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6.2 Discovery Reports (Discovery Job Page)

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Job Reports

Each Job and Project title has a tooltip definition attached to it. It can be seen by hovering over each column header title.

Job Name (Optional) | Job ID

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View Job Report - Generate a report for the job.

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View Project Report - Generate a report for the job.

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Job Report Information

The job report option is used to generate a report outlining the number of files and amount of data discovered for the selected job.

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Download Jobs Reports

IMPORTANT:
Discovery information is purged after 5 days - to retain the information it is recommended to download  reports prior to them being purged.

The reports may be downloaded in either a HTML or CSV format.  The process to save either format is the same.

Notes:

  • To generate a job report identify the desired job report to be generated.
  • In this example a job report for "Job ID 847" will be generated.
  1. Click on the Purple Report icon to the left of "847".
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This will open a separate browser tab to display the example "Job ID 847" report (outlined in blue).

Just below the Job report header information is a Summary header containing the following Lifetime Summary information (outlined in purple):

  • Run Number
  • Start Time
  • End Time
  • Elapsed Time
  • Action
  • Status
  • Bytes Moved
  • Files Moved
  • Bytes Worked
  • Files Worked

Note:
When the job completes the Amount of Work Done is displayed (outlined in green).

  1. Click on the CSV or Json icon.
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This will open a local browser pop-up window.

Note:
The screenshot below is for illustrative purposes. The actual path provided is dependent on file location on the system in use.

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This example shows the steps needed to save a Job Report:

Notes:

  • The actual steps are dependent on the actual file structure of the user's computer.
  • In this example the Job report will be saved in the Discovery Jobs folder.
  1. Navigate to the destination folder.
  2. Click on the filename field.

Note:
File name may be modified to clarify report details.

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This will open the Discovery Reports folder.

  1. Click on the Save icon.
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This will save the report to the designated location and this is reflected job report name in the pop-up window in the lower left corner.
This will enable the report to be viewed using a viewer program of choice.

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Exiting the Job Report

  1. To exit the reporting function click the X in the Job Report tab of the active browser window.
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This completes the overview of "Discovery Reports" scan feature.

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