Grouping reports

If you are running a large number of reports which are very similar, you can significantly improve report generation time by grouping the reports. Grouping reports has these advantages:

• Reduce the number of hcache tables.
• Improve auto-hcache completion time.
• Improve report completion time.

Step 1: Configure report grouping

For example, to group reports with titles containing string Security_Report by device ID and VDOM, enter the following CLI commands:

config system report group

edit 0

set adom root

config group-by

edit devid

next

edit vd

next

end

set report-like Security_Report

next

end

Notes:

• The report-like field specifies the string in report titles that is used for report grouping. This string is case-sensitive.
• The group-by value controls how cache tables are grouped.
• To view report grouping information, enter the following CLI command, then check the Report Group column of the table that is displayed.

  execute sql-report list-schedule <ADOM>

Step 2: Initiate a rebuild of hcache tables

To initiate a rebuild of hcache tables, enter the following CLI command:

diagnose sql hcache rebuild-report <start-time> <end-time>

Where <start-time> and <end-time> are in the format: <yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss>.