5 customizing excel reports, 1 adding custom columns to a data sheet, Customizing excel reports – HP 3PAR System Reporter Software User Manual

Page 149: Adding custom columns to a data sheet

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5.57

Working with Excel Charts

System Reporter 2.8

3PAR System Reporter User’s Guide

1

Click on the appropriate tab at the bottom of the screen to access the report you want to

save as an executable file.

2

Click on the Windows Office Button in the upper right corner.

3

Choose Save As, then select Microsoft Office Excel Workbook (for Excel 2007, you also

have the option of saving as (Excel Macro Enabled Workbook).

4

Assign a name to the file and click Save.

5.4.5 Customizing Excel Reports

Read this section for information on customizing the charts used to plot the results of database

queries initiated with the 3PAR System Reporter Excel client.

To customize a chart, you must edit the data sheet associated with that chart. Customized

charts typically make use of custom columns added to a data sheet.

5.4.5.1 Adding Custom Columns to a Data Sheet

The following instructions illustrate how to add custom columns to a data sheet. In this

example, you will add the custom columns Non-failed spare and Percent spare used to

the Dly PDSpace (1) sheet. In the following section,

Creating a Custom Chart

on page 5.58,

you will create a custom chart using one of these new columns.

To add custom columns to the Dly PDSpace (1) sheet:

1

On the PD Space reporting tool sheet, create a chart with data that spans any time range.

NOTE: The Visual Basic code for the Excel client is password protected to prevent

accidental modification. For customers who would like to add their own code, the

password is “password”. Please observe caution when considering using another

password other than the default, since subsequent access would not be possible if

knowledge of the altered password were to become unavailable for some reason.

NOTE: User defined columns can only be added as the last column in the data

sheet.

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