WinReporter in pictures

1. 1. Welcome to WinReporter

   Run WinReporter™ from the Start \ Programs \ WinReporter 4 menu.
   You will then see the following window
   

2. 2. Servers selection

   Specify in the first configuration section the names of the computers you want to scan.
   You can either select them from the computer browser or enter them manually. You can also select a whole domain to scan or an IP range.
   Your scan is now ready to start, click on the Launch button in order to start it.
   

3. 3. WinReporter scanning activity

   During the scan, you can follow the scan progression with the progress window.
   

4. 4. The scan is done

   Once the scan is done, only computers for which errors occurred during the scan are still displayed with the problem’s explanation.
   

5. 5. Select the report you want to display

   Once the scan is done, you can expand the report tree and select a report you want to display.
   After selecting it you can see the report configuration sections. Normally, the snapshot of the previous scan is already selected and you can configure the report.
   The report is now configured you can click on the Launch button in order to display it.
   

6. 6. The report is displayed and you can export it in PDF

   The report is then displayed in a new tab.
   You can then print the result and if you are interested in keeping a digital version (for example in an Acrobat Reader file) click on the Export button.
   

7. 7. Viewing raw data

   You will also be able to display raw data from the WinReporter database by using the table section in the report tree.
   All tables of the WinReporter database are documented in the help file.
   

8. 8. Event log scan configuration section

   To scan event logs you need to add event filters in the Event logs section of the scan configuration. Click on the Add button to add a new filter.
   

9. 9. Event filter

   Name the filter “Errors & warnings”, select Errors and warnings as event types to filter on and click OK.
   

10. 10. Generic event report (configuration)

    Once the scan is done, expand the Event report tree and select Generic event report.
    

11. 11. Generic event report (result)

    All filtered events are then displayed in the report.
    Other event log reports are dedicated to more specific kinds of events and might require specific system audits to be enabled and specific event filters to be configured for the scan.
    For more information about how to use all other event reports please read the help file.
    

12. 12. Configure the scan you want to schedule

    If you want to schedule a scan of your network, you just need to configure it as if you wanted to started it immediately, but once the scan is configured, click on the Schedule button (next to the Launch button) instead of clicking on the Launch button.
    

13. 13. Schedule the scan in a new task

    You are then prompted to give a name for the new task. When done, click OK.
    

14. 14. Configure the schedule of the task

    You then see the standard properties of a Windows scheduled task, allowing you to define the schedule for this task. When configured, click OK.
    

15. 15. The task has been created with the scan as first action to be executed

    The task is then created in the Scheduler and the scan is added as first action to be executed in the task.
    

16. 16. Configure the report you want to schedule

    Once the scan is scheduled, you will probably be interested in automatically generate reports.
    To do this, just select the report you want to schedule in the report tree and configure it.
    Once configured, click on the Schedule button.
    

17. 17. Add the report generation to the previously created task

    You are then prompted to choose between adding the action to a new task or to an existing task.
    Add the action to the task previously created for the scan and click OK.
    

18. 18. The report was added after the scan in the task action list and you can configure the file to generate

    You can then notice that the report has been added after the scan in the action list of the scheduled task.
    If you select it, you can still modify the report configuration and you can define (in the last configuration section - Document Generation) where and in which format you want to store it.
    As First file to generate, select for example a path to a PDF file.
    

19. 19. The Notification item was added in the action list

    Once the report is automatically generated, you may also want to automatically send it to selected E-mail recipients.
    To do this, select the scheduled task in the tree and click on the Add notification button.
    A new item named Notification is then added in the action list of the task. Double click on it.
    

20. 20. Configure E-mail recipients that will receive the report

    You can then select Send documents by E-mail and enter all E-mail recipients (separated by a semi colon) to whom you want to send the report.
    

21. 21. SMTP settings in the options

    Once the Notification Configuration is defined, you also need to configure common SMTP settings in WinReporter options before being able to send E-mails.
    You then just need to wait until the task starts at the scheduled time and see if you get the report by E-mail.