Scheduling Custom Inventory Reports and Viewing Archived Inventory Reports
This chapter describes how to schedule custom Inventory Management System reports—such as event, hardware, software, licensing—to run at a specified time without intervention. Custom inventory reports are generated when you select an existing report and save it using a unique name.
You can schedule custom inventory reports that you save by associated them with a schedule that is created using Settings > Schedules.
You can save scheduled custom inventory report operations and combine them with other operations—such as archive, restore, scan inventory, install image, or download image—using Task Manager (Settings > Saved Operations) to run at a specified time.
Once a custom inventory report is run, the Inventory Management System archives that report in the repository, so you can view it at a later time in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Excel format using Inventory Management > Repository > View. Additionally, you can view the custom inventory report operation status, including report name, username, status, start time, and status message, using Monitor > Status.
To schedule custom inventory reports and view inventory report status, you must have superuser and read-write privileges. All users can monitor custom inventory report status. To view custom inventory reports, you must have either superuser, read-write privileges.
If a custom report is archived successfully, a successful system log messages is generated. If a report can not be archived successfully, an error system log message is generated. For more information about JUNOScope system log messages, see JUNOScope System Log Messages.