Reports Application

This chapter describes the Cisco WAN Manager (CWM) Reports application. Click on the Reports icon in the CWM Desktop window to launch this application. Doing so displays the CWM Statistics window, shown in Figure 4-1, "CWM Statistics Window".

Figure 4-1: CWM Statistics Window

This application provides access to your network statistics stored in the Informix OnLine database via the Statistics menu in the CWM Statistics window. The Statistics menu provides options to display data reports, edit object linkage, and deactivate statistics generation on non-existent nodes.

Statistics Menu

You select this menu to access the following menu options:

Raw Data Report Option

You select this option to filter the graphical reports of data according to the choices provided in the menu.

Remove non-active Node Option

You select this option to remove statistics for nodes no longer in use.

Initialize Option

You select this option to reset the Statistics pull-down windows.

Note Timestamps on the statistics buckets collected by CWM are synchronized with BPX8600/IGX8400 network time.

Raw Data Reports

The Raw Data Report option displays the Raw Data Report window. This window provides options allowing you to enable customization of your reports. You select this option to generate reports for Connections, Service Lines, Trunks, and Ports. Once you select one of these object types in the Raw Data Report form, associated parameter fields are displayed.

You use the same procedure to configure all types of Raw Data Reports.

Figure 4-2: Raw Data Report Window

Time Input Type	Description
Start & End	Use this parameter to define statistics spanning a starting date and time, to an ending date and time.
Start + Period	Use this parameter to define statistics beginning at a starting date and time, and spanning a specified period or minutes (m), days (d), and/or hours (h). Example: To indicate a single value for one day and two hours and 10 minutes, type: 1d 2h 10m
Period to Current (default)	Use this parameter to define statistics from the present backwards, with values of minutes (m), hours (h), or days (d). Type the number of m, h, or d into the Report Period field. Example: To indicate a value for 24 hours, type: 24h

Table 4-1: Time Input Type

Time Input Type

Description

Start & End

Use this parameter to define statistics spanning a starting date and time, to an ending date and time.

Start + Period

Use this parameter to define statistics beginning at a starting date and time, and spanning a specified period or minutes (m), days (d), and/or hours (h).

Example:
To indicate a single value for one day and two hours and 10 minutes, type: 1d 2h 10m

Period to Current

(default)

Use this parameter to define statistics from the present backwards, with values of minutes (m), hours (h), or days (d).

Type the number of m, h, or d into the Report Period field.

Example:
To indicate a value for 24 hours, type: 24h

1. After you define a time value, select an object name in the Objects Available field. This results in the display of the selected statistics in the Report Data field.

2. Click on the Plot button to start the query. A Querying database window is displayed for each statistic retrieved during the search process. When no statistics are found, the "No data available" message is displayed. When statistics are enabled and collected, a Select Graph Type window is displayed.

A displayed Raw Data Report can be printed selecting the Page Preview or Print option in the File menu on the Wingz menu bar (titled CWM Statistics).

Remove Non-Active Nodes

Select this option from the Statistics menu to display the Remove Node menu. In the Target Node pane, select the nodes you want to delete, then click on the Apply button. When no non-active nodes exist, a "No non-active node is defined in the database" message is displayed.

Initialize

Select this option to reset the Statistics window.

Delete Statistical Records

Use the delstrecs function to delete statistical records associated with an object database that no longer exists.

To start a delete statistics operation, type delstrecs on the CWM console command line. You are asked to indicate a retention period in days. Records older than the specified number of days are deleted. More recent records are retained.

To delete all records not associated with an active object, and to delete all unmatched records regardless of age, type a zero when prompted for retention period. You should perform this operation periodically to clean out the statistics database.

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