Defining the Level of Detail in a Report

All reports show usage by feature. To create a report that shows more detail about the nature of license usage, use one or more of the following settings:

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Summary period

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Breakdown category

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Sort order specification

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Feature description (distinguishing different license pools)

A summary period is mandatory for Usage Over Time and High Water Mark reports. The default value for a Usage Over Time report is None (one second) and for aHigh Water Mark report is Hour.

A different summary period is specified by typing:

(-uot) -interval period

A summary period for Summary Barchart and Usage Summary reports specifies that the report period should be decomposed into the requested time intervals. A summary period is specified by typing:

-periodic -interval period

Available summary periods are None, Minute, Hour, Day, Week, Semi_Month, and Month.

A breakdown category specifies that the license usage be characterized by the specified attribute. Breakdown categories are specified by typing:

-breakdown category1 [-breakdown category2 ...]

The sort order of report output is specified by typing:

-orderby item(s)

You can order report output by feature (f), breakdown category (b), first by feature, then by breakdown category (fb), or first by breakdown category, then by feature (bf).

You can distinguish the usage of different license pools of a feature by typing:

-feat_uniq id

where id is {name name_ver name_key name_asset}.