Quest® Reporter Report Pack 1.0

Release Notes

September 13, 2007

Contents

Welcome

Key Features

Known Issues

System Requirements

Global Operations

Getting Started

For More Information

Welcome

Quest Reporter  Report Pack provides a number of predefined reports that help users to analyze data collected by Quest Reporter. Users can view and manage these reports using Quest Knowledge Portal which enables them to:

• View the reports on collected data
• Facilitate data source management
• Subscribe to the reports
• Search through the reports for the ones you need
• Organize the structure of the folders where the reports are stored
• Easily apply the necessary properties (settings) to reports and folders
• Simplify report data filtering by using enhanced, user-friendly filtering parameters configuration
• Create custom reports based on the predefined report model

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Key Features

Key features of Quest Reporter Report Pack for Quest Knowledge Portal:

• Web-based reports: Smart representation of original Reporter reports with identical functionality.
• Support for custom reports creation: Reporting model of the Reporter database for creating custom reports using Report Builder.

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Known Issues

The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of Quest Reporter Report Pack 1.0 release.

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System Requirements

Before installing Quest Reporter Report Pack 1.0, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Server side:

Client side:

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Global Operations

This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.

This release is Unicode-enabled and supports any character set. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Japan.

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Getting Started

Contents of the Release Package

Release package contains Quest Reporter Report Pack 1.0.

Installation Instructions

1. Run the Report Pack setup.
2. Specify your name and organization.
3. Specify the URL of report server, for example, http://my_sql_srv/report_server.
4. To get data for reports provided in the Report Pack, you need to associate the Data Sources with the corresponding product databases. Click Configure to provide the settings required for association.
5. In the Data Source Configuration dialog, select the data source to configure, and click Modify. The Data Source Configuration Wizard is started to help you with initial configuration of the data source.
6. On the Specify SQL Server step, enter the name of SQL Server where the product database resides, or click Browse to select server from the list of available SQL Servers. Specify authentication method to use for connection.
7. On the Specify Database step, specify a Reporter database that stores data you want to report on.
8. Click Next and wait for connection test to complete. Click OK to finish data source configuration.

You can skip data source configuration in the setup; then you will have to configure your data sources later, as described in the Configuring Data Sources section of Quest Knowledge Portal Installation Guide.

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For More Information

Contacting Quest Software:

Refer to our Web site for regional and international office information.

Contacting Quest Support:

Quest Support is available to customers who have a trial version of a Quest product or who have purchased a commercial version and have a valid maintenance contract.
Quest Support provides around the clock coverage with SupportLink, our web self-service. Visit SupportLink at http://support.quest.com.

From SupportLink, you can do the following:

• Quickly find thousands of solutions (Knowledgebase articles/documents).
• Download patches and upgrades.
• Seek help from a Support engineer.
• Log and update your case, and check its status.

View the Global Support Guide for a detailed explanation of support programs, online services, contact information, and policy and procedures.
The guide is available at: http://support.quest.com/pdfs/Global Support Guide.pdf.

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