Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 44 Working with Reports
Generating Reports
The Reports tab page shows all locally stored reports. It shows remotely stored reports as well, if remote
storage is currently configured. The location of your currently configured report storage appears at the
bottom of the page, with disk usage for local, NFS, and SMB storage. If you access remote storage using
SSH, disk usage data is not available. For information on setting up remote storage, see
storage is currently configured. The location of your currently configured report storage appears at the
bottom of the page, with disk usage for local, NFS, and SMB storage. If you access remote storage using
SSH, disk usage data is not available. For information on setting up remote storage, see
Note
If you store remotely and then switch back to local storage, the reports in remote storage do not appear
on the Reports tab list. Similarly, if you switch from one remote storage location to another, the reports
in the previous location do not appear in the list.
on the Reports tab list. Similarly, if you switch from one remote storage location to another, the reports
in the previous location do not appear in the list.
Use the following procedure to generate and view reports. Note that users with Administrator access can
view all reports; other users can view only the reports they generated.
view all reports; other users can view only the reports they generated.
To generate a report from a report template:
Access:
Admin/Any Security Analyst
Step 1
Select
Overview > Reporting
.
Step 2
Click the
Report Templates
tab.
The Report Templates page appears.
Step 3
Click the generate report icon (
) for the template you want to use.
The Generate Report pop-up dialog appears.
Step 4
Optionally, type a new name in the
File Name
field. This sets the name of the generated report file. You
may also use the input parameter icon (
) to add one or more input parameters to the file name. For
information on input parameters, see
Step 5
Select the output format for the report by clicking the corresponding icon: HTML, PDF, or CSV.
Step 6
Optionally, change the global time window by clicking the time window icon (
).
The Events Time Window pop-up window appears. For information on setting the events time window,
see
see
Note
Setting the global time window affects the content of individual report sections only if they are
configured to inherit the global setting. For information on report section inheritance of the
global time window, see
configured to inherit the global setting. For information on report section inheritance of the
global time window, see
.
Step 7
Type values for any fields that appear in the
Input Parameters
section.
Tip
You can ignore user parameters by typing the
*
wildcard character in the field. This eliminates the user
parameter’s constraint on the search.
Step 8
Optionally, if an email relay host is configured in your system policy, click
Email
to automate email
delivery of the report when it generates. For details about email delivery features, see
.
Step 9
Click
OK
and confirm when prompted.
The Report Generation Complete pop-up window appears with a link to view your report.
Step 10
Click either: