Security Reporter needs filter IP in Device Registry for group importation to work

This article applies to:

• WF 3.x, 4.x 
• SR 2.x, 3.x

Question:

• On a standalone Security reporter and standalone Web Filter; is it mandatory to have the filter IP in the Device registry of the SR in other for group importation to successfully work?

Information:

Yes, it mandatory. You need to have the IP of the filter listed in the Device Registry of the SR. The reason is that the SR looks-up the IP of the filter and connects to that IP to get the XML file created for the group import feature.