Managing Reports 95n Period — The time range covered by the selected raw data or output.n Keep Report — The date the report is to be deleted, or Keep Forever,if the report is to be kept indefinitely.n Status — Whether raw data or output was generated successfully. Todisplay the generation history for reports, see “Monitoring ReportGeneration and Output” on page 96.Setting OutputOptionsYou can specify one of three output options in the Report Scheduledialog box:n HTML — When the report is run, an HTML file which can be displayedusing a Web browser is generated. Use the Traffix Control Panel toconfigure the directory for HTML output files. See Appendix B,“Database Management Using Traffix Control Panel”, for furtherinformation.If you wish to serve the directory used to store HTML files to your Webserver, make sure the directory is visible to your server and has thenecessary permissions.If you wish to link to the overall index page generated for HTML reports,the file name is index.html in the chosen reports output directory.n Printer — When the report is run, a graphical report includingcontents page is printed.Reports can be delivered automatically only to a printer visible to theserver. If you want to print a report using a printer visible to the client,you should output the report as HTML. You can then print therequired pages from your Web browser.n CSV file — Saves the report contents to a CSV format file on theserver, which can be read into a spreadsheet or database application.The specified file is overwritten without warning each time the reportis output.Viewing HTMLOutputTraffix Manager launches your default Web browser to view HTML outputfor a report. If you choose to view raw data for which no HTML outputfile exists, the output file is first generated by Traffix Manager.HTML output generation may take some time, according to the amountof data being processed.
