Generating an email executive summary report using the CLI

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Use the commands in this section to generate a consolidated Email Executive Summary report.

Note

Before a report can be generated and sent through email, ensure that the SMTP server or domain is configured. You must also specify the email address of the report recipient. For details about configuring these report settings, refer to the Email Security — Server System Administration Guide.

To generate an Email Executive Summary report:
  1. Go to CLI configuration mode.

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Specify an Email Executive Summary report.

    hostname (config) # report generate type email_executive_summary
  3. Write the report to an Adobe PDF file.

    hostname (config) # report generate type email_executive_summary report_format pdf
  4. Specify the time period for this report.

    • To specify for the past week:

      hostname (config) # report generate type email_executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame past_week
    • To specify for the past month:

      hostname (config) # report generate type email_executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame past_month
  5. Specify the delivery method for the report. The default delivery is email.

    • To deliver the report through email:

      hostname (config) # report generate type email_executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame <time_frame> transport email
    • To deliver the report as a file:

      hostname (config) # report generate type email_executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame <time_frame> transport file

The following example shows how to deliver an Email Executive Summary report as a .pdf file covering the past month:

hostname (config) # report generate type email_executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame past_month transport file
Execute report command. Check email or WebUI for report.