Running Parallels RAS reports

To view Parallels RAS reports, select the Reporting category in the RAS Console. The report information is displayed as follows:

• The middle pane lists the available reports. See the Predefined reports subsection below for the complete list. The blue "folders" icon (at the top of the list) groups reports by type or displays all of them as a flat list. The "refresh" icon refreshes the report list by retrieving it from the database (this can be useful when you enable/disable the reporting functionality or when you add custom reports, which may not appear in the list automatically).
• When you initially open the Reporting category, the right pane contains just the Information tab page, which informs you whether Parallels RAS Reporting is active. If it's not, you need to make sure that it is installed and enabled.
• The blue "square" icon in front of the Tasks drop-down menu (upper right-hand side of the RAS Console) expands the reporting interface into full screen. The Tasks drop-down menu allows you to perform the following actions: Duplicate (duplicates a report tab page), Full screen (on/off), various Close Report options, Delegate Permissions (allows you to grant permissions to view reports to other RAS administrators, such as Power and Custom administrators who don't have these rights).

To run a report, double-click it in the middle pane. The report opens in a tab page in the right pane:

• Most of the predefined reports include controls that you can interact with, such as From/To dates, Sort By, Sort Order, Chart Type, Server Name, and others depending on the report type. When you change a value in any of these controls, click the View Report button to apply the new values/options and re-run the report.
• The main report area (lower portion where the data is represented as a graph, text, or numbers) includes a menu bar with icons that allow you to change the magnification, list through report pages (if more than one is included), search for text, save a report to a file, print a report, and export it to one of the available formats (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, or a data feed).

Note:  The first time the reports are viewed, you may be requested to add https//<server domain/ IP> as a trusted website. This will appear depending on the Parallels RAS machine’s Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration.

Predefined reports

Parallels RAS Reporting includes a number of predefined reports in the following groups:

1. Users reports. This group includes reports about how end users are interacting with Parallels RAS:
   • Sessions activity for all users — shows all sessions produced by all users in the system. The report shows information about each session and includes active time, idle time, disconnected and total time. A user is identified by username and IP address. The Gateway information is also included.
   • Sessions activity for user — shows all sessions produced by a single user. The report shows information about each session and includes active time, idle time, disconnected and total time.
   • Application usage for user — shows applications used by a specified user, including number of times used and total time.
   • Device usage for user — shows information about devices used by a user. The report includes information such as device vendor, device model, and total time used.
   • Operating system usage for user — shows the operating system being used by a specified user.
   • Full user information — shows detailed information about a specified user.
2. User groups reports. These reports obtain information about how groups of users are interacting with Parallels RAS:
   • Sessions activity for all groups — shows all sessions produced by all groups in the system. The report includes active, idle, and disconnected time.
   • Sessions activity for group — shows all sessions produced by a group in the system. The report shows information about each session produced by each user in the group and includes start, end, active, idle, disconnect and total time.
   • Application usage for group — shows applications used by a specified group, including number of times used and total time.
   • Device usage for group — shows information about devices used by users as members of a specified group. The report includes device vendor, model and total time used.
   • Client operating system usage for group — shows the operating system used by members of a particular group.
3. Devices reports. This group includes reports about the devices that are connecting to Parallels RAS:
   • Devices used — shows all devices using the system. The report includes a device manufacturer, model, and the number of sessions opened by the device.
   • Client operating system used — shows devices and corresponding operating systems that are using the system.
   • Parallels client version used — shows information about a device model, Parallels Client version used, and session information.
4. Servers reports. This group includes reports about the activity of Parallels RAS server components:
   • Sessions activity for RD session hosts — shows the session activity of users on a particular RD Session Host. Report includes start, end, active, idle and disconnect time.
   • Sessions activity for VDI provider — shows the session activity of users on a particular VDI provider. Report includes start, end, active, idle and disconnect time (standalone Hyper-V and VMware ESXi only).
   • Sessions activity for AVD provider — shows the session activity of users on a particular AVD provider. Report includes start, end, active, idle and disconnect time.
   • RD Session hosts health — shows server CPU and RAM usage for a specified server in the Farm.
   • VDI providers health — shows server CPU and RAM usage for a specified provider in the Farm.
   • Remote PCs health — shows server CPU and RAM usage for a specified Remote PC in the Farm.
   • Gateways health — shows server CPU and RAM usage for a specified Gateway in the Farm.
   • Publishing agents health — shows server CPU and RAM usage for a specified Publishing Agent in the Farm.
   • Enrollment servers health — shows server CPU and RAM usage for a specified Enrollment server in the Farm.
   • Gateway tunnelled sessions — shows tunnelled session information for a specified Gateway.
5. Application reports. Reports related to applications.
   • Activity for all applications — shows information about applications used in the system. Report includes information such as application name, number of times used and the total usage time. When viewing this report, select "All applications" or "RAS published applications" depending on your needs. When the second option is selected, the report will not include non-published applications and duplicates.
   • Activity for application — shows usage of an application by individual users during a specified time period. The information includes start time, end time, and total time for each session. Other information, such host server name and session ID is also shown.