Scheduling reports

Use the report schedule command to generate reports on a schedule and send email notifications automatically.

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:

Enable the CLI configuration mode.

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

Enter the report schedule command.
```
hostname (config) # report schedule
```
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
```
  where <date> is the day of the month when the update should occur.
- To update weekly:
```
report schedule run weekly every <day>
```
  where <day> is the day of the week the when update should occur.
  - sun
  - mon
  - tue
  - wed
  - thu
  - fri
  - sat
Specify the type of report. The default report is Alert Details.
```
hostname (config) # report schedule type Alert_Details
```

Specify a report format.

To generate a report in .xml format:

hostname (config) # report schedule report_format xml

To generate a report in .json format:

hostname (config) # report schedule report_format json

To generate a report in .csv format:

hostname (config) # report schedule report_format csv

To generate a report in text format:

hostname (config) # report schedule report_format text

Specify the level of detail for the report.
- To send basic information in text format:
```
hostname (config) # report schedule report_detail concise
```
- To send detailed information and abstracts in text format:
```
hostname (config) # report schedule report_detail normal
```
- To send detailed information and abstracts about files and objects in text format:
```
hostname (config) # report schedule report_detail extended
```

Specify the alert type as a malware object.

hostname (config) # report schedule alert_type malware-object

Specify the time period for the reports.

To specify the past day:

hostname (config) # report schedule time_frame past_day

To specify for the past week:

hostname (config) # report schedule time_frame past_week

To specify for the past month:

hostname (config) # report schedule time_frame past_month

To specify for the past three months:

hostname (config) # report schedule time_frame past_3_months

Specify the delivery method for the report. The default delivery method is email.
- To deliver the report through email:
```
hostname (config) # report schedule transport email
```
- To save the report as a file:
```
hostname (config) # report schedule transport file
```

Verify the configuration for the report schedule.

hostname (config) # show report schedule
Periodicity  MonthDay       WeekDay  Time    Transport Command
1 hourly       -              -      12:02   email     common/Alert_Details report_format xml report_detail concise alert_type malware-object time_frame past_day
Total reporting jobs scheduled: 1.