Fortinet black logo

Administration Guide

Add a custom report

Copy Link
Copy Doc ID 2cb222d1-3405-11ea-9384-00505692583a:725878
Download PDF

Add a custom report

You can add and customize Registrations, Registration Failures, Scan Results, and Connection Logs reports.

  1. Select Logs > Reports
  2. Select Custom from the menu on the left.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Select the type of report.

    Report Type

    Description

    Registrations

    Successful attempts at registration are displayed based on the selected criteria.

    Registration Failures

    Failed attempts at registration and login errors are displayed based on the selected criteria.

    Scan Results

    Scan results are displayed based on the selected criteria.

    In the Scan Results view or the Health Tab of Host Properties the results display a Passed result for Security/Critical Updates as well as the AutoUpdate. This occurs for all Windows Scans regardless of whether the scan was configured to require the updates. Rogue hosts are not checked unless the scan is configured to require this test. Rogue hosts will otherwise automatically pass the scan.

    Connection Logs

    Host connections usage information is displayed based on the selected criteria.

  5. Enter the name for the report. This name will appear in the drop-down list on the Custom tab.

    Note

    If exporting the report results to .pdf format, do NOT use a colon (:) in the filename.

  6. Select the format for the file. For each of the options, the output will be one of the following:

    • HTML
    • CSV
    • EXCEL
    • XML
    • RTF
    • PDF
  7. Click Next to select the criteria for the report.

    Report type

    Columns

    Registrations

    Address

    City

    Description

    E-mail

    First Name

    Host

    ID

    IP address

    Last name

    Location

    Operating System

    Phone

    Physical Address

    Sponsor

    State

    Time

    Title

    User

    Zip/postal code

    Registration Failures

    Failure code

    Failure description

    ID

    IP address

    Operating system

    Physical address

    Time

    Scan Results

    Host

    ID

    IP address

    Location

    Operating system

    Physical address

    Scan

    Status

    Tests

    Time

    Type

    Connection Logs

    Bytes in

    Bytes out

    Connect time

    Disconnect time

    ID

    IP address

    Location

    Physical address

  8. Click the item(s) in the list that you want in your report. To move items, use Shift-click to select a range of items or CTRL-click to select individual items.

    Note

    The items that you select are the column headings on report results.

  9. Selected items are highlighted. In the Available Columns panel, click the right arrow to move them to the Selected Columns panel.
  10. Click an item in the Selected Columns panel to select it. Use the up and down arrows to rearrange the items in the order that the columns are to appear on the report.

    Note

    Top to bottom in the list appear left to right in the results.

  11. Click Next.
  12. Enter parameters for the report. These are filters that limit the amount of data returned in the report. Filters are not case sensitive. If you enter smith, the filter returns results for Smith and SMITH.

    You can use wildcards when you filter, such as, S* in the last name field would return anyone whose last name begins with S. *s* in the last name field would return anyone whose last name contained an s.

  13. Click Finish. The report is added to the drop-down list on the Custom tab.
Parameters

Report type

Parameters

Registrations

Additional Hardware Information

  • IP address
  • Physical Address
  • Operating system
  • Location
  • Description
  • Host

Time (See Calendar Icon )

  • Starting
  • Ending

User Information

  • ID
  • Title
  • Last Name
  • First Name
  • Address
  • City
  • State
  • Zip/Postal Code
  • Phone
  • E-mail

Registration Failures

User Information

  • ID

Time (See Calendar Icon)

  • Starting
  • Ending

Hardware Information

  • IP address
  • Physical address
  • Operating system

Scan Results

Host Information

  • ID
  • IP address
  • Physical address
  • Location
  • Host
  • Operating system

Time (See Calendar Icon)

  • Starting
  • Ending

Scan Details

  • Status
  • Type
  • Scan name

Connection Logs

Host Information

  • ID
  • IP address
  • Physical Address

Device Information

  • Location

Connection Time (See Calendar Icon)

  • Starting
  • Ending

Calendar Icon

Enter the times for Start and End. Format for date and time is

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

Or use the calendar icon to select the Starting and Ending times for the report.

Time for the selected Start date defaults to 00:00:00.

Time for the selected End date defaults to 23:59:59.

Edit the time parameters to specify a more limited range of data for the generated report.

If you select a start time but no end time, the report is generated with data up to the current time.

If you select an end time, but no start time, the report is generated with all data up to the specified end time.

Add a custom report

You can add and customize Registrations, Registration Failures, Scan Results, and Connection Logs reports.

  1. Select Logs > Reports
  2. Select Custom from the menu on the left.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Select the type of report.

    Report Type

    Description

    Registrations

    Successful attempts at registration are displayed based on the selected criteria.

    Registration Failures

    Failed attempts at registration and login errors are displayed based on the selected criteria.

    Scan Results

    Scan results are displayed based on the selected criteria.

    In the Scan Results view or the Health Tab of Host Properties the results display a Passed result for Security/Critical Updates as well as the AutoUpdate. This occurs for all Windows Scans regardless of whether the scan was configured to require the updates. Rogue hosts are not checked unless the scan is configured to require this test. Rogue hosts will otherwise automatically pass the scan.

    Connection Logs

    Host connections usage information is displayed based on the selected criteria.

  5. Enter the name for the report. This name will appear in the drop-down list on the Custom tab.

    Note

    If exporting the report results to .pdf format, do NOT use a colon (:) in the filename.

  6. Select the format for the file. For each of the options, the output will be one of the following:

    • HTML
    • CSV
    • EXCEL
    • XML
    • RTF
    • PDF
  7. Click Next to select the criteria for the report.

    Report type

    Columns

    Registrations

    Address

    City

    Description

    E-mail

    First Name

    Host

    ID

    IP address

    Last name

    Location

    Operating System

    Phone

    Physical Address

    Sponsor

    State

    Time

    Title

    User

    Zip/postal code

    Registration Failures

    Failure code

    Failure description

    ID

    IP address

    Operating system

    Physical address

    Time

    Scan Results

    Host

    ID

    IP address

    Location

    Operating system

    Physical address

    Scan

    Status

    Tests

    Time

    Type

    Connection Logs

    Bytes in

    Bytes out

    Connect time

    Disconnect time

    ID

    IP address

    Location

    Physical address

  8. Click the item(s) in the list that you want in your report. To move items, use Shift-click to select a range of items or CTRL-click to select individual items.

    Note

    The items that you select are the column headings on report results.

  9. Selected items are highlighted. In the Available Columns panel, click the right arrow to move them to the Selected Columns panel.
  10. Click an item in the Selected Columns panel to select it. Use the up and down arrows to rearrange the items in the order that the columns are to appear on the report.

    Note

    Top to bottom in the list appear left to right in the results.

  11. Click Next.
  12. Enter parameters for the report. These are filters that limit the amount of data returned in the report. Filters are not case sensitive. If you enter smith, the filter returns results for Smith and SMITH.

    You can use wildcards when you filter, such as, S* in the last name field would return anyone whose last name begins with S. *s* in the last name field would return anyone whose last name contained an s.

  13. Click Finish. The report is added to the drop-down list on the Custom tab.
Parameters

Report type

Parameters

Registrations

Additional Hardware Information

  • IP address
  • Physical Address
  • Operating system
  • Location
  • Description
  • Host

Time (See Calendar Icon )

  • Starting
  • Ending

User Information

  • ID
  • Title
  • Last Name
  • First Name
  • Address
  • City
  • State
  • Zip/Postal Code
  • Phone
  • E-mail

Registration Failures

User Information

  • ID

Time (See Calendar Icon)

  • Starting
  • Ending

Hardware Information

  • IP address
  • Physical address
  • Operating system

Scan Results

Host Information

  • ID
  • IP address
  • Physical address
  • Location
  • Host
  • Operating system

Time (See Calendar Icon)

  • Starting
  • Ending

Scan Details

  • Status
  • Type
  • Scan name

Connection Logs

Host Information

  • ID
  • IP address
  • Physical Address

Device Information

  • Location

Connection Time (See Calendar Icon)

  • Starting
  • Ending

Calendar Icon

Enter the times for Start and End. Format for date and time is

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

Or use the calendar icon to select the Starting and Ending times for the report.

Time for the selected Start date defaults to 00:00:00.

Time for the selected End date defaults to 23:59:59.

Edit the time parameters to specify a more limited range of data for the generated report.

If you select a start time but no end time, the report is generated with data up to the current time.

If you select an end time, but no start time, the report is generated with all data up to the specified end time.