Output options for investigative reports

After generating an investigative report, you can use the buttons above the report to save it to a file. The button you click determines the format of the file.

Option	Description
	Saves the report in XLS format. If Microsoft Excel 2003 or later is installed on the machine from which you are accessing the Forcepoint Security Manager, you are prompted to view or save the report. Otherwise, you are prompted to select a directory and file name for the saved report. Use the options in Microsoft Excel to print, save, or email the report.
	Generates a report in PDF format. If Adobe Reader v7.0 or later is installed on the machine from which you are accessing the Forcepoint Security Manager, you are prompted to view or save the report. Otherwise, you are prompted to select a directory and file name for the saved report. Use the options in Adobe Reader to print, save, or email the report.

Option

Description

Saves the report in XLS format.

If Microsoft Excel 2003 or later is installed on the machine from which you are accessing the Forcepoint Security Manager, you are prompted to view or save the report.

Otherwise, you are prompted to select a directory and file name for the saved report.

Use the options in Microsoft Excel to print, save, or email the report.

Generates a report in PDF format.

If Adobe Reader v7.0 or later is installed on the machine from which you are accessing the Forcepoint Security Manager, you are prompted to view or save the report.

Otherwise, you are prompted to select a directory and file name for the saved report.

Use the options in Adobe Reader to print, save, or email the report.

You can also print investigative reports, as follows:

Use the browser print function while the report is displayed.
Create a PDF or XLS file, as described above, and then use the print function in Adobe Reader or Microsoft Excel.

Although reports have been set up to print successfully from the browser, you may want to test printing to check the result.

User Activity Detail by Month reports are configured to print in landscape mode. All other reports are configured for portrait mode.

When you design your own report (see Flexible detail investigative reports), the column widths differ according to the information included. The page orientation changes to landscape if the report is wider than 8 1/2 inches.

The content of the page is either 7 1/2 inches or 10 inches wide. In the case of A4, the margins are slightly narrower but still within the print range. (The default paper size is Letter, or 8.5 x 11 inches. If you are working with A4 paper, be sure to change this setting in the wse.ini file. See Display and output options.)

Reports that exceed 1,000,000 records should be saved as a Favorite and added to a scheduled job.