Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 49 Scheduling Tasks
Automating Reports
You must have a valid email relay server configured to send status messages. See
for more information about configuring a relay host.
Step 10
Click
Save
.
The task is added. You can check the status of a running task in the Task Details section of the calendar
page; see
page; see
.
Step 11
To edit your saved task, click the task anywhere it appears on the schedule calendar page.
The Task Details section appears at the bottom of the page. To make any changes, click the edit icon
(
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).
Automating Reports
License:
Any
You can automate reports so that they run at regular intervals. However, you must design a template for
your report before you can configure it as a scheduled task. See
your report before you can configure it as a scheduled task. See
for more information about using the report designer to create a report template.
Note
You cannot run remote reports on Sourcefire Software for X-Series.
To automate report generation:
Access:
Admin/Maint
Step 1
Select
System > Tools > Scheduling
.
The schedule calendar page for the current month appears.
Step 2
Click
Add Task
.
The New Task page appears.
Step 3
From the
Job Type
list, select
Report
.
The page reloads to show the options for setting up a report to run automatically.
Step 4
Specify how you want to schedule the task,
Once
or
Recurring
:
•
For one-time tasks, use the drop-down lists to specify the start date and time. The
Current Time
field
indicates the current time on the Defense Center.
•
For recurring tasks, you have several options for setting the interval between instances of the task.
See
See
for details.
Step 5
In the
Job Name
field, type a name using up to 255 alphanumeric characters, spaces, or dashes.
Step 6
In the
Report Template
field, select the report template that you want to use from the drop-down list.
Step 7
Optionally, in the
Comment
field, type a comment using up to 255 alphanumeric characters, spaces, or
periods.
Tip
The comment field appears in the Tasks Details section at the bottom of the schedule calendar page, so
you should limit the size of your comment.
you should limit the size of your comment.