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Specify Schedules for Auto-Generated Reports

Use the Schedule option to set the Custom Report to regenerate at specified times.

For example, suppose that you want to check network traffic during the monthly backups that occur on the last Sunday of each month. You schedule a report to be regenerated on the last Sunday of every month. Suppose that operating system updates occur on the 15th of every month. To check the network traffic during those updates, you schedule a report to be regenerated on the 15th of each month.

Note: The options in the Recurrence section are available only if you select ‘duration’ as the reporting period type.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Custom Reporting from the NFA console menu if the Custom Reporting page is not already open.
2. Put the report in editable mode: Click the name of the report. If the report has been run previously, it runs again. In this case, click Edit in the Report Settings section at the top of the report page.

   The Report Definition Summary page opens, which contains links to the Custom Report wizard pages.

3. Click Reporting Period to open the Specify Schedule page of the Custom Report wizard.
4. Click the Schedule check box and choose a recurrence interval from the list:
   • Daily: Select the day or days of the week the report will run.
   • Weekly: Select the day of the week the report will run.
   • Monthly: Select either a date or a week and day combination to specify the one day per month the report will run.
   • Quarterly: Select the month that ends the first quarter in which the report will run. Starting with the specified quarter, the report will run on the last day of each quarter.
   • Yearly: Select the month that ends the first year the report will run. The report runs on the last day of the year.

   For all schedule interval types, select the time of day and time zone for the report to run.

5. (Optional) Email Results To: Enter the email addresses of anyone who should receive the report by email. Use the format name@domain. Separate multiple addresses with a comma or semi-colon.
6. Click Save Changes.

   Your changes are saved and you return to the Report Definition Summary.

7. (Optional) Return to the report list by clicking one of these buttons:
   • Return to Listing: Return to the Custom Reporting page without queuing the report to run.
   • Queue Report: Queue the report to run and return to the Custom Reporting page.