C.7.5 Reporting functional component
C.7.5.1 Use cases
The Reporting FC supports mainly one use case (see Figure 159 ): the retrieval
of a report given a scope, the latter of which is provided by the enquiring actor.
The actor in this use case is most of the time a (human) administrator of the
system, although one can envision automated mechanisms where the use case
is triggered autonomously by a software component (e.g. the Reporting FC
itself). The scope provided by the actor can specify, e.g., a sub-part of or the
whole system, specific qualities to be captured (e.g. state, membership, etc)
and/or provide a reference to a given historical Report.
Figure 159 : Use cases of Reporting FC.