lr_log2report issued several warning messages and created a text report with no subreports

[Robert_G_Kennington at notes.tcs.treas.gov]

On Thur, 08/14/2003 12:06 PM  <flacoste at logreport.org> wrote:

Hi Francis,

> On Mon, 2003-08-11, Robert_G_Kennington at notes.tcs.treas.gov
> wrote:
>
> >   isbld2br> lr_run lr_log2report -c ~/.lire/config/mailhub-5.xml \
> >   sendmail < ~/logs/mailhub-5.syslog.200306.gz > \
> >   ~/.lire/reports/mailhub-5.txt
>
> The problem is that the file you are providing as argument to
> the -c switch isn't what is expected at all by Lire.

That did it!  I just produced my first Lire report.

> The -c option expects a "Report Configuration File". This is
> line-oriented text files which lists the section of the report, the
> tables that will be included in each section and the parameters
> to use when generating the reports.
>
> This format of this file is documented in "Chapter 5:
> Customizing Lire's Reports".
>
> The file you are using as argument is a XML file containing Lire
> configuration values. You don't have to use a switch to "enable"
> the configuration. All files located in $HOME/.lire/config/ will be
> used as part of the configuration.

This is somewhat counter intuitive to me.  My first impression was that I
needed to configure the system for each type of report I wish to produce.

Eventually, I'd like to produce periodic reports for each bureau/group in
the Department of the Treasury.  For example:

      BureauA_daily_sendmail_yyyymmdd.html
      BureauA_weekly_sendmail_yyymmdd.html
      BureauA_monthly_sendmail_yyyymmdd.html

      BureauB_daily_sendmail_yyyymmdd.html
      BureauB_weekly_sendmail_yyymmdd.html
      BureauB_monthly_sendmail_yyyymmdd.html

      BureauA_daily_dirx_yyyymmdd.html
      BureauA_weekly_dirx_yyymmdd.html
      BureauA_monthly_dirx_yyyymmdd.html

      GroupA_daily_dirx_yyyymmdd.html
      GroupA_weekly_dirx_yyymmdd.html
      GroupA_monthly_dirx_yyyymmdd.html

This would require specifying a filter configuration file mapping address
spaces to bureaus/groups.  For example:

      BureauA 145.*
      BureauB 155.7.6.*
      BureauB 155.8.*
      GroupA 125.2.1.5
      GroupA 123.4.*

Is such a thing possible with Lire or envisioned for a future release?

> If you want to use special configuration depending on the job you
> are running, simply change the parameters in a "Job Context" in
> lr_config.

I guess I need to read some more.

> The correct configuration will be use if the report is generated
> automatically using lr_cron. Otherwise, you can export the
> LR_JOB_ID environment variable to select the correct
> configuration.

You're a life saver.

> Kind regards, Francis J. Lacoste

Many thanks and gesticulations, Bob K.

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