Scheduled email reporting

Scheduled email reporting#

With the Plixer One Platform (Core or Enterprise), NetOps teams can use Scrutinizer reports as a proactive monitoring tool for any type of network meta data by setting up scheduled email reports.

Overview#

A scheduled email report is a saved report that has been set to run at specified intervals using the exact same configuration (graph, filters, etc.). Each time the report is run, its output is automatically emailed to one or more recipients.

Note

Scheduled email reports are different from on-demand report emails, which must be sent manually after a report is run.

All email reports contain a direct link to the primary report and may also include PDF/CSV copies of the report. One or more additional reports can also be run and sent in the email.

Setting up a scheduled email report#

A scheduled email report can be set up after re-running a saved report (or after creating and saving a new report).

From there, click the Export Report/share button, select Schedule Report in the tray, and configure the following:

  • A name for the scheduled email report configuration (used for configuration management and as the subject line of the email)

  • One or more recipient addresses (comma-separated)

  • Frequency and time (minute on the hour) to run and send the report

  • (Optional) PDF and/or CSV format attachments (all included reports)

  • (Optional) Additional reports to run and include in the email

Once set up, the report(s) will be run/sent at the specified intervals until the scheduled email report configuration is disabled or deleted.

Hint

To inspect, edit, or disable scheduled email report configurations, navigate to Admin > Reports > Scheduled Email Reports.

Workflows#

The following workflow(s) show how the Plixer One Platform is able to continuously monitor specific network traffic through scheduled email reports:

Automating weekly reports

Important

To set up scheduled email reports, an email server must first be configured via the Admin > Integrations page.

Management wants to see summarized data concerning the network emailed on a weekly basis.

Workflow

First off, identify the details that are most critical to report on. Some examples are: top applications, top used ports, destination countries, etc. Regardless of the report types required, the same steps are used to add reports to your scheduled report.

  1. Select Reports > Run Report > Select Report Type to start a report.

  2. Choose Destination Reports > Countries with AS, and then select the appropriate network devices to include in the report.

  3. Change the range of the report to Last Seven Days to show the entire weeks network data.

  4. Save and give this report a name.

  5. Export the report as a gadget from the Options tray.

Repeat the same steps for the other reports, making sure the time range is Last Seven Days

  • Pair Reports > Conversations Apps

  • Top > Protocols

  • Top > Well Known Ports

Now that the reports that will be sent weekly have been created, they can now be assigned to a scheduled report.

Assign the frequency to Weekly and set time to the day of the week and time to see this email come through, “Friday 5:00pm”. Options include adding PDF and CSV attachments along with the email.

Be sure to select the reports that were created for this scheduled email and add them to the include list. After a scheduled report configuration has been set up, it can be viewed or edited from Admin > Reports > Scheduled Email Reports.

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