Patent ID: 8891120

Claim:
An image processing device that is connected to a management server that analyzes a data file in which information is described in a predetermined format and that provides an administrator with the information, the image processing device comprising: a data file format management table that arranges and stores data, which is information of the image processing device; an input part that accepts from a user an instruction for changing the data in the predetermined format; a data file format management table update part that rearranges the data stored in the data file format management table based on the instruction; a data file generation part that generates a file by describing the data stored in the data file format management table after the rearrangement; and a communication part that transmits the file as the data file to the management server, wherein the data file format management table stores the data in correspondence with management items, when an addition instruction is input to the input part, the data file format management table update part adds a new management item in the data file format management able, when a delete instruction is input to the input part, the data file format management table update part deletes a management item that is designated by the delete instruction from the data file format management table, and when a change instruction is input to the input part, the data file format management table update part changes a management item that is designated by the change instruction in the data file format management table.