In this video, we're going to take a closer look at the world of templates.
And again, based on the overview, when I mentioned what a template is to me, I
think of it like a cookie cutter.
So if I wanted, for example, to create a new report that had some text here and
a specific font, for example,
and then had chart one here and had chart two here, and then maybe some more
text here,
and then maybe a line graph here, which is another example of a chart.
What I could do is I could include all that in a template, and then when I
create a new custom report,
I could have that custom report based on that template, and boom, all that WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
I could have that custom report based on that template, and boom, all that
template cookie cutter information
would become part of that new report.
So let's go back to the 40 Analyzer and let the K-closer look at templates.
So here we go. So back at the 40 Analyzer, we'll go down on the left-hand side
to Reports,
and then we'll go to Report Definitions.
So here with the Report Definition Select on the left, here we have on the top
tab All Reports,
and next to that we have Templates.
And so down here on the bottom right-hand corner, as of this recording, on this
version of the 40 Analyzer, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
version of the 40 Analyzer,
it currently has 92 template solids, do a search, and let's just filter down
and find a template based on IPS.
So I'll type in IPS, it's just going to show us any templates to have that word
in it, IPS, for that acronym in it.
So here, if we had a double-click on this template-ips-report, here's the
template.
So here are the details for that template.
So if we were to create a new report and we were going to base it on this
template, it would have this chart here,
it would have this word summary there, with that font, it would have this table
here, which again is another form of a chart. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
here, which again is another form of a chart.
It didn't have a page break, it didn't have Intrusions detected, it had this
table, and then this table, and this table, a page break,
and then it had this table on Intrusion Victims, etc, etc.
So basically, if we wanted to have all these exact tables and the text and so
forth, in a report, we could create a new report
and use or pull from this template to create that report.
Also, on this template, you'll notice that because it's a default template,
these are these options here, like Insert Chart is not available,
Insert Macro, not available, Insert Image, not available. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
Insert Macro, not available, Insert Image, not available.
So if you wanted to take a template that currently existed and tweak it, the
way we would do that is click on Cancel There,
we could say you right-click on it and clone it.
So we could call this our IPS template, and then now we could go ahead and
modify it.
So if you didn't want, for example, this chart here, we simply click on the X,
get rid of it, and if we wanted to put this summary in a different font,
we could do that.
So I'm going to highlight that, and then I'm going to go to Font, and I'm going
to go ahead and do Open Sans, and I'm going to make it bigger, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
to go ahead and do Open Sans, and I'm going to make it bigger,
fantastic, etc, etc.
So you can customize and tweak it, and then we sell the original, and then we
have our IPS template that we could use as well.
And the benefit again of a template is that we could create a new report and
pull from this template, and then we'd have this look and feel
for the final outcome when we generate and run those reports.
So I'm going to click on Cancel here.
Oh, and it looks like I did not save it, so if you don't save it, you don't
have to delete it.
But if you do want to create a new template, you could either clone one and
tweak it, or you could just click here on Create New, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
tweak it, or you could just click here on Create New,
and then create your own template, insert the tables and the text and the fonts
you want as part of that template.
So later in this set of videos, we'll actually walk through the creation of a
template when we have a few of the other additional components ready to go.
Because the template isn't just the layout by itself, it also can include
charts and custom charts as well as other details.
So we'll actually walk through the creation of a custom template in a few
videos when we walk through the process of also creating a custom report.
Now, the next thing I'd like to chat with you about is data sets. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
Now, the next thing I'd like to chat with you about is data sets.
In fact, let's go ahead and put data sets in its own separate video.
So in the next video, we'll take a look at data sets, and if we need to, how we
can create our own data sets.
Think of it like, you know, pulling data or what data we want to pull from,
from the SQL database on the 40 analyzer.
So I'll see you in the next video as we take a closer look at data sets.
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