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Types of Report Formats

If you decide not to use a sample report, then you must write the commands to produce your report. You can generate reports in four formats:

• Tabular reports

  Tabular reports display information in a table format. Use this type of report to compare many variables at once.

• Plot reports

  Plot reports show the values of one or two variables across time. For example, you can print a report that shows the hourly CPU usage of your system.

• Graph reports

  Graph reports have a similar format to plot reports. Graph reports, however, break down resource usage by identifiers (transaction, terminal, user, and so on) within the period or periods specified. This breakdown can produce specific information, such as how often a certain transaction was used during peak periods.

• Historical reports

  Historical reports present a formatted listing of system events in the order they occurred. You can use historical reports to discover the source of a recent problem by using data from either the historical file or the log file.