Traffic Reports
The Reports > Traffic page has four tabs for specifying reports:
Hosts – Reports run from the Hosts tab provide data relative to hosts, subnets, and host groups. They report what is being served or consumed, or what is being transmitted or received.
Interfaces – Reports run from the Interfaces tab provide data relative to devices (switches or routers), interfaces, or interface groups. They report traffic volumes or rates coming into or going out of a particular interface.
Applications – Reports application traffic on networks monitored by one or more Sensors.
Advanced – Reports traffic for any combination of hosts, interfaces, applications, ports, protocols or DSCP markings.
The following controls are common to the Report Criteria section of all tabs:
Templates – A menu of options for using the current Report Criteria settings. more
Report by – Specifies the category of data by which traffic is reported (hosts, interfaces, applications, ports, etc.). more
Report Format – Specifies the graphical presentation to be used for reporting traffic information. Individual displays of the completed report can be modified. Options vary slightly from tab to tab where non-applicable items are omitted. Also, some format options are available with only certain Report by selections. more
Time frame – The length of time (ending now) or the interval of time (from x to y) that the report is to cover; more
Data resolution – The period of time represented by each data point on the report; more
Run now – Runs the report and displays the results as soon as they are available.
Run in background – Opens a window for you to specify the title of the report and select options for saving and emailing the report. It then runs the report in the background. When the report is ready, it is saved and listed on the Reports > Saved Reports page.
Additional criteria are specific to the individual tabs.
When you run the report using the Run now control, the Report Criteria section is collapsed to present a better display of the report. You can re-open the Report Criteria section, change the settings and run a new report.
Also, reports can be modified at the:
Report-level – saving, scheduling, printing, exporting more
Section-level – add or remove table columns, filter or export content, edit display settings more
Time-based graphs can be zoomed. When the mouse cursor is not on a graphed attribute, you can left-click and drag to select an area of the graph to zoom in on. You can right-click an attribute within the zoomed area for additional information. Left-click outside the zoomed area to cancel the zoom.
Connection graphs can be zoomed and rearranged for best viewing. more
The Overall Traffic graph also has a zoom-out feature. more