Applies To:
GroupID 9 and 10 - Reports
Business Scenario:
You need a report to view a list of all global groups that are present in your domain.
More Information:
The GroupID Reports module is a free reporting tool designed to run reports on Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange and Office 365.
A Global Group can contain users, computers and groups from the same domain but NOT universal groups. A global group can be a member of global groups of the same domain, and domain local groups or universal groups of any domain in the forest or trusted domains.
Steps to create the report:
- In GroupID Management Console, select Reports > By Category > Groups > All Global Groups In Domain.
- In the Actions pane, click Create Report. This launches the Create Report wizard.
- On the Introduction page, read the welcome message and click Next.
- On the Select View page, select a format for the report and click Next.
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By default, the wizard searches the Global Catalog for generating the report. On the Define Scope page, you can limit this scope to a particular container. To do this:
- Click Browse to launch the Select Container dialog box and select the required source container.
- Select the Include sub containers check box if you want to include its sub-containers when reporting.
- In the Edit criteria box, modify the default LDAP filter as required. This filter is used for selecting items from the selected container.
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Click Next to Edit Reports Field page. The Edit Report Fields page shows the list of default fields that will be included in the report.
- To add more fields in the report, click Add. This displays the Add a Field to the Report dialog box where you can select a source field and specify a display name for it.
- You can also remove a field from the report by selecting it and clicking Remove.
- You can change the order of these fields by using the Move Up and Move Down buttons.
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Click Next.
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On the Select Sort Field page, select the field by which you want to sort the data in the report and click Next.
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On the Customize Report page, specify a custom title and a location where you want to save the report. If required, change the default settings.
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Click Next.
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The Review Selections page shows a summary of the selections made in the previous steps.
- Click Next to generate the report with the existing settings.
- Click Back to go to a previous page and make changes.
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Once the wizard completes, click Finish. This will open your generated report in the selected output format.