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Staff & Editor
May 5, 2017

Technical Note: How to enable 'Email Generated Reports' when the checkbox is grayed out

  • May 5, 2017
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Description

 

This article provides basic steps to enable "Email Generated Reports" when the checkbox is grayed out.
 
Scope
 
FortiGate.


Solution

 

To solve this issue in v5.4, check the following steps:

 

  1. Configure Mail server under System > Advanced > Email Service.
  2. Configure Alert Email under Log & Report.
  3. Enable Local reports in CLI.

 

config system settings

(settings) # set gui-local-reports enable

(settings) # end

 

  1. The 'Email Generated Reports' checkbox should now be available under Local Reports -> Report OptionsFor newer FortiOS versions, refer to this article: Troubleshooting Tip: Email Generated Reports button is grayed out
 

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Technical Tip: Local Reports

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