Chart Reports display the reports in a chart form. There are various type of reports including 'Top N' and distribution reports.

Click 'Reports', 'Inventory & Asset Reports'.
Click the ‘Inventory Chart Reports’ link. Click on the ‘Add’ button. The report creation screen is displayed. As an example, the report below shows the distribution of systems by Processor type.

The fields are similar to Inventory Reports. Select the Custom Query from one among the pre-shipped queries. Select the 'Chart Type' as a 'Bar', 'Pie', 'Summary', 'Stacked Bar' or 'Trend'. Select the 'Chart Display Type' as 'Single' when all the parameters are shown on the same graph or 'Multiple' for breaking up and showing a separate graph for each parameter.
Enter the fields and click on 'Save'.
The report appears as below.

You can change the time filter (for relevant reports) or the chart type and chart display type and click on 'OK'.
To export the charts in various formats hover on and select on the specific format for export. You can select .PNG, .JPG, .PDF, .SVG or .XLS formats.