Reports

The Reports page provides administrative reports, based on the type and time frame you select. You can either create adhoc reports for a quick glance at user activity, going back a maximum of 30 days, or you can schedule reports to be delivered on a regular basis. Barracuda Networks recommends using scheduled reports because logs only go back 30 days – so if you receive regularly scheduled reports, you will have a history of activity beyond 30 days ago.

Viewing and Downloading a Report Immediately

To view a report:

1. Select a Time Frame: Last 24 Hours, Last 7 Days, or Last 30 days.
2. Select a Report Type:
   Web Filtering Reports (Available with BCS and BCS Plus)
   
   • Blocked Supercategories – Bar graph and table showing number of blocked requests by supercategory for the selected time frame. 
   • Blocked Categories – Bar graph and table showing number of blocked requests by category for the selected time frame.
   • Location Report – Bar graphs and tables showing the following for the selected DNS Filtering Location for the selected time frame:

     • Top Blocked Supercategories

     • Top Blocked Categories

   • User Report – Bar graphs and tables showing the following for the top ten most active users for the selected time frame:

     • Top User Activity

     • Top Blocked Users

     • Top Blocked Categories

   • Per User Report – Bar graphs and tables showing the following for the selected user and time frame:
     • Top User Activity  
     • Top Domains Visited  
       
     • Top Blocked Domains  
   Account Reports
   
   • Overview report for MSPs – Summary reports for the selected time frame. MSPs can send this report to their customers to show user browsing activities.
     
     • User Report – Top Ten Devices: Top endpoints with the most requests  
     • User Report – Blocked Users: Top users with the most blocked requests
     • Security – Denied Categories: Top categories by number of blocked requests under the supercategory Security. These categories include Advertisement and Banners, Bot Phone Home, Botnets, Hacking or Cracking, Infected Sites, Keyloggers, Malware, Mobile Malware, Phishing Sites, Remote proxies, Spam, and Spyware.
     • Security – Allowed Categories: Top categories by number of allowed requests under the supercategory Security, as described above.
     • Productivity – Denied Categories: Top categories by number of blocked requests under the supercategory Productivity. Includes categories belonging to the  supercategories Adult Material, Social Media and Entertainment.
     • Productivity – Allowed Categories: Top categories by number of allowed requests under the supercategory Productivity, as described above.
       Compliance – Denied Categories: Top categories by number of blocked requests under the supercategory Compliance. These categories include Violence and Weapons, and Illegal or Improper.
     • Compliance – Allowed Categories: Top categories by number of allowed requests under the supercategory Compliance, as described above.
   Malware Prevention Reports (Available with BCS Plus)
   
   • All Threats Seen – Graph showing number of malicious files detected by day, followed by a table listing details by date/time and user.
   • Threats by Endpoint – Graph showing relative volume of malicious files detected by endpoint, followed by a table listing actual number of malicious files detected by endpoint.
   • Threats by Users – Graph showing relative volume of malicious files detected by user, followed by a table listing actual number of malicious files detected by user.
   • Threats by File Types – Graph showing relative volume of malicious files detected by file type, followed by a table listing actual number of malicious files detected by file type.
3. Click View to see the report in a new browser tab. 
   For Blocked Supercategories or Blocked Categories reports, you also have the following options:
   

• • Click PDF Report to download and save the report in PDF format, which maintains the graphic element of the report. Any logo you upload on the Accounts page displays in the lower right corner of each page.
  • Click CSV Report to download and save the report in a spreadsheet format (no graphics).

Scheduling a Report to Run Automatically

To schedule a report to run automatically, on a set schedule:

1. Click Schedule.
2. Select a Report Type as described above.
3. Select a Time Frame: Last 24 Hours, Last 7 Days, or Last 30 days.
4. Select the Frequency for running the report, along with any additional specification needed:
   • Hourly – (No further specification needed.)
   • Daily – Specify the hour.
   • Weekly – Specify the day of the week and the hour.
   • Bi-Weekly – Specify the day of the week and the hour.
   • Monthly – Specify the day of the month and the hour.
5. Specify the Email Recipients who will receive these automatic reports. For multiple email recipients, enter each email on a separate line.

Taking Action with a Scheduled Report

To generate a scheduled report immediately, select the report in the Scheduled Reports section, then click Run Now.

To edit or delete a scheduled report, in the Scheduled Reports section, click the More Options icon () and select the appropriate action.