5	Generating reports

5.1	Introduction

GFI EventsManager provides you with a free, fully-fledged reporting companion to GFI EventsManager – GFI EventsManager ReportPack. It enables you to generate graphical IT-level, technical and management reports based on the hardware and software events processed by GFI EventsManager. Hardware and software event sources include any networked component that generate Syslog messages or record/log events to Windows and/or W3C event logs. These include computers, network devices, PABXs, and third party software solutions.

Screenshot 33 – Reporting

To access GFI EventsManager ReportPack, click the Reporting tab.

NOTE: To generate reports, the following add-ins must be downloaded and installed:

1. GFI ReportCenter framework

2. GFI EventsManager ReportPack

More information on how to download the GFI EventsManager ReportPack and the GFI ReportCenter framework is provided in the ‘Download the GFI EventsManager ReportPack’ section below.