8.6.3. Creating Report Filters

The Subscription Asset Manager report is actually a collection of filters that collect and structure data for different organizations.
There is one default report that checks for subscriptions for all statuses, in all organizations, in all Satellite servers (if configured), over the past 24 hours.
There is a lot more flexibility possible with the report form, however. In particular, there are three versatile settings:
  • The organizations to check for the report
  • The subscription statuses to include
  • The date range to check; this looks for systems which had the status within the given range, which may not necessarily be the current status for the system

Note

Here are some good reports for tracking infrastructure status and for compliance audits:
  • All systems that have changed to invalid or insufficient (status) in the past 24 hours.
  • All systems that will have invalid or insufficient subscriptions (meaning, the existing subscriptions will expire) within the next three months.
To create a new report filter:
  1. Click the Reports item in the administration menu.
  2. In the left column, click the New Filter link.
  3. Fill in the required information for the report, including the organizations, statuses, date range, and active states.
  4. Click the Save Filter button.

Note

The data within the Subscription Asset Manager database includes historic subscription statuses. This allows reports to be generated to track subscriptions at a given point in time, not just the current date.
For example, if purchasing occurs in July, then a report can be configured to search for insufficient or invalid systems from April through June, to influence purchasing decisions.
The time filter also allows very short windows of time — the previous 24 or 48 hours — to be able to identify and remediate suscription issues immediately.