Schedule a new status report

Schedule a new status report task to send the detection statistics to a specific email address or distribution list, at convenient time intervals.

Click Dashboard → Status Reports. The Status Reports page appears.
Click New Report. The Report page appears.
From When to report tab, specify when you want the status report task to run. The available options are:
- Not scheduled — Select this if you have not decided on when to perform the status report task or disable the schedule for an existing status report task.
- Once — Specify the date and time to schedule a status report task once.
- Hours — Select this to schedule the task based on hours, if you have to execute the status report task for more than once in a day. For example, let's consider that the current time is 14:00 hours and you have to create a report task that satisfies these conditions:
  - The status report task must start exactly at 14:30 hours
  - The status report task must occur twice a day
  To achieve this, specify 12 for hours and 30 for minutes.
- Days — Select this to schedule the task based on how often the status report task must occur in a week. For example, if you want the status report task to occur once in three days, specify 3 under day(s) and select the time when the task should start.
- Weeks — Select this to schedule the task based on how often the status report task must occur in a month. For example, if you want the status report task to occur bi-weekly, specify 2 under week(s), select the days and time when the task should start.
- Months — Select this to schedule the task based on how often the status report task must occur in a year. For example, if you want the status report task to occur on every second Saturday of each month, select second from On the drop-down list, Saturday from of drop-down list, then select all the months and time when the task should start.
Note
Enable Stop task after it has run for <n> hour(s) <n> minute(s), to stop a status report task if it exceeds the specified hours.

Click Next. The Report Settings page appears. The available options are:

Option definitions

Option	Definition
Recipient Email	Specify the recipient email address or SMTP address of the distribution list. In most cases, this should be the Exchange administrator's email address. Note By default, the email address from Settings & Diagnostics → Notifications → Settings → General → Administrator E-mail is used as the recipient email address.
Subject line for report	Specify a meaningful subject line for the email. For example, if you want a daily status report in HTML format, specify `MSME Daily Status Report (HTML)`.
Number of Rows	Specify the number of rows (n) to be displayed in the status report email. Each row in the status report displays the total number of detections for a particular day. The report contains the detection count for the last (n) days, excluding the day when the status report is triggered. For example: If you specify `1`, the status report will contain one row displaying detections for yesterday. Note You can specify a maximum value of 365.
Type of Report	Specify the format of the status report, which is sent to the recipient. The available options are: CSV — Select this if you want the status report sent to the recipient in Comma Separated Value format as a `.csv` file attachment. HTML— Select this if you want the status report sent to the recipient in HTML format as a .html file attachment or appear in the email message body.

Click Next. The Please enter a task name page appears.
Specify a meaningful status report task name, based on the schedule and format you selected in the previous pages. For example, if you are creating a weekly status report task that provides detection statistics for weekdays in HTML format, specify the task name as Weekly Status Report (HTML).
Click Finish, then Apply.

By performing these steps, you have successfully created a new status report task.