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Profile Editor

The Profile Editor helps you manage the profiles setup in the XML configuration file WebReportsConfig.xml. You will need at least one profile in order for the web reports to work properly.

A profile contains information such as:

It is usually enough to have one profile in the XML file, however in some cases having multiple profiles can be useful, especially when more than one administrator works with the web reports on a regular basis:

Profile Overview

You can create as many profiles as you wish, and you can switch between profiles using the pull-down menu on the menu bar:

Changing a profile while viewing results will not change the present output, you will have to make a new selection or issue a new search in order for the new profile to be effective.

Accessing Profiles directly

You can access a non-default profile directly by appending the profile name to the URL in the following syntax:

?PROFILE=ProfileName

where ProfileName is the name of the profile. For example, to access the dashboard for a different profile navigate to

http://localhost/EventSentry/eventsentry_dashboard.asp?PROFILE=ProfileName

Built-In Authentication

In the event the built-in authentication is turned on, the Profile Editor will provide the default values for each user in the same manner it would with authentication turned off. The built-in authentication allows each user to recreate User Overrides for many of the values present in the profile. However, database connections can only be declared in the Profile Editor.

Creating and deleting profiles

Creating a new profile

To create a new profile, simply navigate to the profile editor and click on Create New Profile. Specify all the profile settings and click the Apply button on the bottom right corner of the screen.

Deleting a profile

To delete a profile, simply navigate to the profile editor, select the profile that you wish to delete and click the Edit Selected Profile button. In the profile detail screen click the Delete Current Profile button to delete the profile.

Changing default values

To change default settings, simply change the values and click the Apply button on the lower right-hand corner. Most values are self-explanatory, please see below for a description of some values.

Default Profile

You can set a profile (and only one profile) to be the default profile. This option is only useful when you have more than one profile configured. When you access the web reports without specifying a profile (e.g. http://localhost/EventSentry) then the default profile will automatically be loaded.

Show Locations

When activated, you can assign computers to locations to search for information based on a location. All pages which support the location feature (e.g. Event Search) allow you to create locations and assign computers to locations. There two important things to remember when activating locations:

More Information

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