Reports

Note: The Reports feature is not available on MassTransit SFTP servers.

The Reports feature allows Web client contacts to see reporting information (through the MassTransit Web interface) based on privileges that are granted from the MassTransit Administrator contact information settings. For contacts with reporting privileges, the MassTransit Web interface will have a “Reports” tab.

The available Reports are:

Server summary reports:

• Contact Expiration – displays a complete list of contacts that have expired or will expire in the next 30 days;
• Contact List – displays a complete list of contacts with configuration;
• Contacts by Type – lists all active contacts and their type;
• Database Analysis – displays detailed analysis of DBMS performance, memory usage, and configuration;
• Error Summary – displays file transfer and connection errors grouped by error;
• File Summary – displays a high level view of files in the system including number and size of files to send, sent, and received;
• Server Summary – displays a high level view of MassTransit server configuration and status;

Status reports:

• Bandwidth and Thruput Over The Last 24 Hours – comparison of raw network I/O vs. throughput (including compression) during the previous 24 hours;
• MassTransit Performance Counters – display of various MassTransit performance counters during the previous 24 hours;
• Server Performance Over the Last 24 Hours – overview of key server functions such as open connections, SQL server performance, and bandwidth usage over the previous 24 hours;

Usage reports:

• Most Active Contacts by Bytes Transferred – shows top 25 active contacts based on number of bytes transferred;
• Most Active Contacts by Files – shows top 25 active contacts based on number of files transferred;
• Usage Details – server usage by hour of day, day of week, and monthly;
• Contact-based reports:
• Files Transferred by Contact – lists all files sent and received by a single contact within specified period;
• Usage by Contact – number and size of files sent and received by specified contacts.

In addition, you can filter the displayed in the reports data by for a selected period.

Configure a Contact to Use Reports

As mentioned above, only Web client contacts can use the Reports feature and since it is configurable per contact, you need to perform the following steps for every contact that would use the feature.

To configure a contact to use reports:

1. In the MassTransit Administrator, open the Contacts window by clicking on the Contacts button from the Navigation Bar or by selecting the Contacts option from the Window main menu.
2. In the Contacts window, highlight a Web client contact to be configured to use the Reports feature and click on the Edit... button.
3. In the Contact Information window that appears, open the Security tab.
4. Under the Web Privileges area of the Security tab, check the Allow User To Access Reports check box and click on the Configure... button.
5. The Configure Reporting window appears:
6. Choose which reports to be available for the contact by selecting one of the following radio buttons:
   1. Allow user to run all reports including server summaries – selecting this radio button will enable the user to use all available reports;
   2. Restrict user to contact-based reports – selecting this option will restrict the available reports to the contact-based ones (Files Transferred by Contact and Usage by Contact reports); you can also restrict the available to the user contact reports to reports for defined users only instead of allowing them to see reports for all existing users – for this purpose, do the following:
      • check the Limit contact-based reports to the contacts listed check box;
      • from the Add drop-down menu, select the contacts that the user will be able to see contact information for; to remove contacts from the list, select them from the Remove drop-down menu.
7. When you are ready with the reporting configuration, click on the OK button to save the changes.
8. Click OK in the Contact Information window.

The edited Web client contact will be able to run the defined reports the next time he/she logs into the MassTransit web site. The reports will be displayed in the Reports tab of the contact's user interface.