Custom Reports

Reports allow you to save and run the same or similar searches without having to specify the search criteria again. Please see Web Reports -> Reports for general information on reports.

Custom Reports offer more advanced reporting capabilities by allowing you to specify multiple search conditions. Custom Reports also allow you to configure which event log data (e.g. hide the event log name) are shown in the output.

To create a custom report, navigate to the report overview "EVENTLOG" -> "Reports" and click the "Add Custom Report" button which will bring you to the following screen:

Specify a name of the report in the Report Name field and configure any of the other properties. We highly recommend entering a brief description of the report in the Comment field. Click Continue when you are ready create the report and start adding conditions to the report.

If you check this option, then the report will only be shown when you are logged into the web reports. This assumes that anonymous connections to the web site are not available, and that every user logs in with his/her own user account.

By default, only the most accessed reports are shown in the "Popular Reports" section of the overview page. By checking this option you ensure that this report is always shown in the popular reports, regardless of how often it is being accessed.

You can add conditions (at least one condition is required) to a report by selecting a Field, Condition and setting a Value. The Value field is always filled in automatically with all available options that are present in the database, with the exception of the Number and Message field which require you to enter a text manually. You can use the wildcard characters * and % interchangeably in the message field to match any character, for example *IIS*.

When you are done with your selection click the Add button to add the condition to the report. The condition will then appear in the list of conditions and can be removed by clicking the Delete link next to the condition.

You will have to add at least one condition in order to view a custom report. There is currently no limit as to how many conditions a report may have.

If you do not need to show all columns in the report then you can uncheck columns that you do not wish to view. The report will show data from all columns that are checked, unchecked columns will not be shown.

You can assign a report to an existing category by selecting a category from the drop-down list, or you can create a new category by entering the name in the or create new field.

When changing report properties such as the report name, category etc. then you will always have to click the Update button on the right upper hand corner to save the settings.

You can run a custom report by clicking on the Run button or by clicking the Run link in the report overview page. Frequently used reports are also shown in the Web Reports Overview page.