Reports

CA Workload Automation DE stores information regarding job execution in its database. You create and run reports in CA WA Desktop Client. From CA WA Desktop Client, you can run predefined (canned) reports or design custom history reports using Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT).

Important! If you are using a Microsoft SQL Server database with Windows authentication, the domain user of the computer that launches CA WA Desktop Client must have read access to the database. Otherwise, you will not be able to run or preview reports from CA WA Desktop Client.

The server has a built-in report repository. After connecting to the server using CA WA Desktop Client, you can view the report repository in the Reports view of the Services perspective and run the reports in the repository. You can schedule predefined and custom reports using Events to save the output of the server for viewing later. When scheduling predefined and custom reports, you can also specify a list of users to notify by email when the report execution is complete. You can also grant permission to a list of users to view the report output.

The Reports view also displays your custom history reports with a different icon. You can delete your custom history reports from the Reports view, but you cannot delete the predefined reports.

The Report perspective lets you design your own history reports by defining the report projects. You can design all the elements of each report including the design files, templates, libraries, and so on. You can create a custom history report, supply the required parameters, and run it. You can save the output in different formats.