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Scheduled Reports

Automated Reporting with Email Attachment

Problem:

The senior staff auditor wants daily PCI reports available in his inbox each weekday in PDF format.

Solution:

The security analyst, assigned the Analyst role, configures CA User Activity Reporting Module to deliver all PCI reports to the senior staff auditor's inbox daily in PDF format.

Procedure

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Example: Email Daily PCI Reports as PDFs

Example: Schedule Reports

Scheduling a Report Job

Role-based Access to Generated Reports

Problem:

The senior staff auditor wants the external PCI auditors to be able to access to the PCI-related reports, but does not want them to be able to access any other report. Users who have the predefined Auditor role can access any generated report.

Solution:

The security analyst with an Administrator role configures CA User Activity Reporting Module to provide these individual external PCI auditors access to only previously-generated PCI reports.

Procedure

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Restricting Access for a Role: PCI-Analyst Scenario

Background Info:

Configuring Custom User Roles and Access Policies

Create an Access Filter

Examples:

Restricting Data Access for a User: Win-Admin Scenario

Automated Report Retention Policies

Problem:

Daily reports that are older than 30 days are no longer needed and must be removed from the system.

Solution:

The security analyst, with an Administrator role, configures CA User Activity Reporting Module to automatically delete all daily reports that are older than 30 days.

Procedure

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Example: Delete Daily Reports More Than 30 Days Old

For information on the global service configuration page for the report server, see:

Edit a Global Service Configuration

Report Server Considerations