README.md

Repautomator

Repautomator generates beautiful reports, in Word format, from source data that lives in Splunk.

Setup

1. Compile and publish the app for your target environment
   • dotnet publish -c release -r win10-x64
   • dotnet publish -c release -r centos-x64
   • See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/rid-catalog
2. Update the Splunk API credentials in the DataSources/splunk.json configuration file
3. Make sure your output directory exists before running Repautomator as it will not automatically try to create a directory that does not exist.

Usage

Repautomator supports relative file paths in configuration files. If using relative paths, make sure you run Repautomator.exe from the correct directory.

Usage: Repautomator.exe -ReportConfigurationFile "ReportConfigs\example.json" -EarliestTime "today-7d" -LatestTime "today" This example will generate a sample report and should work with any Splunk setup.

Repautomator time format

Repautomator uses relative times for running reports, using the following custom format:

RelativeTimeReference[+/-IntegerModifier]

Relative Time References

• thismonth:
  • 00:00 on the first of the current month
• lastmonth:
  • 00:00 on the first of the previous month
• nextmonth:
  • 00:00 on the first of the next month
• today:
  • 00:00 today
• yesterday:
  • 00:00 yesterday
• tomorrow:
  • 00:00 tomorrow

Time Modifiers

• d: Days
• h: Hours
• m: Minutes
• M: Months
• y: Years

Examples

• thismonth-1Y
  • 00:00 on the first day of the current month one year ago
• today+9h
  • 09:00 today
• yesterday+9h
  • 09:00 yesterday