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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2

Import a BIRT report package

Import the report package for a monitored application to get the required files for defining BIRT reports.

A report package is a .zip file containing all of the data required for defining one or more reports, including the required designs and resources and the hierarchy of report sets to contain the reports. The monitoring agent reports are included as .zip files on the agent image in the REPORTS directory. For example, on a Windows computer, if the image drive is labelled D:, reports are in directories such as: D:\REPORTS\kqb. See the agent reporting chapter or Product reporting guide for the location of the reports.


The -import command flag for the trcmd command imports BIRT and Cognos report packages and report designs. The type of a package is recognized automatically. This command can be used for single-box installation and on the reporting engine. It is not supported for other scenarios.

See trcmd -import in the Tivoli Common Reporting Information Center.

For Tivoli Common Reporting V2.1 use the following procedures:


Procedure

  1. Use this syntax to import a report package:
    trcmd -import -bulk pkgFile [-reportSetBase rsBase] [-resourceBase resourceBase] [-designBase designBase] [-help]

    This example imports a BIRT package named avail_skills.zip with its resource directory imported from C:\download: trcmd -import -bulk C:\download\sth\report\avail_skills.zip -reportSetBase myReportSetBase -resourceBase myResourceBase -designBase myDesignBase -user tipadmin -password admin

  2. Use this syntax to import a report design and also create a new report associated with the design:
    trcmd -import -design designPath [-resourceDir resourcePath] -reportSetBase rsBase

    Usage notes:

    • During Cognos reports import, the -resourceBase, -designBase, and -resourceDir parameters are ignored.

    • You can import a single Cognos report from an .xml file using the -design parameter.


Results

The Navigation tree shows an item for the reports and items for subsets of the reports.


What to do next

Change the data source in a report will change the data sources for all reports. You do not need to repeat the change for all reports.

See the "Working with reports" .


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Import and run BIRT reports

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