Quest® Reporter and Quest® Configuration Baselining Report Packs 1.2
Release Notes
May 2009
Quest Reporter and Quest Configuration Baselining Report Packs provide a number of predefined reports that help users to analyze data collected by Quest Reporter. Users can view and manage these reports using Quest Knowledge Portal which enables them to:
Key features of Quest Reporter and Quest Configuration Baselining Report Packs for Quest Knowledge Portal:
New features in Quest Reporter and Quest Configuration Baselining Report Packs version 1.2
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of Quest Reporter and Quest Configuration Baselining Report Packs 1.2 release.
| Feature | Known Issue | Defect ID |
| All Reports | If a report that contains a cover page is exported to Excel, the headers and descriptions are not displayed in the exported report. | TFS 49657 |
| Some reports are not exported to PDF properly. An extra page break appears within the report. | TFS 49669 | |
| The Customize Report View option may not function properly for all reports. | TFS 49684 | |
| Reports exported to pdf on Vista and Windows 2008 Server computers do not display Unicode characters correctly. | TFS 49104 | |
| Share and Folder Permissions does not show all machines and shares unless a 'path like' parameter has been set. | TFS 90631 | |
| The My Reports menu within QKP is not visible unless the user enables the My Reports through SRS Site Settings | TFS 63850 | |
| When upgrading Quest Report Packs, the application saves the old reports in a directory called 'Old0'. This is counterinuitive and should be changed to a directory name that is more evident. | TFS 90376 | |
| The QKP uninstaller does not remove any reports. | TFS 60587 | |
| Reporter Reports | When viewing the Japanese reports, the backslash is used as the separator in directory paths in the document map, not the expected yen symbol. | TFS 51113 |
| When choosing Integrated Security, the application adds the userid to the Connection String even if then option has been disabled. This will cause the reports to fail with a security error. | TFS 90359 | |
| Configuration Baselining Reports | In some reports, when the field order is modified via the "Customize Report View" option, the column heading will be reordered accordingly but the data may stay in the original order. | TFS 50672 |
Deselecting the "Apply filters from this tab" checkbox will still apply any filters from the following mandatory filters:
| TFS 50473 |
Before installing Quest Reporter and Quest Configuration Baselining Report Packs 1.2, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
Server:
| Platform | Intel 32 or 64-bit processors |
| Memory | Minimum 512MB (1 GB recommended) |
| Hard Disk Space | Minimum 40MB for Report Packs (20 MB for each Report Pack) |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 4)
-OR- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 -OR- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 2) -OR- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 |
| Additional Software | Web server based on Microsoft Internet
Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or higher, with ASP.NET 2.0
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Enterprise or Standard Edition) Reporting Services (Service Pack 2) -OR- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Enterprise or Standard Edition) Reporting Services
Quest Knowledge Portal 2.0 |
Client:
| Platform | Intel 32 or 64-bit processors |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows Server 2000 (Service Pack 4)
-OR- Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 3) -OR- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 -OR- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 2) -OR- Microsoft Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) -OR- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 |
| Additional Software | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher (for creating custom reports) |
This section contains information about installing and operating these products in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.
This release supports any single-byte or multi-byte character set. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe, Latin America, and Japan.
Links are provided to the following in the Autorun under the Knowledge Portal tab:
Refer to the Working with Quest Reporter and Configuration Baselining Report Packs.pdf for installation instructions.
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