Scheduling Reports
With the Report Scheduler, you can run predefined report groups automatically, according to a fixed schedule.
Each report group contains one or more queries, reports, or history log inquiries that are executed together at a designated time. This is more efficient than running each report on its own, since you only need to define scheduling details and other run-time parameters once for the whole group.
To create and run report groups within Firewall, select 51. Work with Report Scheduler from the Reporting menu (STRFW > 41), as shown in Creating and Running Firewall Queries and Reports.
The Work with Report Scheduler screen appears:
| Work with Report Scheduler Position to . . . . Subset by text . . . Type options, press Enter. 1=Select 2=Add 3=Copy 4=Delete 5=Run group Opt Group Seq Description Query A TEXT FOR A 1 Run FireWall Query A 2 TEST 3 TCPSGN-TCP Signon Server CPYCPSGN 4 AA_DBOPEN 5 Run FireWall Query DSPFWLOG ABTEST Test for Documentation 2 Run FireWall Query RUNFWQRY 3 Run FireWall Query DSPFWLOG ADOC2 Documentation run weekly on Tuesday 1 Run FireWall Query AA_DBOPEN AA_DBOPEN ADOC3 Monthly run for Documentation DAILY Daily More... F3=Exit F5=Refresh F6=Add New Group F8=Print F12=Cancel |
The body of the screen contains a list of report groups and the reports within them.
The groups are listed in alphabetical order. For each, the Group field contains the group name, and the Description field contains a free-form text description.
The reports within the group are listed after the group name. Three fields are shown for each report:
Seq
The order in which the reports run within the group. This corresponds to the order in which they were added.
Description
A free-form text description of the report.
Query
The query that the report runs, as defined in Adding and Modifying Queries.
To add a new report group, press the F6 key. The Add Report Group screen appears, as shown in Adding or Modifying Report Groups.
To add a report to a report group, type 2 in the Opt field for either the group or another report within it and press Enter. The Add Report Definition screen appears, as shown in Adding Reports to Report Groups.
To modify a report group, type 1 in the Opt field for the group or a report within it and press Enter. The Modify Report Groups screen appears, as shown in Adding or Modifying Report Groups.
To copy a report group, type 3 in the Opt field for the group or a report within it and press Enter. The Copy Report Groups screen appears. The read-only From Report group field shows the name and description of the original group. Enter the name of the new group in the To Report group field.
To delete a report group, type 4 in the Opt field for the report group and press Enter. The Delete Report Group window opens. Press Enter to confirm the deletion or the F12 key to cancel it.
To delete a report from a group, type 4 in the Opt field for the report and press Enter. The Delete Report Group window opens. Press Enter to confirm the deletion or the F12 key to cancel it.
To run a report group on demand, type 5 in the Opt field for the report group and press Enter. The Run Report Group (RUNRPTGRP) screen appears, as shown in Running Report Groups On Demand.