Time for action – scheduling a pre-defined report
Logon to your Cacti web interface.
Go to NMID | Manage Report Schedule.
On the empty table, click on the Add link which is at the top right. A new page will appear.
Enter Daily Interface Report as the Schedule Name.
Select the previously defined Interface Report as the Report to be scheduled.
Enter This is a daily interface report for the Report Schedule Description.
Select daily as the Recurring frequency.
Set the Report Schedule to 00:00 hours of the next day.
Enter your e-mail address in the Report Recipients list.
Enable all checkboxes on this Report Schedule as seen in the following screenshot:
Click on the Save button.
You will be redirected to the Report Schedules table. Here you should see your new report schedule, as seen in the following screenshot:
What just happened?
You just scheduled your first report. You will receive the report once the initial date/time has passed.
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