Defining Automatic Report Schedules

Select the Automatic report schedule tab to define automatic settings for your reports so they can be automatically generated when needed. These settings indicate:

  • The frequency: when the report should be generated (none, weekly, monthly, once)
  • The time period covered
  • The output process (display, print, etc.)
  • The output type (Sybase, CSV, PDF)
  • The destination (workstation)
  • The language and the file name
  1. From the Schedule mode drop-down list, select the frequency at which the report should be executed:
    • Select None if you want the report to be manually requested (see Report Request).
    • Select Weekly if you want a report every week. You have to check the day on which the report should be executed automatically.
    • Select Monthly if the report is needed once a month. You have to specify the day (ex. the second Friday of the month or the 15th day of the month) when the report will be executed automatically.
    • Select Once if you want the report to be executed automatically on a specified date.
  2. Select the Queue priority level. A report with a priority of 1 will be processed before a report with a priority of 99.
  3. In the Start report field, enter the time at which the system will start executing the report.
  4. Specify the Scheduling parameters.
    Note: These settings are ignored when the report is requested manually by an operator.
    • Start this many days back: The report will start collecting events according to the number of days specified in this field. It is based on the present date.
    • Start at this time: Once you specify the amount of days, specify the starting time (i.e.: 7:00am). For example, if you enter 7:00, events that occurred at 6:00 will not be included in the report.
    • Stop this many days back: The report will include the specified number of days entered in this field. It is based on the present date.
    • Stop at this time: Once you specify the number of days, specify the ending time (i.e.:5:00 pm), that is, the day on which the system will stop collecting data; you may also specify the time at which it will stop. For example, if you enter 7:00 and an event occurred at 8:00, then this event will not be included. To target events that occurred during a specific time frame, you have to use the Specific time frame option.
      Note: The start and end time are only used for the first day and last day, for example if you start collecting events on Monday at 8:00 and end on Friday at 17:00 all events between 8:00 Monday and 17:00 Friday will be included. The system does not use the start and end time for each day but for the whole period.