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This chapter describes how to generate reports with the grids and charts that you have saved. See Appendix A, "Customizing Reports" for information on changing the report templates to meet your needs.
This chapter includes the following sections:
After you have completed a session, you can incorporate the results of your session into a technical report. The Scanner Report Wizard (see Figure 9-1) can generate a variety of reports that contain the results of your network sessions. These reports are in HTML format.
A report can contain many sections, such as an executive summary or technical appendixes, depending on how much detail you want to present. You can also include any saved charts or grids in your report, and you can change the order of presentation and the template content. It takes very little time to compose the report; however, the length of time needed to generate a report is dependent upon how many report sections, grids, and charts you include.
There are three types of default reports available in the Report Wizard:
You can also create custom reports. See Appendix A, "Customizing Reports" for more information.
This section includes the following topics:
The Executive Report (shown in Figure 9-2 with its default report components selected) is intended to present a high-level overview of the security holes that the Scanner gathered after scanning or probing a network. The Cover Page appears as a separate page with every report that the Scanner generates. The Executive Summary section is made up of the parameters of the scan and the scope and findings of the scan. You can also add any associated charts and grids to the Executive Report.
The Brief Technical Report (shown in Figure 9-3 with its default components selected) is not intended for executives, but rather for the corporate security staff. It captures the essential information about security breaches on the network and displays the information in concise tables.
The Full Technical Report (shown in Figure 9-4 with its default components selected) uses all report components (except the Process Overview) to give in-depth information about security holes on the network.
The following report components are available to you:
Each type of the Scanner report---Executive, Brief Technical, and Full Technical---has a default set of report components. You can change the defaults for any of the reports by selecting or clearing whichever components you want in your report. The Cover Page is always created by default and cannot be deselected.
Use the Up and Down buttons to change the order in which the components appear. If you want the order to return to the default order, click Revert.
Notice that the Charts and Grids check boxes are dimmed in Figure 9-2, Figure 9-3, and Figure 9-4. They appear in the list so that you can move the components around as you set up your report. You add charts and grids to your report by using the next two Report Wizard screens after the Report Components screen (see Figure 9-5 and Figure 9-6).
Use the following procedure to generate an Executive Report, a Brief Technical Report, or a Full Technical Report.
To generate a report from your Result Set, follow these steps:
Step 1 Click the desired Result Set subfolder on the Scanner main window and right-click to open the pop-up menu.
Step 2 Click Create New Report.
The Report Wizard (Figure 9-7) appears on screen, which guides you through the steps to configure your report.
Step 3 Read the information presented in the opening screen of the Report Wizard and click Next to continue.
Step 4 Click Executive Report, Brief Technical Report, or Full Technical Report and click Next (see Figure 9-8).
Step 5 Choose the components you want to include in your report by selecting the check boxes in the Report Components list and then click Next (see Figure 9-9).
Click Up or Down to move a report component up or down in the list. The order of the components in the list reflects the order of these components in your report.
Click Revert to revert to the default components included in the various report types.
Step 6 Choose any charts you want to incorporate into your report by selecting the chart(s) from the Saved Charts list and click Next to continue (see Figure 9-10).
You can double-click the chart name(s) or click >> to include it in the Charts in Report list.
Step 7 Click Add annotations to included charts if you want to add information about the chart(s) in your report.
The window that allows you to add annotations appears on screen (see Figure 9-11).
Step 8 Type the annotations for your chart in the Annotation for Chart field.
Step 9 Click either Place the annotation before the Chart or Place the annotation after the Chart and click Next to continue.
Step 10 Choose any grids you want to incorporate into your report by selecting the grid(s) from the Saved Grids list and click Next to continue (see Figure 9-12).
You can double-click the grid name(s) or click the >> button to include it in the Grids in Report list. Select the Add annotations to included Grids check box if you want to add information about the grid(s) in your report.
Step 11 Select the Add annotations to included Grids check box and click Next to continue.
The window that allows you to add annotations appears on screen (see Figure 9-13).
Step 12 Type the annotations for your grid in the Annotation for Grid field.
Step 13 Click either Place the annotation before the Grid or Place the annotation after the Grid and click Next to continue.
A dialog box appears prompting you to name your report.
Step 14 Type a name for your report.
A window appears notifying you that your report definition is complete.
Step 15 Type a title for your report and click Next to continue.
Step 16 If you want to view your report after it has been generated, select the View Report after it has been generated check box.
Step 17 Click Finish.
Your HTML browser opens and displays your report (Figure 9-14).
 | Tips If your HTML browser does not open or if it opens with an empty page, review the HTML Browser tab on the Preferences screen to make sure that your browser path is correct. |
An editable, customized, browser-based report is automatically generated with HTML links covering all the sections, charts, selected graphics, and even technical appendixes. The entire report or sections of the report can be imported to a word-processing document or kept in its HTML format.
To open a report from the Scanner main window, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the main window, right-click the report under the Reports folder under the desired session's Result Set folder to display the pop-up menu.
Step 2 Click View Report
or
highlight the report on the Scanner main window and click View on the toolbar (see Figure 9-15).
Your selected report is displayed in the HTML browser that you chose when you set up the User Preferences in the Scanner.
| Tips If your HTML browser does not open or if it opens with an empty page, review the HTML Browser tab on the Preferences screen to make sure that your browser path is correct. |
You can print reports using your browser or Microsoft Word.
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To print a report from a browser, click Print on the browser File menu.
To modify or print your report using Microsoft Word, you must edit and print each of the HTML files (cover.html, report.html, and so forth) that reside in the ReportComponents directory. Open each report in Microsoft Word, save it as a .doc file, and edit it or print from Microsoft Word. To make one long .doc file, copy the contents from each of the .doc files you just saved and paste the contents into one .doc file.
Posted: Thu Jun 29 14:09:49 PDT 2000
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