You can run and schedule report definitions that are saved in the system. You can also view the report results of the report definitions.
The Report Viewer pane of the Sentinel Log Manager page displays all the report definitions in the system. Because the reports run asynchronously, you can simultaneously perform other tasks in the application.
You can run a report by using the desired parameters such as a start and an end date, and save the report results with a name of your choice. After the report runs, the results can be viewed by clicking the
icon next to the relevant report result list. If the report format chosen is Jasper report, the results are displayed in the PDF format. If the report format chosen is search report, the results are displayed in a new search results tab.If the Sentinel Log Manager server was restarted while a report was processing, you can either cancel or restart the report by selecting the relevant buttons. If you restart the report, it is run with the same parameters that were used the first time. If the report was run with a relative time setting (such as
), the time period for rerunning the report is based on the current date and time and not the date and time when the report was initially run.Use the following procedure to run a report:
Log in to Sentinel Log Manager.
In the Reports section, select the report you want to run, then click
.The Run Report Name window is displayed.
Specify if you want to run the report now or if you want to schedule it to run at a certain time.
Specify a name to identify the report results.
Because the username and time are also used to identify the report results, the report name does not need to be unique.
(Optional) If your Sentinel Log Manager is configured for distributed search, click the Section 7.0, Searching and Reporting Events in a Distributed Environment.
link in the section to select the source machines on which the reports can be run.For more information on distributed search, see(Optional) To run a search report, specify the following parameters:
(Optional) To run a Jasper report, specify the following parameters:
Jasper reports can also have additional parameters defined when you create the Jasper report. To view the description for an additional parameter via a tool tip, mouse over the parameter names on the Run Report form.
Specify the e-mail address in the
field. If you want to mail the report to more than one user, specify the e-mail addresses separated by a comma.To enable mailing reports, configure the mail relay under
.Click
.A report results entry is created and mailed to the chosen recipients.