Configuring and Distributing Custom Reports

Monitoring > [Status & Reporting] Schedule & Run Reports

Use the Schedule & Run Reports tab to create, configure, run, schedule, and distribute reports.

n	On schedule or on demand, the Orchestrator 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 Orchestrator 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 Orchestrator server, click View Reports. The Orchestrator retains reports and zipped .csv files for 30 days.

Tip To specify the timezone for scheduled jobs and reports, go to Orchestrator Administration > [General] Schedule Timezone.

n	The Orchestrator 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 Orchestrator polls each of the appliances at 15-minute intervals, based on the time that the Orchestrator was powered on. So, if the Orchestrator 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, the Orchestrator displays only the maximum peak in each prescribed time interval.

n	Reports return the top ten filtered or unfiltered items.

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