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July 20th, 2010 16:00
Templates in DPA
Hey All,
We have recently had an EMC Avamar grid setup, just working on the reporting side of things using EMC DPA (data protection advisor), i can see that your able to use templates when sending reports however the help doesnt actually tell me where on the server i need to put the templates, it reads :
Style template used to create reports.
When the Publisher process creates reports, it uses style templates located in the styles directory on the DPA server. You can modify the template files to change the appearance of reports that are published by the Publisher process. By default, the Publisher process uses the following template files:
• reportcard.vtl, used to generate report card reports.
• image.vtl, used to render chart reports.
• table.vtl, used to render table reports.
To customize templates for different reports, copy the template files, edit them, and rename them within the styles directory, according to the current naming standards. For example, if you are creating a template for table reports for the company Acme, rename the table template to table.acme.vtl.
Type the name of the template in the Template field. In this example, the name of the template is ’acme’.
However i cannot find any of those three files on the server, and nothing online or in powerlink to edit these templates (they are very plain by default).
Has anyone used this and managed to setup some pretty looking reports ?
-espee



Phukon
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July 22nd, 2010 06:00
Please refer to the following WEBTOP id esg108808 and PDF, see if it is of any help to you.
http://powerlink.emc.com/km/live1//en_US/Offering_Technical/White_Paper/h6108-avamar-dpa-wp.pdf
Note: if you do no have access to this link then you may send a mail to powerlink@emc.com and provide the details of the products you have purchased.
JasonBailey
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January 8th, 2011 13:00
yes I have used these templates and customised, what questions did you have?
I found that what the manual says and what files you get is a bit inaccurate for whatever reason
kclebak
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November 16th, 2015 10:00
Jason:
Do you know if these VTL templates still apply in DPA v6.x and if so, if there is any EMC documentation around editing them?
I am having no luck in finding out how to center report titles over tables and wonder if it needs to be done via a template. I see the VTL files in \EMC\DPA\SERVICES\SHARED\VTLTEMPALTES. I am also unclear as to how you would specify the template to use in the scheduled report as the drop-down selection only lists DEFAULT.
Thanks in Advance
Kenneth Clebak