Scheduling Reports
Once you have created a custom
report profile, you can set up schedules to run the report automatically
at specified time intervals. You can also configure Firewall Analyzer to automatically
email the report once it runs.
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Scheduled reports are generated and emailed only as PDF files. If
you are viewing PDF reports on a Windows machine, make sure you have
Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. |
Click the Schedule Listing link under the Settings
tab takes you the All Schedules page to view the list of reports that
have been scheduled so far. The list shows all the schedules that have
been set up so far, along with the report profile they are associated
with, the type of schedule, and options to delete the schedule.
Click the 
icon to delete a schedule. The report profile associated with this schedule
will no longer be generated automatically at the specified time interval.
The 
icon against a schedule is a toggle icon used to enable or disable a schedule.
When the
icon is displayed, the schedule is enabled, and reports will be generated
automatically for that schedule. Click the
icon to disable the schedule. The 
icon is displayed indicating that the schedule is currently disabled. Reports
will not be generated automatically for this schedule.
Creating a New Schedule
Click the 
icon or the New Schedule link to add a new schedule. In the
Add New Schedule page that comes up, enter the following details:
| Attribute |
Description |
| Task Name |
Enter a unique name to identify this schedule |
| Profile Name |
Choose the report profile to which this schedule
has to be applied. All the report profiles that have been created are
listed. |
| Mail Id |
The first time a schedule is associated with
a report profile, you need to enter the e-mail address to which the report
has to be sent. Enter multiple e-mail addresses separated by a comma(,). |
| Hourly* |
If you want to schedule this report to run every hour, enter the date
and time after which this report has to run every one hour |
| Daily* |
If you want to schedule this report to run every
day, enter the date and time after which this report has to run every one
day |
| Weekly* |
If you want to schedule this report to run every
week, enter the date and time after which this report has to run every one
week |
| Monthly* |
If you want to schedule this report to run every
month, enter the date and time after which this report has to run every
one month |
| Once only* |
If you want to run this report only once, enter
the date and time when the report has to be generated |
*Choose from any one of these options
For Daily, and Only once schedules, you can set the  TimeFilter for Custom Hours, Only Working Hours,
or Only NonWorking Hours.
For the Daily schedules, if the option Run on Week Days is selected then the reports are run daily except on the weekends. For the Weekly or Monthly schedules, select the option Generate Report only for Week Days if you want to report on the events that occurred only on the week days and not report on events that occurred over the weekends.
Once you have chosen all the required values click Save Task
to save and activate the new schedule. Click Cancel to
return to the All Schedules page.
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