Create a scheduled dashboard report

When you create a scheduled dashboard report, you can specify how often the report is emailed and the time interval for the dashboard data included in the PDF file.

1. Log in to the ExtraHop system through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>.
2. Click the System Settings icon and then click Dashboard Reports.
3. Click Create.
4. Type a unique name for the report in the Report Name field.
5. (Optional): In the Description field, type information about the report. The description does not appear in the final report, only in the report settings.
6. From the Report Contents drop-down list, select a dashboard.
   • If your environment has multiple sites, you must select a site.
   • If the dashboard you select has a dynamic source, you must select a source.
7. (Optional): From the Report Contents drop-down list, select additional dashboards that you want to add to the report.
8. From the Schedule section, complete the following steps to configure a schedule for the report:
   1. From the Time Interval section, select the time range of dashboard data that you want to include in the report.
      The time interval is relative to the time the report is sent.
   2. From the Report Frequency section, set the email delivery schedule by selecting one of the following options:

      Hourly	Email the report every hour.
      Daily	Specify the time you want the report to be emailed. Click Add Schedule to email the report multiple times per day.
      Weekly	Specify one or more days of the week, and the time you want the report to be emailed. Click Add Schedule to send report emails at multiple times per day or at different times per week.

      The report frequency is based on the default system time set by your ExtraHop administrator.
9. From the Format section, complete the following steps to configure the report format:
   1. Set the content layout by selecting one of the following options from the first Style drop-down list:

      Narrow	Displays large text in chart titles and labels, but provides less space for displaying chart data. Long chart titles and labels might be truncated.
      Medium	(Default) Displays a view of chart titles, legends, and data that is optimized for portrait page orientation.
      Wide	Displays small text in chart titles and labels, but provides more space for displaying chart data.

   2. Set the number of page breaks in the PDF by selecting one of the following options from the second Style drop-down list:

      Single page	(Default) Displays the entire dashboard or protocol page on a single, continuous page. This setting might generate a PDF file that is larger than standard printer page sizes.
      Page break per region	Displays each chart region on an individual page. Select this option if your dashboard contains a table or list that displays more than 20 detail metric values.

   3. Set the display theme by selecting one of the following Theme options:

      Light	(Default) Displays dashboard data as dark text against a light background.
      Dark or Space	Displays dashboard data as light text against a dark background.
      Contrast	Displays dashboard data with a limited color palette and contrasting colors.

10. From the Send Email section, complete the following steps to configure email notifications:
    1. (Optional): From the Notification Groups drop-down list, select a group of recipients.
       If you do not see the email group that you are looking for, you can configure email groups in the ExtraHop Administration settings or through the REST API. Contact your ExtraHop administrator to add an email notification group.
    2. In the Recipients field, type the email address for each recipient, separated by a comma.
    3. From the Subject section, click Custom to write your own subject line for the email. The automatic subject line is the report name.
    4. (Optional): In the Message field, type the information you want to send in the body of the report email. The names of the dashboards linked to the report are provided in the message by default.
11. To save your report, complete one of the following steps:
    • Click Send Now to send a test report email to the email addresses, and then click Done. Your report is saved and scheduled.
    • Click Save. Your report is scheduled and will be sent to recipients based on the report frequency you specified.

When you create a scheduled dashboard report, you can specify how often the report is emailed and the time interval for the dashboard data included in the PDF file.

1. Log in to the ExtraHop system through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>.
2. Click the System Settings icon and then click Dashboard Reports.
3. Click Create.
4. Type a unique name for the report in the Report Name field.
5. (Optional): In the Description field, type information about the report. The description does not appear in the final report, only in the report settings.
6. From the Report Contents drop-down list, select a dashboard.
   • If your environment has multiple sites, you must select a site.
   • If the dashboard you select has a dynamic source, you must select a source.
7. (Optional): From the Report Contents drop-down list, select additional dashboards that you want to add to the report.
8. From the Schedule section, complete the following steps to configure a schedule for the report:
   1. From the Time Interval section, select the time range of dashboard data that you want to include in the report.
      The time interval is relative to the time the report is sent.
   2. From the Report Frequency section, set the email delivery schedule by selecting one of the following options:

      Hourly	Email the report every hour.
      Daily	Specify the time you want the report to be emailed. Click Add Schedule to email the report multiple times per day.
      Weekly	Specify one or more days of the week, and the time you want the report to be emailed. Click Add Schedule to send report emails at multiple times per day or at different times per week.

      The report frequency is based on the default system time set by your ExtraHop administrator.
9. From the Format section, complete the following steps to configure the report format:
   1. Set the content layout by selecting one of the following options from the first Style drop-down list:

      Narrow	Displays large text in chart titles and labels, but provides less space for displaying chart data. Long chart titles and labels might be truncated.
      Medium	(Default) Displays a view of chart titles, legends, and data that is optimized for portrait page orientation.
      Wide	Displays small text in chart titles and labels, but provides more space for displaying chart data.

   2. Set the number of page breaks in the PDF by selecting one of the following options from the second Style drop-down list:

      Single page	(Default) Displays the entire dashboard or protocol page on a single, continuous page. This setting might generate a PDF file that is larger than standard printer page sizes.
      Page break per region	Displays each chart region on an individual page. Select this option if your dashboard contains a table or list that displays more than 20 detail metric values.

   3. Set the display theme by selecting one of the following Theme options:

      Light	(Default) Displays dashboard data as dark text against a light background.
      Dark or Space	Displays dashboard data as light text against a dark background.
      Contrast	Displays dashboard data with a limited color palette and contrasting colors.

10. From the Send Email section, complete the following steps to configure email notifications:
    1. In the Recipients field, type the email address for each recipient, separated by a comma.
    2. From the Subject section, click Custom to write your own subject line for the email. The automatic subject line is the report name.
    3. (Optional): In the Message field, type the information you want to send in the body of the report email. The names of the dashboards linked to the report are provided in the message by default.
11. To save your report, complete one of the following steps:
    • Click Send Now to send a test report email to the email addresses, and then click Done. Your report is saved and scheduled.
    • Click Save. Your report is scheduled and will be sent to recipients based on the report frequency you specified.