Reports
Reports groups together properties for reports that are generated directly from the FortiNAC database and the integration with Analytics which is an external reporting package.
Note: As of December 5, 2019, Fortinet discontinued the sale of the FNAC Analytics Reporting solution and recommends FortiAnalyzer as the FortiNAC reporting platform. For details, refer to the Product Life Cycle document found in the Fortinet Support Portal at: http://support.fortinet.com/
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Option |
Definition |
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Analytics |
Configures the connection between the FortiNAC server and the Analytics server. This connection allows an agent on the FortiNAC server to push data for reporting to an external server based on a user-defined schedule. |
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Local seporting |
Use Local Reporting to set record limits for reports to prevent the server from being overloaded. |
Analytics
Use analytics to configure the connection between the FortiNAC server and the cloud reporting Analytics server. This connection allows an agent on the FortiNAC server to push data for reporting to an external server based on a user-defined schedule. The schedule is set in the Analytics reporting software.
- Click System > Settings.
- Expand the Reports folder.
- Select Analytics from the tree.
- Use the Settings table below to enter the connection settings for the Analytics server.
- Click Save Settings.
Settings
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Field |
Definition |
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Activation Key |
Key that activates the license for FortiNAC Analytics. When the license is activated, the agent on the FortiNAC server can begin sending data to the FortiNAC Analytics database. See Generate An Activation Key below for instructions on creating a key. |
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Server |
FQDN of the server where your FortiNAC Analytics database resides. Default = analytics.bradfordnetworks.com |
Generate an activation key
- On the FortiNAC Analytics server, log into the User Interface as Administrator.
- Click the Manage > Manage Client on the menu bar.
- Select the appropriate client from the list and click Edit.
- On the Manage Clients view, click Generate under Access Key.
- A license key is generated and displayed.
- Highlight the text and copy it to the Activation Key field in FortiNAC under System > Settings > Reports > Analytics.
- Click Save Settings.
Local reporting
Use local reporting to set record limits for reports to prevent the server from being overloaded.
- Click System > Settings.
- Expand the Reports folder.
- Select Local Reporting from the tree.
- Modify the record limits as needed.
- Click Save Settings.
Settings
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Field |
Definition |
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Preview Report Record Limit |
Number of database records displayed in report preview window. Default = 10,000 |
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Scheduled Report |
Number of database records displayed in a scheduled report. Default = 10,000 |
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Remove reports older than |
The number of days after which reports stored in the /home/cm/reports directory on your system are purged. |
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Remove old reports when report directory exceeds |
All reports in the /home/cm/reports directory are purged when the size of the directory exceeds this value. |