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Web Reports Guide
Learn how the Web Reports feature extends the power of BigFix.
Configuring Web Reports
Web Reports is used whenever you want to view BigFix data that is spread over multiple databases in your deployment.
Integrating LDAP with Web Reports
There are two solutions for integrating LDAP with the Web Reports server.
Compatibility with NT domains
The information contained in this topic allows your user ID to log in to Web Reports with the role assigned if:

Web Reports Guide
Learn how the Web Reports feature extends the power of BigFix.
- Configuring Web Reports
  Web Reports is used whenever you want to view BigFix data that is spread over multiple databases in your deployment.
  - Requirements
    Web Reports can run on a stand-alone server or on the same machine that hosts the BigFix database.
  - Supported Browsers
    For details on the supported browsers, refer to Platform/Installation/c_spcr_platform.html.
  - Updating the credentials to access the BESReporting database
    How to update the user's password to connect to the BESReporting database.
  - Setting the session inactivity timeout
    How to set a limit to the duration of a session for the user interface.
  - Restricting access to the report files
    In the Web Report component, you can use a new option named "ReportFilesCheck" to toggle protection on the report files.
  - Integrating LDAP with Web Reports
    There are two solutions for integrating LDAP with the Web Reports server.
    - Integration with LDAP
      To integrate Web Reports with LDAP in a Windows or Linux environment, run the following steps:
    - Integration with Active Directory
      You can enable Active Directory users to access the BigFix Web Reports server.
    - Setting the Number of LDAP Entries to Display
      The default number of LDAP entries displayed in Web Reports is 1000.
    - SAML integration
      Starting from V9.5.5, BigFix supports SAML V2.0 authentication via LDAP-backed SAML identity providers for the Web Reports and the Web UI components.
    - Compatibility with NT domains
      The information contained in this topic allows your user ID to log in to Web Reports with the role assigned if:
- Using the Program
  The Web Reports interface is simple and straightforward.
- Exploring
  The Explore Data section of the program allows you to look at data collected from your entire BigFix network to filter it, and to create reports.
- Reporting
  The Report List section of the program is accessed by clicking the appropriate tab from the top tab bar.
- Administering the Program
  The Administration section of the program lets you manage activities, filters, addresses, users, and databases.
- Tasks for advanced users
  Tasks unlikely to be needed by the typical user, but which can be of use to advanced users with specific customization needs.

Compatibility with NT domains

The information contained in this topic allows your user ID to log in to Web Reports with the role assigned if:

The user ID is defined on both the NT domain and the Active Directory.
The name of the domain used for NT authentication is different from the name of the domain specified in Active Directory.
You integrated the Active Directory with the Web Reports in your BigFix environment.

If all the conditions are true, run the following configuration steps on the system where the Web Reports component is installed:

On Windows systems:

Open the registry.

Select:

HKLM -> Software -> Wow6432Node -> BigFix -> Enterprise Server -> BESReports

Specify the file converter as follows:
```
NTDomainFilePath = FullPathConversionFile
```
where FullPathConversionFile is the path name to a file containing a row for each domain name conversion that must be applied to the domain names, for example:
```
my_NT_Domain|my_LDAP_domain
```
Restart the Web Reports service.

On Linux systems:

In the configuration file /var/opt/BESWebReportsServer/beswebreports.config, specify under [Software\BigFix\Enterprise Server\BESReports] the file converter:
```
NTDomainFilePath = FullPathConversionFile
```
where FullPathConversionFile is the path name to a file containing a row for each domain name conversion that must be applied to the domain names, for example:
```
my_NT_Domain|my_LDAP_domain
```
Note: Ensure that each row of the file ends with a line break of the same type as used in Windows systems (CRLF).
Restart the Web Reports process.

After you complete these steps, the user can log in using the NT domain credentials, for example my_user@my_NT_domain.com, and successfully access the Web Reports.