Scheduling reports

The Schedule Reports page is used to generate reports on a schedule and send email notifications automatically.

Select Schedule Reports from the Reports drop-down menu to configure scheduled reports.

Fields for the report schedule are described in the following table.

Field	Description
Scheduled	Specify the frequency.
Time	Specify the time of day in hours and minutes (00:00).
WeekDay	Specify the day of the week.
MonthDay	Specify the date or end of month.
Delivery	Specify the delivery method.
Report Type	The only report type is Alert Details.This report displays charts of all Alert Details by alert type over the time period selected, and includes a detailed summary.
Alert Type	This option is unavailable. The Intelligent Virtual Execution - Server appliance can generate only a malware object alert type.
Report Detail	Choose a level of detail: Concise—Basic information, such as Alert type, ID, src_IP, malware name, hostname, and Alert URL. Normal—Concise information plus OS Changes, callback details, and malware details, if available. Extended—Normal information plus data-theft information (if any) and static analysis details. This format provides all details about files and objects modified during analysis.
Report format	Choose a report format: XML Normal—Generates a report in .xml format. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)—Generates a report in .json format. CSV—Generates a report in comma-separated values (.csv) format. Text—Generates a report in text format.
Time frame	Specify the time period for the report. Options depend on the report type.

Note
Before you can schedule a 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, refer to the Malware Analysis System Administration Guide .

To schedule reports for automatic generation and email distribution:

In the Web UI, click the Reports tab.
Select Schedule from the drop-down list.
Set the time frequency from the Scheduled drop-down list.
- hourly
- daily
- weekly
- monthly
Set the time of day in hours and minutes (00:00) from the Time drop-down list.
(Optional) To specify the day, use the Weekday drop-down list.
(Optional) To specify the date or end of month, use the MonthDay drop-down list.
Specify the delivery method from the Delivery drop-down list. The default delivery is email.
- email
- file
Select Alert Details from the Report Type drop-down list.
Select the level of detail for the report from the Report detail drop-down list.
- concise
- normal
- extended
Select a report format from the Report format drop-down list.
- xml
- json
- csv
- text
Select the time period for this report generation from the Time frame drop-down list.
- past day
- past week
- past month
- past 3 months
Click Schedule Report. The scheduled report is added to the top of the scheduling list.
(Optional) Export the XSD files. These files describe the structure of the Alert Details report.
- To export the OS Change XSD, click the Get OS Change XSD link at the top right side of the page.
- To export the Alert XSD, click the Get Alert XSD link at the top right side of the page.