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Administration Installation Guide
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Reports
The Reports tab serves for creation of statistical information. Reports can
be planned (for example once a week) or performed on demand (generated
on administrator’s command). Individual variants of reports can be selected
in the menu Report/Type. Report/Style determines graphical layout of the
resulting report (NOD32 Scheme is more graphically demanding). In the
‘Filter’ section you can choose which clients (Target clients), or viruses
(Virus) will be included in the report.
Other details can be set by clicking on the ‘Additional Settings’ button. It
applies mostly to data in the heading and in the types of the diagrams used.
At the same time, you can filter the client computers according to states
of chosen attributes, and you can also choose the format of the output file
(HTML,CSV).
In the Interval tab you can define an interval, for which the report will be
generated:
Current - events that took place in a chosen time period – eg: if a
report is created on Wednesday, and the interval is set to Current
Week, then the events from Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday will be included.
Completed - Only events that took place in a chosen, closed
period will be included in the report. For example, the whole of the
last, completed month -- or 2, 3 months, etc. -- a whole week, from
Sunday to the following Saturday. If the parameter ‘Add also the
current period’ is active, the period chosen above will also include
events from the last closed period until the moment of creating.
From/To - Use this setting to define a period for which the report will
be generated.
Example:
We want to create a report including events from the last calendar week,
ie: from Sunday to the following Saturday. We want such a report to be
generated on the following Monday (after Saturday). In the Reports/Interval
tab, choose Completed and set 1 Weeks. Remove ‘Add also the current
period’. In the Reports/Scheduler tab, set Frequency to Weekly and choose
Monday. There are further settings you can add, such as the exact time on
Monday that the report is generated, where the report goes (save to report
database, send by email to a specified recipient or save in a specified
folder) and also specify an exact date range that the report will cover.
Click on the Scheduler tab to define and setup an automatic report in
chosen time or intervals (Frequency section). Enter the time when the
report will be generated to the ‘Run at’ time field, and in the ‘and store the
result to’ section (press the ‘Select Target…’ button) specify how and where
the report will be exported. The report will be saved to the report database
(default - C:\Program Files\ESET\RA\Console\Reports - can be edited by
going to RAC > Tools > Console Options... > Paths tab), but can be sent
via e-mail to a chosen address, or exported to a folder. A report can be
exported, for example, to a folder that is accessible via intranet. Then it can
be shared by all employees.
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