4.3 Managing Reports

Identity Audit users can add, delete, update, and schedule reports.

4.3.1 Adding Reports

Any user can add or update reports in Identity Audit.

Downloading New or Updated Reports

New or updated reports by Novell can be downloaded from the Identity Audit 1.0 Plugins Web site.

Adding New Reports to Identity Audit

Identity Audit comes preloaded with reports, but new report plug-ins (special .zip files that include the report definition plus metadata) can be uploaded into Identity Audit. If there are no reports in the system, the following screen displays:

Figure 4-2 No Reports Loaded

To add a report:

  1. Click the Reports button on the left side of the screen.

  2. Click the Upload Report button.

  3. Browse and select the report plug-in .zip file on your local machine.

  4. Click Open.

  5. Click Save.

  6. If the same report already exists in the report repository (based on the report’s unique ID), decide whether to replace the existing report.

    Identity Audit displays the details of both the report in the system and the one being imported. In the case below, the imported report is the same version as the existing report.

The new report definition is added to the list in alphabetical order and can be run immediately, if desired.

4.3.2 Creating New Reports

Users can modify or write reports by using JasperForge iReport. a graphical report designer for JasperReports. iReport is an open source report development tool that is available for download from JasperForge.org (as of the time of this publication).

New or modified reports can include additional database fields that are not presented in the Identity Audit Web interface. They must adhere to the file and format requirements of the report plug-ins. For more information about database fields and file and format requirements for report plug-ins, see the Sentinel SDK Web site.

4.3.3 Renaming Report Results

Report results (but not report definitions) can be renamed in the Identity Audit interface.

  1. Click the Reports button on the left side of the screen.

  2. Click a report name to expand it.

  3. Click the name of the report results you want to rename.

  4. Specify the new name.

  5. Click Rename.

4.3.4 Deleting Reports

Users can delete either a report result set or a report definition by using the button. If a report definition is deleted, all associated report results are also deleted.

If a report in progress is canceled by using the Cancel link, the query on the database is canceled.

4.3.5 Updating Report Definitions

Users can upload updated reports to Identity Audit to replace an existing report. For more information, see Section 4.3.1, Adding Reports.