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| Property | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
type | "util" "wan" | The report type to generate. Required. See the opReports Report Descriptions for a list of available types. |
| active | "true" or "false" | Whether this schedule is active or not. Only active schedules can create new reports, inactive schedules are consulted only for pruning of old report data. If active is not specified, then the schedule is inactive. |
| description | "some text" | A free-form description of the scheduled job. Optional. |
| frequency | "daily", "weekly", "monthly" or "yearly" | Not present for one-off reports. |
| start | "1-14-2015 20:00:00", "mon 10:30", various others depending on the frequency | The date + time the report collection is to start at. Required. |
| end | The date + time the report collection is to end at. Same format as start. | |
| from | 13 or any integer between 0 and 24 | Start of Business Hours reporting. Optional. Default: 0. See the Formats for Report Periods and Frequencies page for details. |
| to | End of Business Hours reporting. Optional. Default: 24. | |
| exclude | "fri-sun", "sat-mon" | Business week selection. Optional, supported in opReports 3.0.8 and newer. |
| node_intf_list | /some/where/some.file | The file describing the nodes and interfaces to collect. See section below for format. |
| util_threshold | 80 | The desired interface utilisation threshold value (in percent), default: 80 (percent). |
| util_threshold_mincount | 1 | The desired minimum number of threshold exceedences for flagging the interface as over-limit, default: 1. |
format
| a hash with the keys "html", "csv" and "xlsx", and values true/false or 1/0. e.g. { "html":0, "csv": true, "xlsx": false} | The formats the report should be saved in. |
| outputdir | /some/where/ | Where the report should be saved. This has to be a full path pointing to a directory. GUI-scheduled reports will always use one of the configured directories (see opreports_output_dirs in opCommon.nmis), and it is recommended that you use only these even if editing schedule files by hand.Every report schedule can use a different output directory. |
| naming | "simple" or "precise" | What naming scheme should be used for the output files. Default is "simple". Mainly important if you plan to manually work with saved report files. |
sourcesand (at most) one of node_list, node_regexp, node_group, node_intf_list or node_intf_type_list | "everything" | See How to select Nodes (and Interfaces) for details. |
| keep_for | 47 | How many days to keep an old report instance. If set to zero, the report is not expired. If not set, then the defaults for the report type are applied (configuration entry "default_report_keep_for"). |
| options | { "title" : "My Custom ReportTitle" }
| Optional settings. Some are specific to particular report types. See the section on Optional Settings below. |
| control_nmis | "true" or "false" | Whether NMIS should be "remote controlled" or left in peace. See section on Remote Controlling NMIS below. Only relevant for one-off reports. |
| nmis_options | "mthread=true maxthreads=15" | Options to be given to |
| target_audience_group | "HQ" | If present and a known NMIS group name, then the generated report can be viewed only by users who are members of this group (and the administrator). If not present then report viewing is not limited to particular groups. |
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