Site to Site Reports › Create a Site to Site Report

Create a Site to Site Report

Use the Site to Site wizard to create a site to site report step by step. The wizard guides you to select many options, such as the sites involved in the report, the report schedule, the data resolution (1-minute or 15-minute), and the reporting period.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Site to Site from the NFA console menu.
2. Click Create New Report.

   The Site to Site Report Wizard opens and shows the options Create a new Site to Site report and Copy an existing report.

3. Click Create a new Site to Site report and click Next.

   Note: Alternatively, you can select the Copy an existing report option and modify an existing report.

   The Select Sites page opens.

4. Select at least two sites for the report. You can either select an existing site or sites, or create a new site definition.
   
   To create a new site definition:
   1. Click Create Site.
   2. Enter Site Name, Site Description (optional), Network Name, and Subnet.
   3. (Optional) Click Add Another Network to add additional networks to the site definition.
   4. Click Save.

   The selected sites are added to the site list.

5. Click Next.

   The Specify Schedule page opens.

6. Select the type of reporting period from the Period list in the Specify Schedule page:
   • duration: Limits the reporting period to an amount of time, ending at the time the report runs. Enter the number of time units in the Last box.

     Select a unit of time from the list (days, weeks, months, or years).

     You can set up a schedule for a duration report or you can run the report on demand.

   • start & end: Specify a Start date and End date either by using the calendar icons or by selecting hour and time values from the lists. Hour values are expressed in 24-hour format.
7. Select the data resolution (1-minute or 15-minute) in the Resolution box.

   Note: 1-minute data resolution is limited to no more than 30 days, based on the storage allocated to your NFA system. If a duration of more than 30 days is required, use 15-minute data to get more complete results.

8. (Optional) Select the Schedule check box and specify the following options:
   • Schedule: Select the type from the Schedule list (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly).
     • Daily: Select the day or days of the week, time of day, and time zone for report generation.
     • Weekly: Select the day of the week, time of day, and time zone for report generation.
     • Monthly: Select either the date or the week in the month and day of the week. Select the time of day, and time zone for report generation.
     • Quarterly: Select a month that ends the first reporting quarter, time of day, and time zone.
     • Yearly: Select a month that ends the first reporting year, time of day, and time zone.

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

9. (Optional) Enter the email addresses of all the report recipients in the format name@domain. Separate multiple addresses with a comma or semi-colon.
10. Click Next.

    The Enter Name page opens.

11. Identify the report and its location:
    • Folder: Accept the default folder or select a different folder to contain the new report.
    • Name: Give the new report a name, which appears in the Reports list.
    • Description: (Optional) Add a description to help identify the report. For example, use the description to identify scheduled reports and to indicate distinguishing features of Duration reports.

    Click Next. The Summary & Submit page opens.

12. Review the information in the Report Definition Summary.
    • Save: Save the report definition and return to the Site to Site page.
    • Save and Queue Report: Queue the report to run and return to the Site to Site page.