About Performance Report Transformations :: SAS(R) IT Resource Management 3.5: Reporting Guide

What Is a Performance Report Transformation?

Performance Report transformations are among the final components of the batch reporting process. These transformations are part of report jobs, and they identify one or more of the report definitions that a report job uses to create report output. This process enables you to run report jobs and their report definitions in batch mode.

Report definitions provide a majority of the specifications for report output. However, the Performance Report transformation enables you to specify (and in some cases, override) a few additional parameters for all of the reports that the corresponding report job creates. The Performance Report transformation compiles the specified values and generates the SAS program that are run as scheduled in the report job.

In the following example, a Performance Report transformation named System Monthly is in the System Monthly Reporting job for the DT Perf Sentry adapter and the Server System domain category.

A Performance Report Transformation in a Report Job

For more information, see About Report Jobs.

Properties of Performance Report Transformations

To access the Performance Report transformation properties, right-click a Performance Report transformation in a report job and select Properties. A Properties dialog box appears and enables you to view properties and specifications for the SAS Content Server, report parameters, and report definitions.

Performance Report Transformation Properties Dialog Box

The Properties dialog box contains the following tabs:

The General tab displays information that identifies the Performance Report transformation such as name and description.
The Report Server tab enables you to specify the SAS Content Server name and the Repository folder path where the report output is to be stored.
The Report Parameters tab enables you to view or modify the parameters that apply to the reports that the transformation generates.
The Report Definitions tab enables you to identify the report definitions that you want to use and to specify their purging criteria.
The Options tab displays information about how to further customize and generate the code.
The Code tab enables you to manage the code that is generated by the transformation.

Note: This tab should not be used to modify the code that is generated by the Performance Report transformation. Changes that you make can result in code that is error prone or is out of alignment with the report definition that was created by SAS Enterprise Guide.
The Precode and Postcode tab enables you to specify that user-written code should be inserted at the beginning or end of the current transformation.
The Notes tab displays any notes or documents that are associated with the transformation.
The Extended Attributes tab displays the custom properties that are available for the transformation.

For more information about the tabs that are available from the Properties dialog box, see the Help for SAS IT Resource Management.

Performance Report Transformations Created by the Adapter Setup or Add Domain Category Wizard

The Adapter Setup and Add Domain Category wizards create Performance Report transformations for several of the adapters and domain categories that SAS IT Resource Management supports. Performance Report transformations are saved as components of the reporting jobs that are stored in the IT data mart folders that the wizard creates. These Performance Report transformations reference supplied report definitions that provide extensive domain intelligence about IT resources for the supported adapters. For more information, see the Chapter 10 “Adapter Setup Wizard,” and Chapter 11, “Add Domain Category Wizard,” in the SAS IT Resource Management 3.5: Administrator’s Guide.

Using the Adapter Setup and Add Domain Category wizards is the most convenient way to create Performance Report transformations and report jobs for selected adapters. However, you might choose to create your own Performance Report transformations or modify those that these wizards create. For more information, see Working with Performance Report Transformations.

For more information about the Performance Report transformations and report jobs that the Adapter Setup and wizard creates, see Report Jobs Created by the Adapter Setup and Add Domain Category Wizards. For more information about the specific adapters and domain categories for which the Adapter Setup and Add Domain Category wizards create reporting jobs, see Appendix 4, “Jobs That the Adapter Setup and the Add Domain Category Wizards Create for Domain Categories,” in the SAS IT Resource Management 3.5: Administrator’s Guide.