Citrix Director has several predefined reports that users can use to monitor their XenDesktop environment for multiple purposes. Most of the time these predefined reports sufficient. At the same time, some administrators have asked for the ability to create customized reports that are not currently supported in Director.
is why we have created an extension that enhances the functionality director XenDesktop administrators to help use reports on their XenDesktop environment with custom fields and filters Director. can with this plugin extension we generate each report on XenDesktop by Director produce and export.
are created In this blog we will discuss how to install the extension on a XenDesktop deployment and investigate how the report. Citrix makes this custom reporting tool for experimental evaluation are available and it is ideal for a test in a non-production environment. The experimental versions of this tool, including these are not supported by Citrix.
request
- The installation should be carried out in Director Server
- Supports for XenDesktop 7.6 or higher with Citrix Director 7.6 and 7.7 Citrix Director.
Installation
The installation of this extension is easy. We have the zip file from this link to download
Download installer for Citrix Director 7.6.0. Custom Report Installer XD 7.6
Download installer for Citrix Director 7.6.300: Custom Report Installer 7.6 XD. 300
Download Installer for Citrix Director 7.7.0: Custom Report Installer 7.7 Xd
Unzip the files to any folder. Releasing the contents, if necessary.
Open the unzipped folder and click CustomReportinstaller.exe. The installation program prompts the message, check Install the I Agree and click.
Once the installation is complete, log director and you can create new tab on trends page called custom report.
see Syntax
In this section we will discuss about the plugin use together with an example. Let's take a generate report for "all users receive and the client name, who used Outlook" to understand and how it works.
signing for Director and trends navigate page, click Custom repotting and you will see the following
is the pitch, we need to look into,
type
want to generate the type of report Select. if you want to use based report select Application. If you want to generate report on desktop session use, select Desktop.
For our example we are the way to select application.
Report Name
This field is used to call the report. The exported report will be saved with the same filename.
For our example, we will change the name of the report on "Outlook application".
conditions
These are the conditions or filter you want to apply to the report. This is a drop-down with all available fields, which can be used as a filter.
For our example, the state should be as "PublishedName contains Outlook".
output columns
These are the columns that appear in the report.
For our example, we select name, username, client name.
OData query
This field is designed to help administrators Director generate the OData query. The field will be dynamically updated as a change in the conditions and output columns. This query can be copied and used on other tools to generate the same report
The final report UI is as follows :.
Click now to export, will export the required report in CSV format. Exported report looks like this
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