Custom reports

Custom reports enable you to save specific report parameters (for example, a report type for a specific time/date period) and to have it generated on a schedule. Use this feature to automate report generation.

Creating new custom reports

1. From GFI MailEssentials configuration, go to GFI MailEssentials > Reporting > Reports.

2. Select Custom Reports tab and click New.
3. In Report Name, key in a friendly name for the report.
4. Configure the following options:

Option	Description
Select report to generate:	Select the type of report to generate: Email Direction - shows total emails processed for each email direction - Inbound, Outbound and Internal. Email Direction Chart - graphically shows total emails processed for each email direction - Inbound, Outbound and Internal. Emails Blocked - shows total emails blocked by anti-spam and anti-malware filters for each email direction (Inbound, Outbound and Internal) out of all emails processed. Emails Blocked Graph - graphically shows total emails blocked by anti-spam and anti-malware filters for each email direction (Inbound, Outbound and Internal) out of all emails processed. Spam Filter - shows the total number of emails blocked by each anti-spam filter. Spam Filter Graph - graphically shows the total number of emails blocked by each anti-spam filter. User Report - shows the number of blocked and allowed emails for each email address. User Report (Active Users) - shows the number of blocked and allowed emails for email addresses that were active during the selected report period. Click View Report Preview to preview how report looks like.
Date filtering	Select report date range. When selecting Custom date range, specify the period to display data for, from the Custom from date and Custom to date calendar controls.
Email direction filtering	Select a particular email direction to display data for or select All email directions (inbound, outbound, internal) to display data for all directions.
Email address filtering	Key in an email address to display report information for that particular email address only.
Report Grouping	Specify how to group data. Available options are: Group by Day Group by Week Group by Month Group by Year

5. Optionally, enable Send every checkbox and configure a date/time combination to have the report generated at a specific date and time. Click Add Rule to save report generation time.

6. Select whether to send report by email or save it to disk. To send report by email, select Send by email and provide the email address to where the email is sent. To save report to disk, select Save to Disk and provide a location where file will be saved. Select the format of the report in the File Type box.
7. Click Save to save newly created report.

Generating custom reports

To generate a custom report:

1. From GFI MailEssentials configuration, go to GFI MailEssentials > Reporting > Reports.

2. From the Custom Reports tab, select a report to generate.
3. Click Generate.

Deleting custom reports

To delete a custom report:

1. From GFI MailEssentials configuration, go to GFI MailEssentials > Reporting > Reports.

2. From the Custom Reports tab, select a report to delete.
3. Click Delete.