Configuring and Distributing Custom Reports

Use the Report Generation page to create, configure, run, schedule, and distribute reports.

It is located under Tabs > Configuration.

n	On schedule or on demand, the GMS can generate Daily, Hourly, and/or Minute Reports containing user-selected charts.

n	Each report is a separate PDF file, and takes its filename based on the date, time, granularity, and name of the generated report.

n	Along with the PDF report(s), the GMS also generates a corresponding .zip file containing the raw data in .csv files. To open the .zip file, use either Winrar or 7-Zip.

n	To access all reports residing on the GMS server, click View Reports. The GMS retains reports and zipped .csv files for 30 days.

n	The GMS server also sends reports via email, using a Silver Peak SMTP server in Amazon Web Services.

•	To send a test email and/or to configure another SMTP server instead, click SMTP server settings.

•	If a test email doesn't arrive within minutes, check your firewall.

n	Global Report - Once you enable it, this preconfigured subset of charts runs at 00:30 each day. This allows time to complete end-of-day processing. You can modify which charts to include and when/whether to run the report, but you cannot delete it.

Data Collection & Management

n	The GMS polls each of the appliances at 15-minute intervals, based on the time that the GMS was powered on. So, if the GMS powered on at 14:26, it polls at 14:41, 14:56, 15:11, and 15:26, etc.

n	A day begins at 00:00 and ends at 23:59:59.

n	A Daily or Hourly report begins at the top of the hour. A Minute report begins at the last poll period.

n	Report stats aggregate to 1 minute.

n	Reach of reports: Daily = 14 days, Hourly = 24 hours, Minute = 4 hours

n	In charts, GMS displays only the maximum peak in each prescribed time interval.

n	Reports return the top ten filtered or unfiltered items.

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