OL-8411-06

3.1.6
May, 2008

•Minor changes throughout the guide.

OL-8411-05

3.1.5
November, 2007

Added the following new features:

•Configuring colors used in charts. See:

–How to Set the Colors Used in Charts, page 2-13

–How to Change the Colors Used in a Chart, page 5-11

•Configuring the chart legend globally (see How to Configure the Legend Displayed in Charts, page 2-18)

OL-8411-04

3.1.0
May, 2007

Added the following new features:

•Installing the SCA Reporter under Linux, page 2-6

•New Command-Line Interface commands

•Prescheduled Reports, page 6-1

•Virtual Links Monitoring Template Group, page D-9 and new templates to existing template groups

OL-8411-03

3.0.5
November, 2006

•Minor changes throughout the guide.

OL-8411-02

3.0.3
May, 2006

•Updated Online Help

•Added Troubleshooting Section

OL-8411-01

3.0.0
December, 2005

First version of this document.

Parts of this document are based on Chapter 8 and Appendix A of the Release 2.5.5 Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband User Guide.

Chapter 1, "Cisco Service Control Overview"

Provides a brief overview of the Cisco Service Control solution and describes the components of the system.

Chapter 2, "Getting Started"

Provides an introduction to the Cisco Service Control Application Reporter (SCA Reporter), explains some basic concepts, and provides instructions on how to install and launch the SCA Reporter. It also provides Basic terminology and a Quick Start section.

Chapter 3, "Using the Cisco Service Control Application Reporter"

Describes basic and advanced configuration of the SCA Reporter. It also describes how to navigate in the GUI.

Chapter 4, "Managing Report Instances"

Describes the features of the SCA Reporter, including creating a new report instance and modifying an existing report instance.

Chapter 5, "Working with Reports"

Describes the available actions for the SCA Reporter, including viewing and adjusting the chart display.

Chapter 6, "The SCA Reporter Command-Line Interface"

Explains how to use the SCA Reporter Command-Line Interface to generate reports.

Appendix A, "Installing and Upgrading SCA Reporter Templates"

Describes how to install and upgrade SCA Reporter templates.

Appendix B, "Troubleshooting"

Describes SCA Reporter error messages and their probable causes and solutions.

Appendix C, "The SCA Reporter as a Tool in the SCA BB Console"

Describes the SCA Reporter as a tool in the SCA BB Console.

Appendix D, "SCA Reporter Templates"

Describes the properties of report instances created from the SCA Reporter templates, organized by template groups.

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