MonitorWare Console ships with several pre built great reporting options and users can create and add their own custom reports by applying various filters. Reporting sub-system is based on Crystal Reports. Besides the Crystal format (.rpt) it allows to generate reports in your prefered format like .pdf or .xls for example.
Reports are now available in two flavors i.e. Pix Reporting Module and Windows Reporting Module. Additional there are so called Bonus Reports available.
Customizeable Views
Users can define their own views of the data in a system. MonitorWare Agent logs the data to a central database and MonitorWare Console allows users to view that data in various combinations.
Report Generation using Data Sources
MonitorWare Console can generate intelligent reports using Data Sources. This means multiple data sources regardless if it is a database or text file can be use for generating a report.
Knowledge Base
Keep and track important notes, technical details or articles regarding your system in one centralized Knowledge Base. Search articles against specific system events and devices in your network.
Track System Devices
Keep track of all the machines and devices in your network by creating a profile for each. MonitorWare Console also helps discovering new reporting devices that have reported to MonitorWare database.
Tools
MonitorWare Console comes with various tools that help the network administrator. As a user, you have the option of using the following tools:
1.)ICMP Lookup Tool
2.)Database Maintenance Tools
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Delete Records Tool
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Backup Records Tool
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Retrieve Records Tool
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Create / Remove Indexes Tool
3.)Network Tools
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Ping Tool
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TraceRoute Tool
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PortScan Tool
4.)Export / Import Database Settings Tool
Job Manager
MonitorWare Console comes with a Window service that is called Job Manager. Job Manager is a very powerful feature that has the capability of generating reports according to your defined schedule. You can also ask the Job Manger to generate the reports at the specified time and then send them to your specified recipients via email or save it to a web server folder for example.
Time Zone Handling
MonitorWare Console provides transparent handling and conversion of time zone related issues in a geographically spread system. All system-generated events are logged after converting to UTC time and are retrieved and displayed to the users in their configured time zones. Thus, users always get to view and analyze the data in their own time zones.
Database Support
MonitorWare Console supports Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL databases. Support for SQL Server also implies that MonitorWare Console and MonitorWare Agent can be used with the free version of this product, i.e. MSDE.
User management
You can create different user profiles and can select various time zones for them. The data will be converted to the local time based on the specified UTC Offset.
Localization Support
MonitorWare Console can be localized to any of the world languages, including right-to-left scripts like Hebrew and Arabic. End users can request Adiscon to provide support for a particular language or even translate and localize the product themselves – using step by step instructions provided by Adiscon on request.