Report scheduling settings
You can schedule any Defender report to be generated automatically on a recurring basis at the day and time you want, that is, daily, weekly, or monthly. Also you can schedule a report to be generated only once.
Table 28:
Report scheduling settings
Report description |
Type a description for the report you are scheduling. |
Recurrence |
Select how frequently you want to generate the report.
You can select one for the following:
- Daily Specify the time (Start time) and days when you want to trigger the report generation. You can select to generate the report every day, every weekday (from Monday to Friday), or every specified number of days.
- Weekly Specify the time (Start time) and how often you want to trigger the report generation. You can also select the days of week when you want to generate the report.
- Monthly Specify the time (Start time) and the day of month when you want to trigger the report generation. You can also select the months when you want to generate the report.
- One time only Allows you to generate the report one time only. Specify if you want to generate the report immediately or at specific time and date.
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Viewing a generated report
You can open a list of all generated reports to select and view a specific generated report.
To use Defender reports, the user account with which you sign in to the Defender Management Portal must have an appropriate portal role assigned. For more information, see Portal roles.
To view a generated report
- Sign in to the Defender Management Portal.
For more information, see Opening the portal.
- Click the Defender reports option.
- In the left pane of the page that opens, click the Generated reports tab.
The right pane displays a list of all generated reports.
- Click View next to the report you want to view.
Deleting generated reports
You can selectively delete the generated reports you no longer need.
To use Defender reports, the user account with which you sign in to the Defender Management Portal must have an appropriate portal role assigned. For more information, see Portal roles.
To selectively delete generated reports
- Sign in to the Defender Management Portal.
For more information, see Opening the portal.
- Click the Defender reports option.
- In the left pane of the page that opens, click the Generated reports tab.
The right pane displays a list of all generated reports.
- In the list, select the check boxes next to the generated reports you want to delete.
- Click Delete.
When you delete generated reports on the Generated Reports tab, it does not affect scheduled reports located on the Scheduled Reports tab. For more information on how to delete scheduled reports, see Deleting scheduled reports.
Viewing a list of scheduled reports
You can view a list of all reports scheduled for generation. The list provides details for each scheduled report, such as report name, description, recurrence, and time of next run. Optionally, you can immediately generate any scheduled report in the list without waiting for its next generation time.
To use Defender reports, the user account with which you sign in to the Defender Management Portal must have an appropriate portal role assigned. For more information, see Portal roles.
To view a list of scheduled reports
- Sign in to the Defender Management Portal.
For more information, see Opening the portal.
- Click the Defender reports option.
- In the left pane of the page that opens, click the Scheduled reports tab.
The right pane displays a list of all scheduled reports.
To immediately generate a report, click Run Now next to that report.