External links as report shortcuts
Although external links are designed for obtaining information from other systems, some customers also use them as shortcuts to NetProfiler reports that they run frequently. You can use your NetProfiler address, instead of an external device address, and query the NetProfiler API for a particular report right from the right-click shortcut menu, without going to the reporting pages.
The query syntax is the same as would be used by an external device accessing the NetProfiler API, except that you must not include a user name. The report automatically uses the user name under which you are logged in. For example, the external link
https://my_machine.example.com/profiler/api/report.php?report_type=0&filter=10.0.0.44
will generate and display a NetProfiler traffic report for host 10.0.0.44.
Refer to the help topics on the NetProfiler reporting API for more information about the API query syntax.