Microsoft KB Archive/302538

= HOW TO: Enable Reporting in Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 =

PSS ID Number: 302538

Article Last Modified on 11/4/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q302538



IN THIS TASK

 * SUMMARY
 * ** Requirements
 * How to Configure Reporting
 * *** Enable Reports
 * Configure the Location of Reports
 * Configure the Location of the Daily Report Database
 * How to Configure Report Jobs
 * *** Create Report Jobs
 * Enable Report Jobs
 * Configure a Report Job Period
 * Configure a Report Job Schedule
 * Delete a Report Job Schedule
 * Specify User Credentials for a Report Job
 * Enable and Configure the Log Summary
 * How to Work with Individual Reports
 * *** View Reports
 * Sort Report Data
 * Save Reports
 * Delete Reports



SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to enable reports for Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server. ISA Server provides an extensible, multi-layer enterprise firewall and a scalable, high-performance Web cache server.

Enabling reporting consists of configuring reporting and report jobs, and working with individual reports.

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Requirements

 * Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server

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How to Configure Reporting
Configuring reporting consists of enabling reports, and configuring the location of reports and the daily report database.

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Enable Reports

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, point to Internet Security and Acceleration Server, point to Servers and Arrays, point to Name, point to Monitoring Configuration, right-click Report Jobs, and then click Properties.
 * 2) On the General tab, click to select the Enable Reports check box.

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Configure the Location of Reports

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, right-click Report Jobs, and then click Properties.
 * 2) On the General tab, confirm that the Enable Reports check box is selected.
 * 3) Complete one of the following steps:
 * 4) * To save the reports in the ISAReports sub-folder of the ISA Server installation folder, click the ISAReports folder.
 * 5) * To save the reports in another folder, click Directory, click Browse, and then click the folder in which you want to save the reports.

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Configure the Location of the Daily Report Database

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, right-click Report Jobs, and then click Properties.
 * 2) On the Log Summaries tab, click to select the Enable Daily and monthly summaries check box.
 * 3) Complete one of the following steps:
 * 4) * To save the reports in the ISA Summaries sub-folder on this computer, click the ISASummaries folder.
 * 5) * To save the reports in another folder, click Directory, click Browse, and then click the folder in which you want to save the reports.

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How to Configure Report Jobs
The following seven procedures are involved in configuring report jobs.

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Create Report Jobs

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, point to Internet Security and Acceleration Server, point to Servers and Arrays, point to Name, point to Monitoring Configuration, right-click Report Jobs, point to New, and then click Report Job.
 * 2) On the General tab, type the name of the report job in the Name box.
 * 3) In the Description box, type a description of the report job.

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Enable Report Jobs

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, click Report Jobs.
 * 2) In the Details pane, right-click the applicable schedule, and then click Enable.

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Configure a Report Job Period

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, click Report Jobs.
 * 2) In the Details pane, right-click the applicable report job, and then click Properties.
 * 3) On the Period tab:
 * 4) * To generate reports that show the previous day's activity, click Daily.
 * 5) * To generate reports that show the previous week's activity, click Weekly.
 * 6) * To generate reports that show the previous month's activity, click Monthly.
 * 7) * To generate reports that show the previous year's activity, click Yearly.
 * 8) * To generate reports that show activity for a specified period, click Custom, and then type the appropriate dates in the From and To boxes.

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Configure a Report Job Schedule

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, click Report Jobs.
 * 2) In the Details pane, right-click the applicable report job, and then click Properties.
 * 3) On the Schedule tab, click one of the following options:
 * 4) * To generate the report immediately, click Immediately.
 * 5) * To generate the report at the specified time, click At, and then type a date and time.
 * 6) Under Recurrence pattern, click one of the following options:
 * 7) * To generate a report once, click Generate once.
 * 8) * To generate reports every day, click Generate every day.
 * 9) * To generate reports on specific days, click Generate on the following days, and then click to select the appropriate check boxes.
 * 10) * To generate reports once a month, click Generate once a month, and then type the day of the month on which to generate the reports.

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Delete a Report Job Schedule

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, click Report Jobs.
 * 2) In the Details pane, right-click the applicable report job, and then click Delete.

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Specify User Credentials for a Report Job

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, click Report Jobs.
 * 2) In the Details pane, right-click the applicable report job, and then click Properties.
 * 3) On the Credentials tab, type the name of a user with permissions to generate the report in the Username box.
 * 4) In the Domain box, type the user's domain.
 * 5) In the Password box, type the user's password.

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Enable and Configure the Log Summary

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, right-click Report Jobs, and then click Properties.
 * 2) On the Log Summaries tab, click to select the Enable daily and monthly summaries check box.
 * 3) Under Number of summaries saved, type the number of daily summaries that you want to save in the Daily summaries box.
 * 4) In the Monthly summaries box, type the number of monthly summaries that you want to save.

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How to Work with Individual Reports
You can use the following procedures for viewing, sorting, saving, and deleting reports.

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View Reports

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, point to Internet Security and Acceleration Server, point to Servers and Arrays, point to Name, point to Monitoring, point to Reports, and then click the applicable report type.
 * 2) In the Details pane, right-click the applicable report, and then click Open.

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Sort Report Data

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, right-click a report type, and then click Properties.
 * 2) Click the tab you want, and in Sort Order, click the option that you want to use to sort the data in the report.

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Save Reports

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, click the applicable report type.
 * 2) In the Details pane, right-click the applicable report, and then click Save as.

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Delete Reports

 * 1) In the console tree of ISA Management, click Reports.
 * 2) In the Details pane, right-click the applicable report, and then click Delete.

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