Trend Comparison

This section explains how to view the request trend comparison reports of selected date range which includes the status of VMs such as approved, pending, cancelled, and so on.

To view the Request Trend, Compare Reports,

  1. On the main menu bar, click Reports, and then click Trend Comparison.
  2. The Trend Comparison report appears and allows the user to fill in the form to get a request trend report:
    Figure 1. Trend Comparison

    Refer to the below table to understand the fields mentioned in the above figure.

    Table 1. Trend Comparison
    Fields Description
    Platform Displays the name of cloud service providers
    Cloud Account Displays the name of environment (cloud endpoint)
    Aggregation Range or type of aggregation
    Report Type Lists various time periods, based on which data visualization takes place at the chart level
    Chart Type Defines the type of chart
    Request Status Filters the status options
    Filters List all available filters like status, platform, organization
    Download Download report data in csv.
  3. To view the request trend, and compare the report, users need to follow the steps below:

    Cloud Filter - It allows the user to get the filtered result. Based on the requirement, the user gets the result only from cloud environment.

    1. Select Request Status.
    2. Select Platform and select Provisioning Endpoint.
    3. Select Aggregation and Graph Type.
    4. Select Chart Type.
    5. Click on Apply to get the results.
      Figure 2. Trend Comparison (Cont.)
    Figure 3. Trend Comparison (Cont.)
    1. Click on the pie chart, to get additional information.
      Figure 4. Trend Comparison (Cont.)

      Refer to the table below to understand the fields mentioned in the above figure.

      Table 2. Trend Comparison Fields
      Fields Description
      Request ID HCL BigFix CLM request unique identifier
      Request Date Date on which request is created
      Requester By Requester name
      Organization Name Name of organization of user
      Request Status Displays the status of the request
    2. Click Request ID to get the Order Detail.
      Figure 5. Request Trend Compare (Cont.)

    If a user wants to export the file, follow the below steps:

    1. Select file output as CSV.
    2. Click Export.
      Figure 6. Request Trend Compare (Cont.)

    3. The file gets downloaded on the system.

    Note:
    All fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.