Generate usage reports

This section describes how to generate reports to help monitor and manage the usage of Performance Center resources.

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Usage reports overview

The following reports are available in Performance Center:

Report Type	Report Name	Description
Summary	Reporting Summary	Displays a top level overview of concurrent and total resource usage for all selected projects.
Resource Utilization	Resource Summary report	Displays aggregated data regarding the way projects used the various resources of the system.
	Resource by User report	Displays details about resource usage by user.
	Resource by Project report	Displays details about resource usage by project. Note: Available in Performance Center Administration only.
	Concurrency report	Displays concurrent resource usage by date.
	Host Activity Utilization report	Displays host usage by test runs.
	Timeslot Usage report	Displays usage of resources associated with a timeslot.
License Usage	VUDs Overall Usage report	Displays VUDs license usage for all projects. Note: Available in Performance Center Administration only.
	VUDs Usage Details report	Displays information about VUD usage per day for each project.
	Project Limit vs. Actual Use report	Displays concurrent resource usage per project and whether resources are used within the licensing limits.
	Protocol Granularity report	Displays the Vuser script's protocol usage.
Cloud	Cloud High Level report	Displays provisioned hosts and consumed credits per project over time.
	Cloud Credits by Type report	Displays the number of consumed cloud credits by location, template, instance, or machine image.
	Cloud Utilization report	Displays the in-use time versus idle time for cloud hosts. This allows you to see if you are effectively using your cloud resources.
	Cloud Operations report	Displays the individual provision and terminate operations on your cloud hosts.

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Generate usage reports

This task describes how to view the reports and how to set their filter criteria. The filter criteria defines which projects are to be included in the reports and over which time frame to display results.

1. Select a report

   • Performance Center Administration: In Performance Center Administration, click Reports, and select a report from the drop-down list.
   • From My Performance Center: On the My Performance Center navigation bar, click Reports, expand the Reports list, and select a report.

   For a description of each report's user interface elements, see the specific report.

2. Select the time range for the report

   From Performance Center Administration: On the upper right corner, click Filter and select a time range.

   From My Performance Center: On the left pane, click (in the time range area) and select a time range.

3. Select the projects to include in the report (Performance Center Administration only)

   On the upper right corner, click Filter, select a project, and then click Apply.

   The filter display area shows the selected time range and the number of projects included in the report.

   

   Note: You must select at least one project to generate a report.

4. Select the cloud accounts for the report (for Cloud Reports only)

   From Performance Center Administration: On the upper right corner, click Filter, then click Cloud Account and select cloud accounts for the report.

   From My Performance Center: On the upper right corner, click Accounts and select cloud accounts for the report.

5. View the report

   When viewing graphs, you can:	Show/Hide: To show or hide an element on the graph, click the element name in the legend. Zoom in/Zoom out: To zoom in on a portion of a bar or line graph, place the mouse on the graph, hold the left mouse button down, and drag across the area of interest. Use Reset Zoom to go back to the previous view.
   When viewing grids, you can:	Sort order. You can sort a grid according to the values of any column. The arrow in the heading displays whether the column is sorted in ascending or descending order. Click the column heading to reverse the order.

6. Export the report to PDF

   From Performance Center Administration: Click Filter and select the projects you want to include in the report and over which time frame to display results. Click Apply, and then click Export to PDF in the Administration toolbar to generate the report.

   From My Performance Center: Click Create PDF Report in the Performance Center toolbar to generate the report.

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