Reports – FortiManager 5.2

View report tab

A report can be manually run at any time by selecting Run Report Now.

Competed reports are displayed in the View Report tab of the Reports tab. The report name, available formats, and completion time or status are shown in the table. Reports can be viewed in HTML or as PDFs.

The toolbar and the right-click menu provide options to delete or download the selected reports, as well as to run the report.

Completed reports can be viewed for specific devices from the Device Manager tab. See To view device reports:.

Completed reports can also be downloaded and deleted from the Report Calendar page. See Report calendar.

View completed reports

The following options are available:

Report Name The name of the report.

Click the column header to sort entries in the table by report name.

Format Select HTML to open the report in HTML format in a new web browser tab or window, depending on your browser settings.

Select PDF to open or download the report in PDF format.

Completion Time/Status The completion status of the report, or, if the report is complete, the data, and time (including time zone) that the report completed.

Click the column header to sort entries in the table by completion time.

Right-click on an report in the list to open the right-click menu. The following options are available:

Run Report Now Select to run the report now.
Delete Select one or more reports in the completed reports list, then select Delete from the toolbar or right-click menu. Select OK in the confirmation dialog box to delete the selected report or reports.
Download Select one reports in the completed reports list, then select Download from the toolbar or right-click menu to download the selected report or reports.

Each report will be saved individually as a PDF file on the management computer.

Reports that are not done cannot be downloaded.

To view device reports:

  1. In the Device Manager tab, select the ADOM that contains the device whose report you would like to view, and select the device. You can select to view reports by device or by VDOM.

All of the reports that have been run for the selected device are shown in the left content pane.

  1. Select a format from the Format column to open the report in that format in a new browser window or tab.
  2. Select a report, then select Download from the right-click menu to download the selected report. See Download.
  3. Select one or more reports, then select Delete to delete the selected reports. See Delete.

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