Using Preexisting Hooks to Build Reports

You can build customized reports by using preexisting hooks from the Hooks Inventory.
Note: For more information on the Hooks Inventory, refer to the Automation User Guide.

Example 1

The report builder can be used to build a report to get a list of devices based on vendors using a preexisting hook.
  1. On the Reports :: My Reports page, click Create new report.
  2. On the Reports :: My reports > Create :: basicinfo page that is displayed, under the BUILD section, enter or select the required field information.
    The following table describes the various fields in this section:
    Field Description
    *Report name Enter a valid report name. For example: Devices based on vendors.
    Description Enter a valid description. For example: Devices based on the vendor names.
    *Select category Select the category as general from the dropdown list.
    * : Mandatory fields
  3. Search for the required hook from the pre-existing inventory.
  4. To select the hook, click .
  5. Click Next.
  6. Under the CHART CONFIGURATION section, that is displayed, select the BAR chart.
  7. Enter or select the required field information.
    The following table describes the various fields in this section:
    Field Description
    X-axis label Enter criteria for the X-axis label.

    For example: Vendor.
    *Group by Select a value from the drop down menu on the basis of which report data will be grouped.

    For example: Vendor.
    *Aggregation Select the calculation to be done on the report data for the dropdown. For example, count to get the number of devices by name.
    The following options are available:
    • Average: Calculates the average value of a given set of data.
    • Sum: Calculates the sum of all values in a given set of data.
    • Count: Calculates the total number of items in a given numeric field.
    • Maximum: Displays the maximum value in a given set of data.
    • Minimum: Displays the minimum value in a given set of data.
    * : Mandatory fields
  8. To save chart configuration, click Next.
    A preview of the bar chart is displayed on the right side of the screen.
  9. To add a drill down to the chart, under the CHART DRILLDOWN section that is displayed, select the Do you want to add drill down to the chart? check box.
  10. Select the type of drill down as Chart.
  11. Select chart type as GRID and enter the Chart title.
  12. To configure the column headers to be displayed within the grid, click .
    Selected columns are displayed on the right side.
  13. To pin the report to a dashboard, under the chart preview, click Pin.
  14. To pin the report to a dashboard already available in the Dashboard inventory, select Existing dashboard from the options.
  15. Select a dashboard from the list and click Save.
  16. To enable the report, click Save & Enable.
  17. To view this report on the dashboard, select this dashboard on the Dashboard inventory page.
    The Devices based on vendors report can be seen on the selected dashboard.
  18. To display specific data on each of the vendors, click on any of the bars for the chart drilldown.

Example 2

To create a report for getting the Certificate Discovery Trend for all certificate types using a preexisting hook:
  1. On the Reports :: My Reports page, click Create new report.
  2. On the Reports :: My reports > Create :: basicinfo page that is displayed, under the BUILD section, enter or select the required field information.
    The following table describes the various fields in this section:
    Field Description
    *Report name Enter a valid report name.

    For example: Certificate Discovery Trend.
    Description Enter a valid description.

    For example: This report shows the trend of the count of certificates discovered into AppViewX.
    *Select category Select the category as certificate from the dropdown list.
    * : Mandatory fields
  3. Search for the required hook from the pre-existing inventory.
  4. To select the hook, click .
  5. Click Next.
  6. Under the CHART CONFIGURATION section that is displayed, select the LINE chart.
  7. Enter or select the required field information.
    The following table describes the various fields in this section:
    Field Description
    X-axis label Enter the criteria for the X-axis label.

    For example: Date.
    *Group by Enter the value on which data will be grouped.

    For example: Date.
    *Date format Select a valid date format from the dropdown.

    For example: Daily.
    *Aggregation Select the calculation to be done on the report data for the dropdown. For example, count to get the number of devices by name.
    The following options are available:
    • Average: Calculates the average value of a given set of data.
    • Sum: Calculates the sum of all values in a given set of data.
    • Count: Calculates the total number of items in a given numeric field.
    • Maximum: Displays the maximum value in a given set of data.
    • Minimum: Displays the minimum value in a given set of data.
    Y-axis label Enter the criteria for the Y-axis label.

    For example: Count of certificates.
    *Y-axis Select a value from the dropdown.

    For example: Count.
    * : Mandatory fields
  8. To save chart configuration details, click Save.
    A preview of the line chart is displayed on the right side of the screen.