Reports

AppDynamics can extract data from dashboards and create scheduled reports. Configure automatic report generation on a regular schedule or create reports manually when needed.

Scheduled Reports

Scheduled reports are created automatically on a regular interval. AppDynamics helps create reports with the data pulled out from Dashboards and sends it to the configured list of email recipients, as scheduled. To deliver a report instantly, use Send Report Now option available for a report.

You must have account-level permissions to view and configure scheduled reports. See account-level permissions.

Report Types and Formats

Schedule periodic generation and delivery of the following report types to a list of email recipients:

Manage Scheduled Reports

You can create and get schedule reports delivered on a regular interval. To create a report identical to the existing one, you can quickly duplicate the existing scheduled report and modify relevant fields, as required. Add a set of email recipients for the report delivery.

In addition to the scheduled delivery of reports, use the Send Report now option to send the generated report immediately to the email recipients. On the Reports page, select your report from the list and click Send Report Now from the right-click menu. 

To create a scheduled report:

You need to have the account-level Configure Scheduled Reports permission to create scheduled reports.

1. Click Dashboards & Reports > Reports > Add Report.
2. On the Create Scheduled Report page, customize your report as follows:
   1. Enter Report Title and Report Subtitle.
      Tip:  You can label a report CONFIDENTIAL using Report Subtitle.
   2. Optionally, select Show Title Page to include a title page at the beginning of your report file.
   3. Select your Report Type from the drop-down list. Based on this selection, fields in the Report Data tab vary. 
   4. Make necessary changes in the Schedule, Report Data, and Recipients tabs and click Save.

Alternatively, you can click Create Report from the Dashboards & Reports page to view Create Scheduled Report page.

To create a controller audit scheduled report:

Create a Controller Audit report to view changes made to the user information, controller configuration, and application properties. Following are the attributes used in a controller audit report to organize audit data: 

• Date/time
• Username
• Action
• Application Name
• Object type
• Object name
• API key name, if applicable
• API key ID, if applicable

These attributes can also be used as Include/Exclude filters for the Scheduled Controller Audit report.

When you are creating a scheduled report, you have to choose the Report Type on the Create Scheduled Report page. Based on this selection, fields in the Report Data tab vary.

Once you select the Report Type as Controller Audit, the Reports Data tab allows you to do the following:

• Include data from a standard or custom time ranges. You can create and manage custom time range, if required.
  Note:  Custom time range options are available for all the Report Types.

• Select your report file format:

  • Specify the file format of your scheduled controller audit report such as PDF, JSON and CSV.

  • Optionally, uncheck the Show Diff box to remove the Object Changes column from your report file.
    

• Select an attribute from the drop-down list, enter the attribute value for filtering, and click +Add.
  Use exclude and include filters on the data that appears in a controller audit report file (such as Date/Time, Username, Action, Application Name, Object Type, Object Name, API key Name, and API key ID) to manage specific audit entries in the report.

Alternative

You can use the controller audit log that replicates the Controller Audit Report. This audit log helps monitor user activities and configuration changes in the Controller. See Controller Audit Log

To view, edit, duplicate, enable, disable, export, import, and delete a scheduled report:

You can manage scheduled reports from Dashboards & Reports > Reports > Scheduled Reports page. To edit, duplicate, enable, disable, export, import and delete reports, use the menu bar on the Scheduled Reports page or the right-click menu options available for each report in the list. 

Managing a report requires account-level permissions such as View Scheduled Reports and Configure Scheduled Reports.