Create Custom Reports

To generate a custom report, create a report profile. Use any one of the following menu options:

• Reports tab > Reports: + Add
• Tabs: +Add >Report
• Settings tab > Report Profiles > Add

The report profile creator wizard contains three screens.

Wizard Screen 1

In this screen, name the report, select report type and host(s), host group(s).

1. Enter a name for the report profile

2. Select the report type. The types are Custom Report, Compliance Report, and Application Report. Choose Custom Report with Event Filters.

3. Select the host(s) or compliance or application for the respective reports

   Custom Report
   Select the host(s) or host groups(s) from the displayed list for which the reports are to be generated
   Navigate to the next screen with Next > > button

   Compliance Report
   Select the compliance type, host(s) or host groups(s) from the displayed list for which the reports are to be generated.
   Use the Select Compliance link to select the Compliance Type.

    

   

    

1. Select the compliance type from the list: FISMA, PCI, HIPAA, SOX, GLBA
2. Select the required sections of the report for the selected compliance type. Select all sections of the report or only the required sections of the report to generate compliance report
3. Complete the compliance report selection using Done button

Navigate to the last (Select Schedule) screen with Next > > button

Application Report
Select the compliance type, host(s) or host groups(s) from the displayed list for which the reports are to be generated
Enter the application type or use the Select link to select the Application Type.

 



 

1. Select the application type from the list. The applications added will be listed
2. Complete the application report selection using Done button

Navigate to the last (Select Schedule) screen with Next > > button

Note: To create custom report for an imported custom application log, use the Search query and save the result as report.

 

Wizard Screen 2

In this screen, select the event filter option, filter parameters, required Windows Event ID, event type and severity. 

1. Select the Basic or Advanced event filter option. In the Basic filter option, basic matching is done on the Log Message Contains and Except filter. In the Advanced filter option, match any or match all criteria is applied on the Log Message Contains and Except filter.

2. Fill the appropriate filter criteria. The available filters are, Log Message Contains – use this to filter the logs for a specific word or phrase, Except - use this to exclude the logs if it contains a specific word or phrase, Event Source - use this to filter the logs for a specific event source, and User - use this to filter the logs for a specific user.

3. Enter the Event ID(s) to filter the logs. Alternatively, use the Event ID link to get the Event ID(s) of the logs of your interest

4. In the case of Windows event log, filter the logs for event type(s) and/ or severity(ies) or in the case of syslog, filter the logs for event type(s) and/ or severity(ies)

5. Navigate to the next screen with Next > > button

Wizard Screen 3

In this screen, schedule the report generation, choose the report format and summary or detailed, and configure to send via email.

1. Schedule the report generation on an hourly/daily/weekly/monthly basis. Choose the Only once option if you want to generate reports only once at a specified time. Set the date and time to generate the report at a specific time. Set the time duration for which the report is to be generated, Previous Hour/Last 60 Minutes/Previous Day/Last 24 Hours/ Previous Week/Last 7 Days/ Previous Month/Last 30 Days. Daily and Weekly reports can be created for working hours and non-working hours using the filter icon. Daily, Weekly, and Monthly reports can be created only for week days by selecting the option. The working hour and week day reports will be useful for getting the trend of network activities

2. Select the report format, PDF or CSV

3. Choose summary with details report or summary report to be generated

4. Configure the email ID to which the generated report should be sent. Add multiple IDs separated by comma. Tip: Configure Mail Server settings if it is not configured

5. Complete the report profile creation with Finish button