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title: "Reporting User Interface Overview"
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When you access the **Reporting** tab in Grid Manager, you can do the following:

- View and analyze all of your DNS, DHCP, and IPAM data.
- View the reporting data in the form of charts and tables.
- Use the **Search** tab to create or edit searches.

The key options in the **Reporting** tab are: **Home** **Dashboards**, **Dashboards**, **Reports,** **Alerts,** **Search**, **Datasets**, **Administration**, and **Reporting** **Help**. For more information about these options, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Table](#ReportingUserInterfaceOverview-bookmark3019)</span>*[ ](#ReportingUserInterfaceOverview-bookmark3019)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[40.6](#ReportingUserInterfaceOverview-bookmark3019)</span>*.

*Figure* *40.8* *Reporting* *Tab Overview*

> Macro (drawio)

  


The following table summarizes the different tabs and key options that are available on the **Reporting** tab:   
> Macro (anchor)

*Table* *40.6* *Reporting* *Tab* *Overview*

| **Tab**** ****Name** | **Purpose** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Settings** | Email notification settings Server Logging | For information, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Configuring](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-ConfiguringEmailNotificationSettings)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-ConfiguringEmailNotificationSettings)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Email](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-ConfiguringEmailNotificationSettings)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-ConfiguringEmailNotificationSettings)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Notification](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-ConfiguringEmailNotificationSettings)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-ConfiguringEmailNotificationSettings)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Settings](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-ConfiguringEmailNotificationSettings)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-ConfiguringEmailNotificationSettings) |
| **Home** **Dashboard** | Overall summary view for the reporting data in your Grid | For information, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Home](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35750994)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35750994)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Dashboards](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35750994)</span>* |
| **Dashboard** | Provide table and graph views for the reporting data in your Grid. | For information, see [*About Dashboards*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35751081) |
| **Reports** | Saved searches that retrieve specific type of reporting data | For information, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[About](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35384167)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35384167)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Reports](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35384167)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35384167) |
| **Alerts** | Set alerts to trigger actions when certain events occur | For information, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[About](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Alerts](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205) |
| **Search** | Create a search interactively from scratch and save it as a dashboard panel, alert and report. | For information, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[About](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35750994/Home+Dashboards#HomeDashboards-bookmark3021)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35750994/Home+Dashboards#HomeDashboards-bookmark3021)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Searches](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35750994/Home+Dashboards#HomeDashboards-bookmark3021)</span>* |
| **Datasets** | Refer to Splunk documentation for more information. |  |
| **Administration** | - Set up
- Permissions | For information, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Reporting](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35447438/Grid+Reporting+Properties#GridReportingProperties-Reporting(Index)StorageSpace)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35447438/Grid+Reporting+Properties#GridReportingProperties-Reporting(Index)StorageSpace)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[(Index)](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35447438/Grid+Reporting+Properties#GridReportingProperties-Reporting(Index)StorageSpace)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35447438/Grid+Reporting+Properties#GridReportingProperties-Reporting(Index)StorageSpace)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Storage](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35447438/Grid+Reporting+Properties#GridReportingProperties-Reporting(Index)StorageSpace)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35447438/Grid+Reporting+Properties#GridReportingProperties-Reporting(Index)StorageSpace)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Space](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35447438/Grid+Reporting+Properties#GridReportingProperties-Reporting(Index)StorageSpace)</span>*<br>For information, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Administrative](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35848436)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35848436)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Permissions](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35848436)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35848436) |
| **Reporting** **Help** | Quick help on some of the reporting topics. |

  
Hierarchy settings for all the navigation menu options (listed in the *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Table](#ReportingUserInterfaceOverview-bookmark3019)</span>*[ ](#ReportingUserInterfaceOverview-bookmark3019)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[40.6](#ReportingUserInterfaceOverview-bookmark3019)</span>*) are available in the *default.xml* file.

> ❌ **Warning**
> ❌ 
> ❌ <span style="color: #ff0000">*Infoblox recommends that you do not modify the default.xml file. The navigation menu is built on a custom XML structure that is stored as default.xml in the navigation directory (from the *</span>**<span style="color: #ff0000">*Reporting*</span>**<span style="color: #ff0000">* tag, select the *</span>**<span style="color: #ff0000">*Settings*</span>**<span style="color: #ff0000">* tab -> *</span>**<span style="color: #ff0000">*User Interface*</span>**<span style="color: #ff0000">* -> *</span>**<span style="color: #ff0000">*Navigation Menus*</span>**<span style="color: #ff0000">* -> default). Editing this file changes the specific default settings for the reporting features and your changes become permanent. In addition, you might not be able to see the latest changes made by Infoblox. To restore the default settings, you must reset the NIOS appliance to its original factory settings. For Information, see*</span> *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Resetting](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[a](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[NIOS](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Appliance](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[to](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Factory](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Settings](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35849650/Managing+NIOS+Appliances#ManagingNIOSAppliances-bookmark1011)</span>*<span style="color: #ff0000">.</span>