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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Create reports using workbooks in update management center (preview).. |
| 3 | +description: This article describes how to create and manage workbooks for VM insights. |
| 4 | +ms.service: update-management-center |
| 5 | +author: SnehaSudhirG |
| 6 | +ms.author: sudhirsneha |
| 7 | +ms.date: 01/16/2023 |
| 8 | +ms.topic: how-to |
| 9 | +--- |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +# Manage workbooks in update management center (preview) |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +**Applies to:** :heavy_check_mark: Windows VMs :heavy_check_mark: Linux VMs :heavy_check_mark: On-premises environment :heavy_check_mark: Azure Arc-enabled servers. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +This article describes how to create a workbook and how to edit a workbook to create customized reports. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +## Create a workbook |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com) and navigate to Update management center (preview). |
| 20 | +1. Under **Monitoring**, select **Workbooks** to view the Update management center (Preview)| Workbooks|Gallery. |
| 21 | +1. Select **Quick start** tile > **Empty** or alternatively, you can select **+New** to create a workbook. |
| 22 | +1. Select **+Add** to select any [elements](../azure-monitor/visualize/workbooks-create-workbook.md#create-a-new-azure-workbook) to add to the workbook. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | + :::image type="content" source="./media/manage-workbooks/create-workbook-elements.png" alt-text="Screenshot of how to create workbook using elements."::: |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +1. Select **Done Editing**. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +## Edit a workbook |
| 29 | +1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com) and navigate to Update management center (preview). |
| 30 | +1. Under **Monitoring**, select **Workbooks** to view the Update management center (Preview)| Workbooks|Gallery. |
| 31 | +1. Select **Update management center** tile > **Overview** to view the Update management center (Preview)|Workbooks|Overview page. |
| 32 | +1. Select your subscription, and select **Edit** to enable the edit mode for all the four options. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | + - Machines overall status & configuration |
| 35 | + - Updates data overview |
| 36 | + - Schedules/Maintenance configurations |
| 37 | + - History of Installation runs |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | + :::image type="content" source="./media/manage-workbooks/edit-workbooks-inline.png" alt-text="Screenshot of enabling the edit mode for all the options in workbooks." lightbox="./media/manage-workbooks/edit-workbooks-expanded.png"::: |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + You can customize the visualization to create interactive reports, edit the parameters, the size of the charts and the chart settings to define how the chart must be rendered. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | + :::image type="content" source="./media/manage-workbooks/workbooks-edit-query-inline.png" alt-text="Screenshot of various edit options in workbooks." lightbox="./media/manage-workbooks/workbooks-edit-query-expanded.png"::: |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +1. Select **Done Editing**. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## Next steps |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +* [View updates for single machine](view-updates.md) |
| 51 | +* [Deploy updates now (on-demand) for single machine](deploy-updates.md) |
| 52 | +* [Schedule recurring updates](scheduled-patching.md) |
| 53 | +* [Manage update settings via Portal](manage-update-settings.md) |
| 54 | +* [Manage multiple machines using update management center](manage-multiple-machines.md) |
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