To set up a report for the Backup for Microsoft 365 service, follow these steps:
- log in to the Veeam Service Provider Console using your credentials (in the format company\username and password);
- from the left menu, select Reporting > Reports
- in the Reports section, you will find two tabs:
- All Reports - contains a list of all generated reports;
- Configurations - select this tab to proceed with creating a report;
- click on the + New option in the horizontal menu and select Microsoft 365 Object;
- the process of creating the report (New Protected Microsoft 365 Object) involves the following steps:
- Name
- Name - assign a name to the report;
- Description - enter an optional description;
- Locations
- select the location (Default location);
- Parameters
- Time period
Select the period by choosing between:
- Last - you can choose the period from the last day, week, month, or quarter;
- Custom period - you can choose a custom period with a start and end date;
- Report parameters
select the report parameters by choosing between:
- SLA - set an expected SLA value;
- Object types - the types of objects you want to include in the report (by default All Object type is selected);
- Object exclusions rule - you can write any exclusion rules for the selected objects above;
To write a rule, you can use two symbols:
- * (asterisk) to exclude multiple characters
if you want to exclude all items containing -2022, you should enter *-2022 in the field
- ? (question mark) to exclude a single character
if you want to exclude all items containing the character #, you should write ?#
you can enter multiple rules separated by commas, such as:
*-2022, *-2023, ?#
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- Schedule
information on the report
- Scheduling options
choose when to automatically generate the report:
- Generate this report automatically - by checking this option, you can decide when to schedule the report:
- Daily at - daily, specifying the time and day;
- Monthly at - monthly, specifying the time and day;
- Notification options - you can send the generated report to an email address;
- Summary
informative page of the settings chosen for the report;
- click on Finish to complete the configuration;
- now the created report will be listed in the Configurations and All Reports section;