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Chapter 16: Viewing and Working With Reports
• run the report once at a specified date and time
• run the report daily, weekly, and/or monthly, at the specified times.
5. In the
Report
Target
tab, which allows you to send the report to one or more targets, specify the
following target information:
a. If the report should be stored on the appliance and appear in the Available Reports screen,
select the
Enable
Available
Reports
checkbox. Note that there is a space limitation of 1 GB
for locally saved reports and that older reports will be erased once this limit is reached.
b. If the report should be exported to the network location defined in Exported Reports Loca‐
tion, select the
Export
report
checkbox.
c. To email the report to specific addresses, select the Email to checkbox, and for each address,
click the icon, and specify the email address.
6. In the
Columns
tab, ensure that only the data items that should be in the report are selected.
7. In the
Report
Parameters
tab, define the filtering criteria as follows. Note that this tab is very
similar to the Filters tab in the Report definition, and works essentially the same:
a. To add a new row, click . If a popup menu appears, select
Add
Filter
.
b. In the
Field
drop‐down list, select the required filter type.
c. In the
Operator
drop‐down list that appears, select the relevant parameter (for example,
Equals). Note that the
Operator
drop‐down list varies according to the selected filter type.
Depending on your selections, the
Value
field displays either a drop‐down list or a blank
field.
d. Select or specify a value in the
Value
field to complete your initial filter selection.
e. To define multiple filter criteria:
i. If an
Or
relationship is needed between any of the filters, click
Switch
to
Advanced
Mode
.
ii. Repeat steps
Step a
through
Step d
for each filter. If you are in Advanced mode, be sure to
select the appropriate relationship operators, and add any needed parentheses.
IMPORTANT:
The
icon
is
inactive,
and
emails
cannot
be
sent,
until
server
configuration
is
complete.
You
can
navigate
to
Administration
Æ
System
Settings
Æ
Server
to
complete
the
configuration.
NOTE:
At
the
bottom
of
the
Filter
tab
is
a
toggle
button
Switch
To
Advanced
Mode
|
Switch
To
Simple
Mode
.
• Simple
Mode,
which
is
the
default
mode,
is
useful
when
you
define
either
a
single
filter,
or
when
you
define
multiple
filters
that
all
have
an
AND
relationship.
This
mode:
• allows
only
AND
relational
operators;
it
does
not
allow
OR
operators.
• does
not
display
parentheses
columns
for
defining
complex
relationships.
• displays
a
Delete
icon
to
the
left
of
the
Filter
definition.
• Advanced
Mode
is
useful
when
you
are
defining
multiple
filters
having
at
least
on
OR
relationship.
This
mode:
• allows
specification
of
AND
and
OR
operators.
• display
parentheses
columns
for
defining
complex
relationships.
NOTE:
A
filter
with
parentheses
cannot
be
switched
back
to
Simple
mode.
