Capture Client Activities, Logs, and Reports

Reports
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Reports

Capture Client offers the ability to generate distributable reports on the health and threat trends for the Capture Client deployment on the network. Reporting is an important function that allows administrators to review how their network is being protected, what gaps exist, how threats are being addressed and what actions they may need to take. The various reports can help communicate the value of deploying Capture Client endpoint protection to the business stakeholders.

Generating Reports

To generate a distributable statistics report

  1. Click Reports. You can view the Available Reports tab by default.
  1. Click the Request Report tab.
  1. Enter a name for the report that is being generated in the Report Name field and select the Time Period for the data to be included in the report .
  1. Choose the sections and types of data should be included in the report. As you change options, the contents list changes.

  1. To generate the report:

    • To download the report to your system, select Download, and click Request Report.
    • To send the report to your Email account, select Email, click Request Report. In the EMAIL REPORT window, select the administrators email ID available in the dropdown or enter the email ID, and click Send. You will receive the report as an email attachment from the SonicWall team.

    You can select multiple email accounts as recipients of the report. Click Add or Remove to add and remove the mail IDs respectively.

The reports that are generated are available for download in the Available Reports page. To download the report, hover over the report and click .

The reports that are sent through email are displayed on the page.

Scheduling Reports

Capture Client enables administrators to configure automated reports that are delivered at regular intervals for the Capture Client deployment on the network. Scheduled reports help administrators to review the health and threat status periodically.

To schedule reports

  1. Click Reports.
  1. Click the Schedule Reports tab.

  2. Click +.

  1. Configure the following in the SCHEDULE INFO section:

    • Name - this is the filename of the report.

    • File Format - A PDF report is sent as an email attachment.

    • Report Frequency - Determines how often the report is generated. The options are: Daily, Weekly, and Monthly. If you select Daily, specify the time to receive the report. If you select Weekly or Monthly, specify the day or date to receive the report.

    • At - Specify the time when the report is sent as an email attachment.

  2. In the RECIPENTS section: enter the email address to receive reports to your Email account, and click Add.You can click Remove or Add to remove or add more recipients respectively.
  3. Choose the sections and details to be included in the report. At the bottom of the screen, under REPORT CONTENT, the contents of the report are listed. As you change options, the contents list changes:

    • Threats

    • Capture ATP Events

    • Devices

    • Activities

    • Web Protection

    • Applications

    • Tenants


  4. Click Save.

You receive reports through email from the SonicWall team at the scheduled time, periodically, at the frequency you have set.

After you schedule reports, you can deactivate (clear the selection next to the report’s name), delete, or edit as needed. You can also download a sample report to see how a scheduled report looks when it is delivered.