In the Juniper NorthStar Planner window, select Report
> Report Manager to display the Report Manager window as shown
in Figure 1.
From the Report Manager window, you can generate network reports
including tunnel diversity reports, tunnel bandwidth reports, and
tunnel simulation reports.
Each report possesses sorting and filtering functions, allowing
you to easily pinpoint the source of problems. These reports are automatically
saved to the server, or you can save a copy to the client.
The Report Manager window is split into two panes, where the
left pane displays the available reports in a tree view, and the right
(results) pane displays the contents of the selected report. The reports
are categorized as follows:
Tunnel Layer Network Reports—These are the main network reports, including path, utilization,
and cost reports. These reports are dynamically generated, meaning
that the reports are always up to date, reflecting the current state
of your network model. Each time that the Report Manager is opened,
upon the first click of a report, the report is generated and saved
to the report folder of the network model. For all other subsequent
clicks on that report, the report is read from the cache unless you
close and reopen the Report Manager, or choose to regenerate the report.
Tunnel Reports—These
are the tunnel layer-related network reports, including tunnel path
and diversity, tunnel traffic, and tunnel link reports.
FRR—Fast reroute (FRR)
reports.
Tunnel Layer Link Reports—These reports provide information about the performance of the
network related to the tunnel layer after running failure simulation.
Tunnel Layer Group Reports—These reports provide information about the performance of the
network by tunnel group.
Node—These reports
provide information about the planned tunnel bandwidth by node.
Tunnel Layer Simulation Reports—These reports provide information about the performance
of the network after running failure simulation. Certain reports are
only available after running specific failure simulations.
Figure 1: Report Manager Window
Some report windows contain a filter mechanism that allows you
to search for any expression. Table 1 lists
the action icons in the top tool bar and the fields and icons in the
bottom tool bar in the Report Manager window.
Table 1: Report Manager Window Actions and Fields
Action or Field
Description
Explanation
Provides an explanation of the currently selected report.
Multiple Sort
Allows two consecutive sorting methods to be applied
to the current report.
Restore
Displays the report in its original form prior to any
sorting or searching.
Select Columns
Displays a Column Selection window, allowing you to select
which columns to display in the report.
Re-Generate
Refreshes the currently selected report.
Script
Creates a file for filtering the report in text mode.
The filter is based on the query specified in the Advance Filter window.
Actions drop-down menu
(three stacked horizontal bars)
The actions available include setting columns to display,
saving the report, exporting the report, and printing.
Filter
Enter the string to search for.
Search icon
Performs the search as specified in the Filter field.
Advance Search icon
Displays an Advanced Filter window, allowing you to search
by exact match, substring match, wildcards, and regular expressions.
Go to page arrows icon
Click the icons to display the first page, previous page,
next page, or last page.
Entries Per Page icon
You can set the number of entries that are shown on each
page of the viewer. You can also type the page number to display.
The following actions can be performed on the column
headers in report view in the right pane. Some actions are available
by right-clicking the column header.
Sort—The information
displayed in the right pane of the Report Manager window can be sorted.
Click the column header to sort in alphabetical order. To reverse
sort, click the header again.
Select Columns—This
function displays a Columns Selection window allowing you to select
the columns to display in the report if applicable. The ordering of
the column headers can be set in this window or by dragging the column
header in the report view.
Show All Columns—Selecting
this option displays all available columns for this report in the
right pane.
Reset the Column Order—If the column order has been changed, selecting this option resets
it to its default order.
Auto Fit This Column—The selected column is resized to fit the longest text entry.
Auto Fit All Columns—All columns are resized to fit the longest text entry.
Freeze Column—The columns
are frozen for horizontal scrolling.
The following actions can be performed by right-clicking
the report entry in the left pane:
Re-Generate Report—Regenerate the report and update any fields that might need updating.
Save Whole Report to Client—Any available reports in the Report Manager can be exported
to a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file. Selecting this option displays
a Save Copy on Client window that allows you to save the report to
the desired location. This saves the entire report without consideration
of any filters applied.
Save Filtered Report to Client—If you have used any of the filter functions on the report,
then only the filtered results are saved.
Convert Report—Saves
the report into the desired format. Choose from XML, Comma-Separated
Values (CSV), or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Indicate an Output
File name on the server in which to save the report. The report is
saved into the Output Path as indicated in the File Manager window.
To change the path, click Browse and navigate to the desired
directory. You can also save a copy of the report to your local client,
by selecting the Copy to client check box. Click Browse to navigate to the desired location on your local machine.
Export to Excel—This
allows you to export the file to a spreadsheet as a CSV file.
Generate Filter Script—This allows you to generate an advanced filtering shell script in
your Unix server environment. After being created, this script enables
you to create customized reports from existing network project reports
at a later time, without having to launch the NorthStar Controller
client. This is useful for the advanced user who might want to run
batch processes for efficiency purposes, especially if the generated
reports always need to be customized using specific filters.
Options that influence the output of these reports can be set
by selecting Tools > Options > Report. The Juniper NorthStar
Simulation Options window is displayed as shown in Figure 2. These settings include node and
link references, bandwidth and distance units, and format.
Figure 2: Juniper NorthStar Simulation
Options Window with Report Selected
The Advanced Filter Script utility allows you to create and
then to apply a filtering shell script in the Unix environment on
reports that have been generated by the tool. This is a convenient
way to produce filtered reports without the need to launch the client.
The shell script can also be called by other scripts that generate
automated daily batch reports.
Note
In the Report Manager, the Script utility is only available
for reports that are in CSV format. If you do not see the Script button,
select Tools > Options > Report and make sure that the
Report Style is set to CSV. After that is done, go back to the Report
Manager, right-click the report file name you are trying to view,
and select Re-Generate Report. If CSV format is supported
for the report, it is re-displayed in a table format.
