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ReportCenter Administrator Console

The ReportCenter Administrator Console is a software program you can use to access the ReportCenter server. You may install the ReportCenter Administrator Console on multiple Windows computers in your network, so that you can remotely access your ReportCenter Server to perform configuration and maintenance tasks, as well as performing queries against the ReportCenter database. The program is able to access your ReportCenter Report Server across a network connection.

ReportCenter allows you to create multiple user accounts. Each user accessing the ReportCenter Report server using the Administrator Console program will see only those menus that their permissions allow.

Once the ReportCenter Administrator Console is installed on your computer system, you need to configure ReportCenter for your network and change the default values where necessary.

Initial ReportCenter Configuration

Use the ReportCenter Administrator Console to configure the following details to enable ReportCenter to start collecting network performance data. This checklist does not describe all of the configuration options, but introduces you to the ones you'll need to get started.

  1. Verify that the Collection Agent is active and ready to collect data. Click View > Collection Agent Status and check that the Status is Active.
  2. Define network groups as needed to set up the outline of your managed network. ReportCenter installs three default groups: Organizations, Products, and Locations. You can use these default groups for now or add more groups.
  3. Add at least some Packeteer devices to your groups to set up your managed network. You can add devices:
  4. Expand your network tree to view statistics for the devices. You can customize the Statistics columns if desired.
  5. Verify the discovery process, to ensure that the devices you defined are communicating with ReportCenter. View discovered components to ensure that the components of your defined devices are automatically being defined in ReportCenter and make adjustments to component information as needed.
  6. Add a new user or modify the passwords and permissions of existing users by selecting Define > User Profiles in the ReportCenter Administrator Console.
  7. Familiarize yourself with the report and query data that ReportCenter provides.
  8. Continue to refine the ReportCenter configuration for your organization by:

PacketGuide™ for ReportCenter Version 3.1