Configuring Reports

Use the Report Configuration page to configure report content and scheduling.

To open the Report Configuration page, from the left navigation panel, click icon. The Reports page opens.

• Click Add Report to add a new report.
• Click a specific report record in the table to view or edit an existing report.
• Select a report and choose Open Report from the Actions menu to open that report in a new tab.

The timestamp of the last generated report is shown at the top of the Reports page.

Configuring Reports

To configure a new report or update an existing report

1. Provide a unique name for the report. You can change the name later if required, see Changing the Report Name.

2. Select whether to create a public or private report.

   • Private reports are available (viewed, edited or deleted) only to you and may include:
     • My Dashboard charts.
     • Private saved queries.
       • When enabled, the report will be private and can only be viewed, edited or deleted by the user that created and owns that report.
       • When disabled, the report will be a public report. Any user with the right report permissions can view, edit or delete that report.
   • Public reports are available to all users and may include:
     • Public dashboards
     • Public saved queries

3. To include complete dashboards and/or individual charts:

   1. Select Include dashbaords and charts.
   2. From the list, select the items you want in the report. Items are added to the list in the order you select them. To remove an item, deselect it from the list. To remove all items selected from a single dashboard, you can also click the X on the tile.
   3. In Sort by, select the sort order for the dashboard and charts:
      • A-Z - Sort the items aphabetically according to their title.
      • Selected order - Add the selected items in the order you selected them.

This is useful for when you want specific charts sent to a dedicated team for resolving a specific issue.

4. Select whether to include Saved Queries and then configure a list of selected saved queries.

5. When Include saved query data is selected, you can select Generate CSV with query results to create a CSV file with the entire saved query results for each of the listed saved queries. When you first run a report, it could take a few minutes to generate the CSV file.
   

6. To add data analytics to the report, select Include data analytic reports and then, from the list, select which reports to include. For more information about creating data analytic reports, see Analyzing Query Data - Creating Data Analytics Reports. It is recommended not to choose Data Analytics reports with a large number of columns, as reports generated for Data Analytics may not display all the data. You are able to log into Axonius to view the full report.

7. To send the report using email, select Email Configuration and fill out the required information. See Report Email Configuration.

8. Click Save. The report configuration is saved and the report will be generated according to the configuration parameters. See Downloading and Sending Reports for other options.

Report Email Configuration

1. Select Email Configuration to send the report as an attached email according to a defined schedule.

2. You can deactivate email scheduling if required. Toggle off Activate email scheduling to turn off email scheduling of reports. This does not change the configuration that you set. You can turn on email scheduling as required.
3. Attach CSV to email to attach a CSV file with the entire saved query results for each of the listed saved queries. Note that this option is only available if you select Generate CSV with queries results.
   When you set Compress email attachments under Email, you can send the CSV files as a single compressed file. The compressed file also contains the PDF file of the report. The system will warn you if the compressed file reaches 10 megabytes.
4. Specify email subject, optional custom message, list of recipients and recipients CC. You need to press Enter, or type a comma or a semicolon after you add an email address.

5. Select the email scheduling recurrence (every x hours, every x days, on specific days of the week or month) and the time the email will be sent (Time zone is UTC). More than one time can be set.
6. Regenerate the report when email is sent - Regenerate the report before the scheduled or manual email is sent, instead of using the report generated during the discovery.

Setting the Email Schedule

From Email Schedule select the frequency to send the reports by email. The following options are available:

• Every x hours - The System sends the latest report by email every number of hours defined in the Send email every (hours) field.
  The time the first email is sent time is determined based on the specified value, starting midnight. For example, if the specified value is 6, the times the email is sent are: 12am, 6am, 12pm, 6pm, 12am, etc.

  • The start time for the next email to be sent will be the closest interval. For example, If the specified value is 6, and the configuration was saved at 10am, the next email will be sent at 12pm.
  • The maximum possible value is 24.

• Every x days - The system sends the latest report by email every X days as defined in the Send drop-down box. The start time is determined based on the specified value, starting the 1st of each month. For example, if the specified value is 10, the mail is sent on the 1st, 11th, 21st, 31st (if exists), 1st, 11th, etc. The first email start time is the closest interval. For example, If the specified value is 10, and the configuration was saved on the 12th, the next email will be sent on the 21st. The maximum possible interval is 30.

• Every x months - The system sends the latest report every X months as specified in the Send email every (months) field and on the days of the month specified in the Send email on field.
  For example, if the specified value is 3 months, and the the days are the 10th and the 15th, a report will be sent every third month on both the 10th and 15th of that third month. The first email start time is the closest interval. For example, If the specified value is 3, and the configuration was saved on the 12th of the month, the next email will be sent on the 21st. The maximum possible interval is 12.

• On days of week - The system sends the latest report by email on the days of the week selected at the time specified in Send email at field.

• On days of month - The system sends the latest report by email on the selected dates of the month at the time specified in the Send email at field.

Setting More Than one Time in a Day to Send Email Reports

When you choose Every x days, Days of week or Days of month you can set a number of times to send reports at set hours on the days that you selected. In this way you can send emails at defined hours and not every X hours, for instance to fit in with specific events during the working day.

To send reports at specific hours of the day

1. Click the + button to set more than one email time.

2. Use Delete to delete a scheduled email sending time.

3. Click Save to save your configuration.

Downloading and Sending Reports

For full details of what your generated report contains, see Report Content.

• You can download the latest generated report as a PDF file, a CSV file or as both CSV and PDF. When you choose both PDF and CSV the download is a compressed file.
• The CSV download options are available only when you have selected to generate a CSV including the query results.
• Click Send Email to send the latest report as an email attachment. The Send Email button is only available if you configured sending email.

Changing the Report Name

Once you have created a report, if necessary you can change the report name.

To change the report name

1. From the Reports page, click on the report. The Report Configuration page opens.
2. In the Report name field, enter a new name.
3. Click Save.

Reports with this content will now be created with the new name.