Customizing NetCrunch Reports
Read about what custom reports you can create and how they can be done.
Options
Settings Resources Reports
- Limit the size of emails with reports
- Enable the option to avoid sending large emails, as some reports can span multiple pages and exceed your mailbox limit.
- Add footer signature
- It will be placed at the bottom of each report page. It can be: atlas name, netcrunch server, or custom text.
- Add logo image
- An image of size 100x40 pixels will be placed in the footer of every page. If you select a larger image, it will be automatically resized.
Creating Custom Reports
Settings Alerting & Notifications Policies Monitoring Packs and Policies
You can add new reports to the Monitoring Pack or to the node directly. For instance, you may want to add a PING availability report for the specific node.
- Open Node Settings
- Click
PING - + Add Collector
- Double-click the
in the Network Service Reports section. - Click OK (add a description for the newly created report).
This will add predefined [PING] Availability Report
NetCrunch includes several predefined template reports and the ability to create custom reports. Template reports are predefined reports that only need to be parameterized.
Template Reports
Network Service Reports
Service Availability
The report contains:
- Total uptime and downtime summary,
- Chart of service response time in a given time range,
- Chart of service failure rate in a given time range
Network Service Map Reports
The report summarizes and compares a given number (10 by default) of top nodes.
Service Availability
The report contains a comparison of:
- Check Time - Nodes with the lowest and highest average check time
- Failure Rate - Nodes with the lowest and highest average failure rate
Service Response Processing Time
The report compares nodes with the lowest and highest average response processing time.
Response Processing Time is the estimate of the service's time spent generating the response. It's calculated by subtracting an average PING RTT from the service response time.
Service Uptime
- Service Availability (by total service uptime)
- Service Unavailability (by total service downtime)
- Longest service uptime and longest service downtime
Performance Reports
Chart Report for Performance Counter
Single Node
This report allows you to present multiple counters' trends in a single document. It shows a single-line trend chart for a given time range. You can choose to have 4 charts per page or just one.
Multiple Nodes
This report is similar to a single node, but trends from multiple nodes (and the same counter) can be grouped on a single chart. You can customize the number of trends put on a single chart.
Node Performers Counters View
This report includes the list of monitored counters with their current values.
Custom Report
You can add a custom report for any counter you want to monitor for a given node or group of nodes.
Scheduling Reports
You can have each report you add to a Monitoring Pack or Node Setting be automatically created and scheduled.
Scheduling Scheme
Settings Resources Report Scheduling Scheme
Each report can be scheduled using a predefined schema with criteria for each report type (daily, weekly, monthly). You need to specify the recipients.