Scheduled reports

NGBackup can e-mail a recurring backup report on a schedule you define. The report is generated from the catalog and delivered to a notification channel (one or more recipients). You configure everything from the web console — no config files to edit.

Report types

Type	Best for	Format
Executive report (HTML)	The daily read for operators/managers. A colored summary banner (all-OK or N failed), a KPI grid (total, OK, failed, running, data protected), a Failures-first section, then the full job list.	HTML e-mail (multipart/alternative, with a plain-text fallback).
Terminated Jobs (CSV)	Spreadsheet analysis / archival. Every job in the window with jobid, client, level, bytes, status, errors.	CSV attachment.
Status summary (CSV)	A compact per-status count snapshot.	CSV.

The HTML executive report is the default and the recommended choice for a human-facing daily e-mail.

Configure a scheduled report

1. Open Administration → Scheduled reports in the web console.
2. New report and fill in:
   • Name — appears in the e-mail subject (NGBackup — <name>).
   • Report — choose Executive report (HTML) (default), Terminated Jobs (CSV) or Status summary (CSV).
   • Window — how far back to include (24h, 48h, 7d, 30d). Applies to the HTML and Terminated reports.
   • Only errors — restrict the report to failed jobs (optional).
   • Frequency — daily / weekly / custom cron. The runner evaluates cron in UTC, so 0 10 * * * is 07:00 in UTC−3.
   • Channel — the delivery target (see below).
3. Save. Use Run now to send an immediate test.

Recipients (notification channels)

A report is delivered to a notification channel. For e-mail, the channel’s target is the recipient address — and it may list several addresses separated by a comma or semicolon:

[email protected], [email protected]; [email protected]

All listed addresses receive the same report. Manage channels under Administration → Notifications.

Note

E-mail delivery requires the server’s SMTP settings (BACKUPWEB_SMTP_URL, BACKUPWEB_SMTP_FROM) and — for catalog-backed reports (HTML and Terminated CSV) — a reachable catalog (BACULA_CATALOG_URL). These are set once by the administrator at install time.

What the HTML report shows

• Banner — green when every job in the window succeeded; red with the failure count when any failed.
• KPIs — Total, OK, Failures, Running, and total Data protected.
• Failures first — a dedicated table of failed/cancelled jobs at the top, because the operator’s first question is what broke.
• All jobs — the full list (up to the 200 most recent in the window), color-coded by status, in the console’s language.