Viewing the Reports List

Reports Overview

Reports provide a great deal of information that can help you manage and plan your networks, adhere to security assessments and record keeping requirements of PCI DSS.

For more information on how to configure these reports, see Report Settings.

Reports

You can view reports that have previously been generated in the reports table. If you do not see a report that you need, you can generate one. To add a report, select New.

View Reports

Select Configurations from the left-most drop-down list to see the configuration of a recurring report or to view details about that report. Select Generated to see all of the reports you have generated. To filter the report type listed, select a report type to view from the Report Type drop-down list. You can also filter the reports listed by Monthly, Weekly, Daily, or Once.

When you select Configurations, the following information is displayed:

Report: The name of the report.

Time Range: The time range covered by the report.

Recurrence: How often this report is generated, (once, daily, weekly).

Next Report: The date when the next report will be generated.

Report Type: The type of report, such as WIPS History, PCI DSS 3.2, and Network Summary. You can choose the type of report to view by selecting the report from the Report Type drop-down menu.

Shared With: The email addresses of anyone that can also see this report through the shared report URL.

Note

The Reports list has variable-width columns to display longer entries. Select and drag the right edge of any column left or right to change the column width.

When you select Generated, the following information is displayed:

Report: The name of the report.

Time Range: The time range covered by the report.

Expires On: The expiration date for this report. A generated report expires after two weeks.

Recurrence: How often this report is generated, (once, daily, weekly).

Generated On: The date this report was generated.

Type: The type of report, (WIPS History, PCI DSS 3.2, or Network Summary). You can choose the type of report to view by selecting the report from the Report Type drop-down menu.

Shared With: This column shows the email addresses of anyone that can also see this report through the shared report URL.

Note

You cannot edit reports from the Generated view.

Manage Reports

You can filter the listed reports by Generated and Configuration and also by Monthly, Weekly, Daily, and Once. You can also manage reports by adding, editing, sharing, stopping and starting, and deleting them. For more details see the following sections.

Note

The Reports list allows you to display and select many entries at a time, which can be useful for large-batch operations.

Manage Report Details

You can add, modify, share, stop, start, and remove reports.

Add a New Report

To add a new report, select . For information about how to configure a new report, see Report Settings.

Modify a Report

To modify a report, from the Generated view, select the check box next to the report name, and then select . You can modify all the fields except the report name.

Share a Report

You can share generated reports by selecting the check box for the report and selecting . In the Share Selected Reports dialog box, enter the email address and press the Enter key. Continue to follow this procedure until you have finished entering the email addresses of those with whom you want to share the report. Then, select Send. ExtremeCloud IQ sends the report to the email recipients at the appropriate date and time.

Stop and Start a Report

You can stop a recurring report by selecting . To resume a report that has been stopped, select .

Remove One or More Reports

You can remove a single report or multiple reports at the same time.

To remove a single report, select the check box for that report, and then select . To confirm, select Yes. To cancel, select No.

To remove multiple reports at the same time, first select the check boxes for the reports that you want to remove with one of the following multiselection methods:

Shift-select to select multiple contiguous reports

Select the check boxes of multiple noncontiguous reports

Note

You can use the above methods in combination. For example, you can shift-click to select several contiguous profiles, and then select check boxes of other noncontiguous reports.

Then select . To confirm, select Yes. To cancel, select No.