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172 Working with reports
About charts and tables
About charts and tables
Selecting report data to track
When running a report, creating a favorite report, or scheduling a report, you
can choose to display the report data in a chart, table, or both.
Table 9-9
Report charts and tables
Format
Description
Chart—overview
Line graph of each category of report data. This chart does not
contain the summary information (sums and averages for the
entire time period) listed in the overview table.
Chart—all others
Bar graph(s) for each item in the report type chosen. A maximum
(non-overview)
of 20 items can be displayed in a bar graph.
Table
Numeric representation of the report data. A table report can list
more than 20 items.
By default, Symantec Mail Security for SMTP tracks data for several basic
reports. Before you can generate other reports, you must configure Symantec
Mail Security for SMTP to track and store data appropriate for the report. For
example, to generate recipient-based reports, such as Spam/Virus: Specific
Recipients, you must configure Symantec Mail Security for SMTP to store
recipient information. See tables
data you must store for each type of report.
Note: Because the data storage requirements for some reports can be high, refer
to
"Setting the retention period for report data"
keep the report data manageable. In particular, the sender statistics usually
consume a large amount of disk space.
To enable data tracking for reports
1
In the Control Center, click Settings > Reports.
2
Under Report Data, select the report data you want to track.
3
Click Save.
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP will begin to store the specified report
data.
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on page 173 to learn how to
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