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Preface
In any IT environment today there is a frequent and heavy need for reporting capability.
These reports may be for managers or for administrative documentation. As the number of
reports increases, so does the complexity of the reporting process. For some time Operations
Manager has provided an extensive library of standard reports giving administrators the
information they need. However, since no two IT organizations are alike, there are always
different reporting needs. An organization may require a report that must have data that in the
Operations Manager environment is on multiple reports. Rather than submit multiple reports,
it would be more efficient to create a report that has ...