Configuring reports

Reports

Create New

Select to create a new report schedule and configure the settings.

Delete

Select to remove report schedules whose check boxes are

 

selected.

 

To delete one or more report schedules, select the check box

 

next to their report name, then select Delete.

 

To delete all reports, select the column heading check box. All

 

report schedules’ check boxes are selected, and then select

 

Delete.

Schedule Name

The name given to the report schedule when configuring the

 

report schedule.

report layout Name

The name of the report layout that is associated with the report

 

schedule.

Device

The device or device group that is associated with the report

 

schedule.

Schedule

The time period or range for the report, in the following formats:

 

Daily: hh:mm

 

Weekly: hh:mm at [days of week]

 

Monthly: hh:mm at [dates of month]

Action

Select Delete to remove the report layout.

 

Select Edit to view or modify the report schedule.

 

Select Run Now to run a report schedule immediately, (on

 

demand), instead of waiting for the scheduled time.

!

Caution: When configuring a report schedule, which contains both an output template and

selected file formats in Output Types, the file formats sent by email are determined by the

 

 

configuration settings. Only those file formats that are enabled in both output template and

schedule output types are sent by email. For example, if PDF and Text formats are selected in the output template, and then PDF and MHT are selected in the report schedule, the report’s file format in the email attachment is PDF.

To configure a report schedule

1Go to Report > Schedule.

2Select Create New.

3Enter the appropriate information for the following:

Name

Enter a name for the schedule.

Description

Enter a description for the schedule. This is optional.

Layout

Select a configure report layout from the drop-down list. You must

 

apply a report layout to a report schedule.

Language

Select a language from the drop-down list or choose Default to

 

use the default language.

Schedule

Select one of the following to have the report generate only once,

 

daily, weekly, or monthly at a specified date or time period.

 

Once

Select to have the report generated only once.

 

Daily

Select to generate the report every date at the

 

 

same time. Enter the hour and minute time

 

 

period for the report. The format is hh:mm.

 

Weekly

Select to generate the report on specified days

 

 

of the week. Select the days of the week check

 

 

boxes.

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Fortinet 3.0 MR7 manual To configure a report schedule Go to Report Schedule, Schedule Name, Report layout Name