Scheduling an Executive Summary Report Using the CLI

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

Note

Before you can schedule an Executive Summary report to 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, see the Network Security System Administration Guide.

To schedule an Executive Summary report for automatic generation and email distribution:

Enable the CLI configuration mode.

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Specify how often to run the report.
To update daily:
- ```
hostname (config) # report schedule run daily at <hh:mm>
```
  where <hh:mm> specifies the time to start based on a 24-hour clock.
- To update hourly:
```
hostname (config) # report schedule run hourly at <mm>
```
  where <mm> is the number of minutes within the hour.
- To update monthly:
```
hostname (config) # report schedule run monthly on {<date> | end of month} at <hh:mm>
```
  where:
  <date> is the day of the month when the update should occur.
  <hh:mm> specifies the time to start based on a 24-hour clock.
- To update weekly:
```
hostname (config) # report schedule run weekly every <day> at <hh:mm>
```
  where:
  <day> is the day of the week the when update should occur.
  <hh:mm> specifies the time to start based on a 24-hour clock.

Specify an Executive Summary report.

hostname (config) #  report schedule run <frequency> type executive_summary

Write a report in .pdf format:

hostname (config) # #  report schedule run <frequency> type executive_summary report_format pdf

Specify the time period for the reports.

To specify for the past week:

hostname (config) # report schedule run <frequency> type executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame past_week

To specify for the past month:

hostname (config) # report schedule run <frequency> type executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame past_month

To specify for the past three months:

hostname (config) # report schedule run <frequency> type executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame past_3_months

Specify the delivery method for the report. The default delivery is email.

To deliver the report through email:

hostname (config) # report schedule run <frequency> type executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame <time_frame> transport email

To deliver the report as a file:

hostname (config) # report schedule run <frequency> type executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame <time_frame> transport file

An Executive Summary report is added to the scheduled list. The following message appears:

Configure email recipients for report schedule to take effect.

Created report schedule 1.

Verify the configuration for the report schedule.

hostname (config) # show report schedule

Periodicity  MonthDay       WeekDay  Time    Transport Command

1 weekly       -              Wed      12:00   file      executive_summary report_format pdf time_frame past_week

Total reporting jobs scheduled: 1.