CABI Reports list in Dashboard: how to add a custom report

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

How can a custom report be added to the predefined list available in the CABI dashboard?

Environment

UIM 8.51 or higher 

Resolution

Following are the steps that can be used to get what desired:

In jasper: 
- Create 'Ad Hoc View' 
- UIM Domain 
- Choose Data, Alarms Only (for example) 
- OK 
- In New Ad Hoc View: 
Table Full Data 
On the left selected the columns and groups 
- 'Save Ad Hoc View As' 
- Put it in: root, Organizations, Unified Infrastructure Management, shared, adhoc, adhoc_reports - given a name in Data View Name ('Alarms by host' in this sample) 
- Save 

- Home 
- Creation of Dashboard 
- Create 'Dashboards' 
- Select on the left the Data View created before 
- Save Dashboard 
- Put it in Public, ca, UIM, dashboards, common 
- Save 

Connection to UMP 
Target is to have the dashboard under 'Unified Dashboard', 'CA Business Intelligence' 
- Go to -> Control Panel 
- Site Pages (on the left) 
- Private Pages (tab on the right) 
- Under: 
Private Pages 
Unified Dashboard 
CA Business Intelligence Dashboards 
- Click on Add Child Page tab 
- Give a name (My custom dashboard, for example) 
- Click on Add Page 
- Click on 'My custom dashboard 
- Click on Add Child Page 
- Give a name (My Alarm dashboard) 
- Add page 
- Click on the left on My Alarm Dashboard 
- Click on tab 'Copy portlets from page' 
- In 'Copy from page' select any 
- Copy 
- Click on Save 
- Go to -> My private pages 
- Unified Dashboards, CA Business Intelligence, My Custom Dashboards, My Alarm dashboard To modify the selection (any) done before: 
- Click on the wrench, Preferences 
- In Dashboard path select the dashboard created before 
- Save 
- Return to Full Page