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MessageStats 7.8 - Report Pack for Exchange Online User Guide

About the Exchange Online (Office 365) Report Pack Preparing for Installation Connecting and configuring for Exchange Online Creating Gathering Tasks Setting Task Default Properties Managing your Database Using the Reports Console Exchange Online Report Descriptions Report Filter Definitions About us

About the Create Task Wizard

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Creating Gathering Tasks > About the Create Task Wizard

About the Create Task Wizard

You create tasks to collect data from Exchange Online. The initial gathering task provides immediate information about your Exchange Online environment.

An initial gathering involves creating a Exchange Online task (or individual Users and Mailboxes gathering tasks). After you have run the initial gathering tasks, you can edit each task to schedule it to run at regular intervals such as daily.

For Office 365, you can create an additional task, using the Exchange Online Mailboxes gathering template, to collect details about your mailboxes. You can also run the Exchange Online Mailbox Statistics gathering to gather statistical information such as the number of items in and the size of the mailboxes.

About the Create Task Wizard

The Create Task Wizard wizard consists of base pages and any additional pages that are specific to the type of gathering task you are creating. For example, to create and schedule a Exchange Online gathering task, you use the wizard pages to perform the following actions:

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Selecting the Task Template
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Specifying Activity Date Range (for Exchange Online Activity)
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Specifying the Task Execution Server
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Scheduling the Task
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Enabling Task Logging
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Specifying Credentials for a Task
To create a new task
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Expand the Exchange Online node and the Gathering Credentials node and select specific credentials.
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Right-click and select Create Task.
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Enter a task name that is unique and reflects the purpose of the task.
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Select a gathering task template.
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Complete the pages of the Create Task Wizard as required.

Selecting the Task Template

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Creating Gathering Tasks > About the Create Task Wizard > Selecting the Task Template

Selecting the Task Template

Use the Select Task Template page to select a gathering task template and to name the task. Ensure that the name is unique but reflects the purpose of the task.

 

Table 1. Options for the Select Task Template page.

Option

Definition

Name

The name that you enter appears in the task list of the Tasks Summary View. To change the task name, right-click the name from the Tasks Summary node, select Properties, and edit the name.

Template

The Template box lists templates for all gathering tasks. The gathering task description is displayed under the Template box.

The following templates are available for the Exchange Online reports:

Exchange Online

Exchange Online Users

Exchange Online Contacts

Exchange Online Groups

Exchange Online Mailboxes

Exchange Online Mailbox Statistics

Exchange Online Mailbox Security

Exchange Online Activity

For information about task dependencies, see Exchange Online Gathering Tasks.

Specifying Activity Date Range (for Exchange Online Activity)

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Creating Gathering Tasks > About the Create Task Wizard > Specifying Activity Date Range (for Exchange Online Activity)

Specifying Activity Date Range (for Exchange Online Activity)

If you selected the Exchange Online Activity template, you can specify the date range for which you want to collect message activity. You can select one of the following options:

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Yesterday
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Last 3 days
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Last week
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Custom

If you select Custom, you specify the start and end dates for the date range.

Specifying the Task Execution Server

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Creating Gathering Tasks > About the Create Task Wizard > Specifying the Task Execution Server

Specifying the Task Execution Server

Use the Task Execution Server page to specify which task execution server you want to use to run the task. If you installed the MessageStats Report Pack for Exchange Online Server through a custom or distributed installation, you had the option of installing additional task processors on separate servers.

On Task Execution Server page, you can identify the Task Execution Server that houses the task processors. If you have only one Execution Server available, the Server box is read-only.

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