Post-processing report files

You can customize reports by post processing them as part of the Report Task.

Post-processing runs the <installation directory>/data/reports/bin/sgPostProcessReport script on the Management Server and passes command arguments to the script. The following table explains the possible command arguments.

Table 1. Command arguments for post-processing reports
Command argument	Explanation
`-creation_time YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss`	The report creation time.
`-filter_categ name`	The category assigned to the task filter.
`-filter_name filter`	The name of the filter assigned to the task.
`-html_file filename`	The file name of a report exported as HTML.
`-pdf_file filename`	The file name of a report exported as PDF.
`-period_begin YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss`	The begin time of the reporting period.
`-period_end YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss`	The end time of the reporting period.
`-report_categ name`	The category assigned to the report (and to the report file).
`-report_file_title title`	The title of the report file.
`-report_name name`	The name of the report.
`-text_file filename`	The file name of a report exported as plain text.

The script parses the values from the command arguments to use the values for post-processing. Only parameters that have a defined value are forwarded to the post-processing script.

When a parameter has multiple values, each of the values is forwarded as a separate command argument.

Example of using multiple values

When the report has the two categories “Example Corporation” and “weekly report”, these values are forwarded to the script as -report_categ Example Corporation and -report_categ weekly report.