Specifying report sections – WatchGuard Technologies FireboxTM System 4.6 User Manual

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Specifying report sections

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Creating a new report

From Historical Reports:

1

Click Add.

2

Enter the report name.

The report name will appear in Historical Reports, the LiveSecurity Event Processor, and the

title of the output.

3

Use the box next to Log Directory to define the location of log files.

The default location for log files is the \logs subdirectory of the WatchGuard installation

directory.

4

Use the box next to Output Directory to define the location of the output files.

The default location for output files is the \reports subdirectory of the WatchGuard installation

directory.

5

Select the output type: HTML Report, WebTrends Export, or Text Export. For
more information on output types, see “Exporting reports” on page 112.

6

Select the filter.

For more information on filters, see “Using report filters” on page 113.

7

If you selected the HTML output type and you want to see the main page of the
report upon completion, enable the Execute Browser Upon Completion
checkbox.

8

Click the Firebox tab.

9

Enter the Firebox IP address or a unique name, and then click Add.

10 Specify report preferences as explained in the remaining sections in this chapter.

11 When you are done defining report properties, click OK.

The name of the report appears in the Reports list.

Editing an existing report

At any time, you can modify the properties of an existing report. From Historical
Reports:

1

Select the report to modify. Click Edit.

The Report Properties dialog box appears.

2

Modify report properties according to your preferences.

For a description of each property, right-click it, and then click What’s This?.

Deleting a report

To remove a report from the list of available reports, highlight the report. Click
Delete. This command removes the

.rpt

file from the report-defs directory.

Specifying report sections

Use the Sections tab on the Report Properties dialog box to specify what type of
information you want to be included in reports:

1

Click the Sections tab.

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