Automating weekly reports

Important

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

Scenario

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 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.