Creating custom reports
Use the Report wizard to create and customize a new report.
Before you begin
You must have appropriate network permissions to share a generated report with other users.
For more information about permissions, see the IBM® QRadar® Administration Guide.
About this task
The Report wizard provides a step-by-step guide on how to design, schedule, and generate reports.
The wizard uses the following key elements to help you create a report:
- Layout - Position and size of each container
- Container - Placeholder for the featured content
- Content - Definition of the chart that is placed in the container
After you create a report that generates weekly or monthly, the scheduled time must elapse before the generated report returns results. For a scheduled report, you must wait the scheduled time period for the results to build. For example, a weekly search requires seven days to build the data. This search will return results after 7 days.
When you specify the output format for the report, consider that the file size of generated reports can be one to 2 megabytes, depending on the selected output format. PDF format is smaller in size and does not use a large quantity of disk storage space.