How to export XML

Sometimes it is advantageous to bring ORS data out of its native format. If you need to, you can export your data to XML.

Observer Reporting Server can generate hundreds of reports, all of which can be configured as you need and provide you visibility and analytics about your network. After creating a report, there may be times where you want the data from only part of a report so you can store the data elsewhere or manipulate it using another tool. Using settings only available from the report in your web browser, you can access the data on a report.

You can access report content in its raw format and then process the data with your tools. Just some of the raw data you can access includes SLA measurements for use in a MOM, security alerting inside a SIEM, or compliance monitoring data.

Unlike nearly every task described in this guide, which describes using the ORS user interface to configure reports, this feature is only available after the report is created and you are looking at it in your web browser.

1.	Open a web browser and enter the following URL: http://ORShost/ORS where ORShost is the host name or IP address of the system running ORS.

2.	In the upper left, ensure the Business Group Reports tab is selected. It must be selected so that the Settings option is visible. The Settings option is not visible if you have the NetLive tab selected.

3.	Click Settings in the upper right. The Report Settings page opens.

Option	Description
Show Report Element Link when clicking on the report element title bar	Used to embed report elements from ORS in a third party tool. This allows you to click the title bar of any report element (graph, table, etc.) and obtain a link to that element and then embed the link in your tool. Hover your mouse over an element title and click it. This opens a pop up window from which you can open the element in another browser window or use in your third party tool. The report (or report element — table, graph, etc.) you selected is processed and displayed in your third party dashboard. This report is from the business group under which it was generated, with the associated data sources and filters applied. In the URL, you may see a start time and end time for the report. This happens when you generate the report using a fixed time criteria. These fields are in epoch and can be modified within the URL to provide the report on whatever fixed time period you wish.
Show XML Export button	Allows the user to manually export the XML of a report (in its entirety, including all elements) to a XML file. An “XML Export” button appears at the top left. Click the button to generate an XML file which is saved to your hard drive. Use the XML file as you wish.
Show XML Report Link button	Similar to the Show XML Export button, but instead of needing to click the button to generate the XML, you can generate the URL once and then use the XML data request URL in your third party tool. The resulting XML will be for the entire report, including all elements. Similar to the “Show Report Element Link…”, the start and end times can be modified if using fixed time periods, and all business group sources and filters will apply.