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Exinda CLI: PDF Reports

Author: Sughra Mehdi Updated

Overview

 

This article provides information regarding the Exinda CLI command report pdf. 

You can use the report pdf command to create a new pdf report and configure the reports to be sent over the email.

 

Information

 

NOTE:  The following syntax convention is used:
  • {}: Options are enclosed in braces and are separated by '|'
  • []: Optional keywords are enclosed in brackets
  • <>: User input is required where variables are enclosed in greater-than and less-than symbols

 

The following table describes the commands used for performing common actions related to pdf reports:

 

Action Description Command 

Parameter Description 
To create a basic pdf report

(config)# no report pdf <name>

report pdf <name> basic {aps|network|tcp|health|sla|subnets|edge-cache|voip|prioritization|flows}
  • aps — Include APS (Application Performance Score) reports.
  • network — Include Network reports.
    • To set the percentile line in the network report:
      report pdf <report-name> netpercentile {none|70|75|80|85|90|95}
  • tcp — Include TCP efficiency reports.
  • health — Include TCP health reports.
  • sla — Include SLA reports.
  • subnets — Include Subnets reports.
  • edge-cache — Include Edge Cache reports.
  • prioritization — Include Prioritization Ratio reports.
  • flows — Include Flow reports.
To create a detailed pdf report

report pdf <name> detailed appliance {aa_connection|connection|cpu_usage|
cpu_temperature|memory_usage|swap_usage|diskio}

 Include the appliance statistic reports.

report pdf <name> detailed interface {ALL|<interface|WCCP>}

 Include the interface report.

report pdf <name> peer {all|<peer name>}

 Include the WAN Memory report.

report pdf <name> pps {ALL|<interface|WCCP>}

 Include the packets per second report.

report pdf <name> subnet <subnet name> {application|host|conversation|url|user}

 Include the subnet report.

report pdf <name> vcircuit <vc name> {discard|optimizer}

 Include the virtual circuit report.

To set the y-axis to either bytes or percentage on the virtual circuit report

 report pdf <report-name> vc-axis-unit {Bytes|Percent} Not Applicable 
To specify the time range for a report that will be available for on-demand generation report pdf <name> frequency on-demand
{last_60_minutes|last_24_hours|last_7_days|
last_30_days|last_12_months|current_hour|
today|this_week|this_month|this_year|last_hour|
yesterday|last_week|last_month|last_year|custom}

If custom, specify a start and end date/time for the custom, on-demand report. The time format is "YYYY/MM/DD HH".
report pdf <name> custom {start <time>|end <time>}
To specify the time range for a report that will be scheduled for emailing report pdf <name> frequency scheduled {hourly|daily|weekly|monthly|custom_daily|
custom_weekly|custom_monthly}
  • hourly - The report will be emailed hourly.
  • daily - The report will be emailed daily.
  • weekly - The report will be emailed weekly.
  • monthly - The report will be emailed monthly.
  • custom_daily - The report will be emailed daily. Additionally, you need to specify the custom time range:
    report pdf <name> custom-daily {start <time>|end <time>}
    • <time> - Military time. E.g. 4:00pm is specified as 16:00
  • custom_weekly - The report will be emailed weekly. Additionally, you need to specify the custom date range:
    report pdf <name> custom-weekly {start {Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat}|end {Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat}}
  • custom-monthly - The report will be emailed monthly. Additionally, you need to specify the custom date range:
    report pdf <name> custom-monthly {start <1-31>|end <1-31>}

To specify email recipients (optional for on-demand reports)

 report pdf <name> email <email address> Not Applicable 

To password protect the pdf file

 report pdf <name> password <password> Not Applicable 

To force a report to be emailed immediately

 report pdf <name> email-report Not Applicable 

 

Examples

  • Custom pdf on-demand time range

    report pdf myreport frequency on-demand custom
    report pdf myreport custom start "2014/05/12 16"
    report pdf myreport custom end "2014/05/23 16"

     

  • Scheduled daily report with custom time range of 9:00am-6:00pm

    report pdf myreport frequency scheduled custom_daily
    report pdf myreport custom-daily start 9:00
    report pdf myreport custom-daily end 18:00

     

  • Scheduled weekly report with custom time range of Monday - Friday

    report pdf myreport frequency scheduled custom_weekly
    report pdf myreport custom-weekly start Mon
    report pdf myreport custom-weekly end Fri

     

  • Scheduled monthly report with custom time range of 1st-15th of the month

    report pdf myreport frequency scheduled custom_monthly
    report pdf myreport custom-monthly start 1
    report pdf myreport custom-monthly end 15

     

  • Create a custom time-range PDF report that is emailed to a recipient

    report pdf MyFullReport
    report pdf MyFullReport basic aps
    report pdf MyFullReport basic network
    report pdf MyFullReport basic sla
    report pdf MyFullReport basic subnet
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed appliance connection
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed appliance cpu_temperature
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed appliance cpu_usage
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed appliance memory_usage
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed appliance swap_usage
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed interface ALL
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed interface eth11
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed pps ALL
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed pps br10
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed subnet ALL application
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed subnet ALL conversation
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed subnet ALL host
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed subnet ALL url
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed subnet ALL user
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed vcircuit ALL discard
    report pdf MyFullReport detailed vcircuit ALL optimizer
    report pdf MyFullReport frequency on-demand custom
    report pdf MyFullReport custom end "2014/02/13 09"
    report pdf MyFullReport custom start "2014/02/14 16"

 

Note: Reports scheduled to be generated hourly or for the last hour cannot be emailed on-demand.

 

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