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Request a Report

To view the report, request for a report to a user with report administration privileges. Select the appropriate report that tracks the audit data. If your report request requires an approval, the system sends you an email alert.

Before scheduling a report, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the User Console with administrative privileges.
2. Go to Roles and Tasks, Modify Admin Task, and select an audit report to modify.
3. Select Tabs tab and click IAM ReportServerScheduler to edit.
4. Select the Enable Recurrence Option check box.
5. Click OK and Submit.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the User Console with report tasks user privileges.
2. Select Reports, Reporting Tasks, Request a Report.

   A list of reports appears.

3. Select an audit based report.

   A parameters screen appears.

4. Click Schedule Report, and select a schedule for your report.

   Now

   Specifies that the report runs immediately.

   Once

   Specifies that the report runs once, during a specific time period. Select the start date, end date, start time, and end time when you want to generate the report.

   (Audit Report Only) Hourly

   Specifies that the report is generated at the start time and subsequently every 'n' hours; 'n' denotes the interval between successive reports. Select the start date, end date, start time, end time, and the interval between successive reports.

   (Audit Report Only) Daily

   Specifies that the report is generated at the start time and subsequently every 'n' days; 'n' denotes the interval between successive reports. Select the start date, end date, start time, end time, and the interval between successive reports.

   (Audit Report Only) Weekly

   Specifies that the report is generated every week on the selected day from the start date. Select the start date, end date, start time, and end time when you want to generate the report.

   (Audit Report Only) Monthly

   Specifies that the report is generated monthly from the start date and subsequently every 'n' months. 'n' denotes the interval between successive reports. Select the start date, end date, start time, end time, and the interval between successive reports.

   (Audit Report Only) Run the report on a Nth day of the month

   Specifies that the report is generated on the specific day of the month you have mentioned. Select the start date, end date, start time, and end time when you want to generate the report.

   (Audit Report Only) First Monday

   Specifies that the report is generated every first Monday of the month. Select the start date, end date, start time, and end time when you want to generate the report.

   (Audit Report Only) Last Day of the month

   Specifies that the report is generated on the last day of the month. Select the start date, end date, start time, and end time when you want to generate the report.

   (Audit Report Only) On Xth day of Nth week of every month

   Specifies that the report is generated on a specific day in a specific week of every month. Select the start date, end date, start time, and end time when you want to generate the report. For example, you can generate a report on a Friday in the 3rd week of every month.

5. Click Submit.

   The report request is submitted. Depending on your environment configuration, the request runs immediately, or it runs after approval by an administrator.

   Typically, a system administrator or another user with report administration privileges must approve a report request before the system completes it. Approval is required because some reports can require a long time or significant system resources to run. If your report request requires approval, the system sends you an email alert.

   Note: Enable WorkFlow for the environment if approval is required.