Creating a Rule for Change Reports

This feature is applicable only for SaaS.

You can add a report rule at Tenant level only.

To create a change report rule

1. Navigate to Manager View | Home > Reports > Rules page.
2. Click the Add icon.

3. Select the Reporting And Analytics > Change Report as a report type.

   

4. Click Next.

5. Provide REPORT CONFIGURATION details:

   1. Enter a unique Report Name to identify in the list.

      Maximum 40 characters are allowed and special symbols are not allowed.

   2. Enter a Report Description for your reference. This is optional.

   3. Select the Change Source.

      You can select Both to include all the changes in the report.

      Firewall Management Modified Changes	To generate a report for the changes made within Firewall Management.
      Locally Modified Changes	To generate a report for the changes made on the firewall.

      

6. Click Next.

7. Select one of the options to add devices to the rule:

   • Firewall—To select firewalls
   • Group—To select device groups
   • Tenant—To select the tenant you have logged into.

8. Check the boxes of the devices to be added in the rule.

   Check the box in the table header to select all devices eligible devices.

   You can only add devices with Advanced license to the rule.

9. Click Next.

10. Set the DELIVERY CONFIGURATION.

    1. Select the Run Type:

       • Select Scheduled to take auto backup of the device configuration at a specific time interval.
       • Select On-Demand to create configuration and Run the schedule manually as and when needed.

    2. Select the Delivery Interval.  

       For Weekly delivery interval,

       • Select the Weekly Report Day, which is the day on which the report will be generated.

       • Select the Start Day of the week.

       Report will be generated for 7 days only.

       For Monthly delivery interval,

       • Select the Monthly report Date, the date on which the report will be generated.

       For Custom time interval, you can generate a report for any particular time period in a day.

    3. Select the Schedule Time to take backup of the device configuration.

    4. Select the Time Period for which you want generate a Custom report.

       You can set the time from 15 minutes to 24 hours.

    5. Set Day or Date on which the backup should be taken.

    6. Set the Delivery Type.

       You can select both options also.

       Archive	By the default, Archive is selected. If you select this option, report will be generated per the schedule and store the report under Saved Reports.
       Email	If you select this option, report will be generated in PDF format according to the schedule and send the report to the email defined in Email Destination field. Reports (PDF files) exceeding 10 MB cannot be attached to email notifications. You can download Reports (PDF files) exceeding 10 MB from the Saved Reports.

    7. Enter the following information if you select Delivery Type as Email or both.

       • Select the Email Destination to receive the reports.

         Administrator	By the default, Administrator is selected. You can leave as it is if you want to send the reports to the Administrator.
         AdhocUser	Select AdhocUser if you want add other users to send reports. You can add multiple email addresses separated by a comma in the Email ID field.

       • Enter Email Subject.
       • Enter Email Body if you want include any additional information about the report.
       • Enable Zip Report to receive the compressed report in the email.
11. Click Next.

12. Review report settings and click Save.

    A success message is displayed. The newly created report is displayed on the Rules page.

You can also create a report rule for a firewall in the Firewall View | Home > Reports > Rules page. The procedure for creating scheduled reports in the Firewall View is similar to creating a report rule in the Manager View.

The Firewall View | Monitor > Logs > Change Logs page shows the logs generated for changes made locally in a firewall.