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Mixed Sources Report

Create reports that combine data from multiple sources into a single deliverable.

Goal​

Generate a weekly executive report combining:

  • Kibana: Application metrics dashboard
  • Grafana: Infrastructure health
  • Web page: Service status page

Use Cases​

  • Executive summaries pulling from multiple monitoring tools
  • Cross-platform incident reports
  • Unified operational dashboards

Steps​

1. Create a New Job​

  1. Navigate to Jobs
  2. Click Create New Job

2. Configure General Settings​

  • Frequency: Weekly on Mondays at 8:00 AM

3. Set Up Advanced Capture​

  1. Enable Advanced mode to build a multi-capture workflow
  2. Edit the preexisting Navigate-action:
    • Select Kibana as the connector
    • Enter your Kibana dashboard URL: 
      https://kibana.example.com/app/dashboards#/view/application-metrics
    • Choose authentication method: ReadonlyREST and add credentials
    • Ensure Take Snapshot is checked
  3. Add a second Navigate action:
    • Select Grafana as the connector
    • Enter your Grafana dashboard URL: 
      https://grafana.example.com/d/xyz789/infrastructure-health?orgId=1
    • Set Authentication to Grafana and add credentials
    • Ensure Take Snapshot is checked
  4. Add a third Navigate action:
    • Select Web Page as the connector
    • Enter your service status page URL: 
      https://status.example.com
    • No authentication needed
    • Ensure Take Snapshot is checked

4. Configure Composition​

  1. Add all three captured snapshots to the report
  2. Arrange them in the desired order
  3. Add headers and explanatory text as needed

4. Configure Delivery​

  • Add delivery interface and configure recipients