Table Of Contents
Reporting
Information About Report Groups
Report Instance Properties
Information About Monitoring Reports
Granularity
Metrics
Information About Traffic Discovery Reports
Criteria
Order Property
Global Monitoring Group
User Monitoring Group
Traffic Discovery Group
Demographic Data and Class Popularity Reports Group
Web and Streaming Reports Group
Mail and News Reports Group
P2P Reports Group
VoIP Reports Group
Reporting Overview
Viewing Completed Reports and Reports in Progress
Deleting Reports in Progress
Viewing Report Results
Data Retrieval
Viewing Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Adding Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Activating Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Deactivating Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Deleting Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Retrieving Data from Archive
Managing Report Instances
Creating a Report Instance
Modifying an Existing Report Instance
Deleting a Report Instance
Reporting
This module explains the methods by which the operator of the Application Performance Assurance (APA) Device Console defines the data retrieval parameters, as well as the means of converting this data into usable reports from the Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance (NME-APA).
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Information About Report Groups
•Reporting Overview
•Data Retrieval
•Managing Report Instances
Information About Report Groups
The APA Device Console includes report groups that you use to generate report instances. The groups are organized according to common themes. Each report group allows you to create new report instances. Default filter values are assigned to the properties, some of which are common to all the instances in a given group. You can impose additional constraints by configuring the properties.
You generate a report instance by selecting a report group from the list of available groups in the Groups view.
There are two main categories of reports:
•Monitoring reports—Show how network resources are used for selected classes at various granularities (global, package, user)
•Traffic Discovery reports—Provide statistical information about network activity and help identify the characteristics of the traffic traversing the network
Report Instance Properties
The following table lists properties that appear in report groups that belong to more than one group group. (Properties of report instances that belong to only one group group are listed with the description of the group.)
Table 6-1 Common Properties of Report Instances
Property
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Field Type
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Default
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Comments
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Items to Focus on
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One of the following is included in most report groups:
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Classes to view
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Multiple Choice
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(not set)
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When not set, all classes are selected.
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Select classes to view
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Multiple Choice
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(not set)
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When not set, all classes are selected.
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Focus on the class
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Single Choice
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(not set)
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When not set, all classes are selected.
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One of the following is included in many report groups:
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Package
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Single Choice
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(not set)
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Mandatory property.
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Name of user to focus on
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Free Text
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(not set)
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Mandatory property for User group group report instances.
IP address (decimal format) or user name.
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Time Boundaries —See note following table.
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Starting after date
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Time/Date
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(not set)
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Ending before date
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Time/Date
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(not set)
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When not set, the report is bound to the current time.
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From the last number of hours
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Free Text
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24
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Table D-2 Ignored when the Starting After Date and Ending Before Date properties are both set.
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From the last number of Days
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Free Text
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7
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Specific Time
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Date/Time
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(not set)
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Mandatory property.
Appears in three report instance types instead of the other three time boundary properties.
The selected time is rounded to the nearest hour/day.
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Traffic Parameters
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Link to Focus
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Multiple Choice
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(not set)
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List of available links to focus.
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One of the following is included in many report groups:
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Traffic Direction
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Single Choice
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Depends on report group
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Depends on report group:
•Direction only
•Direction and metric
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Metric to order
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Single Choice
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Depends on report group
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Depends on report group and metric:
•Metric only
•Metric and direction
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Data Show
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Pick BW Over
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Single Choice
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1 Hour
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NME-APA IP to view
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Single Choice
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At installation: (not set)
Thereafter: most recent assigned value
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Mandatory property.
IP address of specific NME-APA device.
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Units of results
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Single Choice
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Depends on report group
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Limit number of results
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Free Text
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10
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Average Data by Hour
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Boolean
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TRUE
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If this option is selected, a single, average value is calculated for each hour of the report. This option is recommended when generating the report for 24 or more hours.
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Show other Consumption
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Boolean
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FALSE
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Aggregation Period
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Single Choice
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Hourly
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User Id
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Free Text
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(not set)
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Pattern that represent group of users.
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•All report instances include the NME-APA IP to view property, which enables filtering to a specific NME-APA platform. This property is mandatory and persistent . Persistent means that the current value is used for all subsequent reports until the value is changed.
•Time Boundaries properties occur in all report instances except for Top Users, Top Talkers, and Relative Consumption of Top Users. These properties are:
•Starting After Date
•Ending Before Date
•From the Last Number of Hours/Days
The property From the last number of hours/days is set to a default value in all report instances. When all three Time Boundaries properties are set, the From the last number of hours/days property is ignored. When the property Ending before date is not set, the report is bound to the current time.
Information About Monitoring Reports
Monitoring reports provide information about the distribution and consumption of network resources. This information helps you understand how the network is used at different granularities (such as for the entire link, for traffic generated by all users in a particular package usage counter, or for traffic generated by a particular user). These reports are critical for tuning the Class Control solution's configuration according to changing network patterns.
Monitoring reports are created from Link Usage, Package Usage, and Real-Time User Usage Raw Data Records (RDRs). These RDRs (that are generated by the NME-APA platform) provide periodic usage information (at the various granularities) that is processed according to the selected report group to provide the final report.
Monitoring reports typically show a specific metric for a set of class usage counters at a selected granularity , such as bandwidth for P2P and Browsing class usage counters at a link granularity, or volume for the Streaming class usage counter for users in the Gold package usage counter.
You select the class usage counters on which to report via the APA Device Console. The available class usage counters are those defined in the class configuration of the NME-APA platform from which the reports are generated.
•Granularity
•Metrics
Granularity
A report instance's granularity controls which traffic the generated report addresses. Three granularities are supported:
•Global—Provides visibility into all traffic processed by the NME-APA platforms being reported on. Use global granularity to view the global distribution of network resources (for example, total P2P bandwidth for the last 24 hours).
•User—Provides insight into the activity of a single user defined in the Class Control solution. Use user granularity to view how a particular user is using network resources (for example, the number of P2P sessions generated by a particular user for each hour during the last 12 hours). User reports are available for those users flagged for real-time reporting. (For a description of managing real-time user reporting, see the "Using the Class Configuration Editor: Traffic Accounting and Reporting" chapter of the Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband User Guide .)
Each report group generates reports in a specific granularity. Each type of report is accessible from the corresponding report group group:
•Global report groups are accessible from the Global Monitoring Group.
•User report groups are accessible from the User Monitoring Group.
Metrics
A metric is the statistic being reported on. The following metrics are available:
•Bandwidth—The total bandwidth consumed by the selected classes. By default, a bandwidth report is displayed as a stacked-area chart, where each area indicates the bandwidth used by a particular class.
When generating a bandwidth report, you can select the direction: upstream, downstream, or both.
You can also display an hourly average of bandwidth. This is recommended when you are generating a report for many hours. In this case a single data point per hour is usually sufficient: it reduces the quantity of data displayed, improving performance and the visualization of the data.
•Volume—The total volume (in kilobytes or megabytes) for a specific period of time, for the selected class usage counters. As opposed to the bandwidth metric, which provides normalized volume over time, volume reports give the total volume consumed, grouped by specific time durations. By default, a volume report is displayed as a stacked-bar chart, where each bar/series indicates the volume of a particular class usage counter.
Volume reports give the accumulated usage either for specific durations of time (hours or days), or for the entire duration of the report. For example: a Global Hourly Usage Volume report displays a bar that accounts for the total volume consumed by each class usage counter during each hour of the selected time frame, and a Global Aggregated Usage Volume per Class report accounts for all volume of each class usage counter for the entire time frame of the report.
•Sessions—The number of sessions. A session is a single network transaction (for example, RTSP stream or P2P file download). By default, a sessions report is displayed as a stacked-bar chart, where each bar/series indicates the total number of sessions of a particular class usage counter.
Like volume reports, sessions reports can be grouped into specific durations (hours or days), in order to account for the total number of sessions in a particular hour/day consumed by a particular class usage counter.
Information About Traffic Discovery Reports
Traffic discovery reports provide raw statistics for analyzing network activities. They are useful for obtaining information about the general activity in the IP network, and they are the key for defining the system's class configuration.
Traffic discovery reports are based on the information in Transaction RDRs.
Traffic discovery reports generate histograms and distribution charts that are grouped by a selected criterion and sorted by the selected order parameter . For example: a Top Protocols report is sorted by Total Volume, and a Top Web-hosts report is sorted by Hit-Count.
•Criteria
•Order Property
Criteria
Each report group focuses on a particular criterion based on Layers 3 to 7, such as:
•Top Servers IP addresses
•Top Server Port numbers
•Top HTTP web-hosts
•Top NNTP news-groups
Order Property
The Metric to order property indicates the value by which the report will be sorted. Possible values are:
•Upstream Volume
•Downstream Volume
•Both Directions Volume—Total upstream and downstream volume
•Hit-Count—Number of transactions
You can limit each report to a specific number of results, which allows you to focus on the top areas of activity (according to the selected value).
Global Monitoring Group
The Global Monitoring group of report groups allows you to view statistics about the traffic bandwidth or volume that was consumed. The bandwidth/volume consumption can be displayed per class for the entire link.
The Global Monitoring group includes the following report groups:
•Global Aggregated Usage Volume per Class—Shows the total volume of traffic (upstream and downstream) for each class usage counter (for all traffic, regardless of user or package)
•Global Bandwidth per Class—Shows the distribution of bandwidth among the different classes defined in the system for all traffic, regardless of user or package
•Global Concurrent Session per Class—Shows the distribution of concurrent sessions among the different class usage counters defined in the system
•Global Hourly Aggregated Minutes per Class—Shows the total number of minutes used for each class usage counter defined in the system, grouped by hour
•Global Hourly Usage Sessions per Class—Shows the distribution of sessions among the different class usage counters defined in the system, grouped by hour
•Global Hourly Usage Volume per Class—Shows the distribution of volume among the different class usage counters defined in the system, grouped by hour
User Monitoring Group
The User Monitoring group of report groups allows you to view statistics about the bandwidth or volume of traffic used by the user. The reports are provided per class usage counter for the total volume consumed by the user. A Top Users report identifies the users that consume the largest traffic volume. User bandwidth and volume reports can be generated for those users configured for real-time monitoring. See "Selecting Users for Real-Time Usage Monitoring" in the "Additional Management Tools and Interfaces" chapter of the Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband User Guide for a description of how to configure real-time users.
The User Monitoring group includes the following report groups:
•User Daily Usage Volume per Class—Shows the daily distribution of volume among the different class usage counters defined in the system for a particular user
•Daily Peak BW for Specific User
•User Daily Usage Sessions per Class—Shows the daily distribution of sessions among the different class usage counters defined in the system for a particular user
•Top Users—Shows a list of the top user volume consumption in a specific hour/day
•User Hourly Usage Sessions per Class—Shows the hourly distribution of sessions among the different class usage counters defined in the system for a particular user
•User Hourly Usage Volume per Class—Shows the hourly distribution of volume among the different class usage counters defined in the system for a particular user
•User Bandwidth per Class—Shows the distribution of bandwidth among the different class usage counters defined in the system for a particular user
•User Hourly Aggregated Minutes per Class—Shows the total number of minutes used for each class usage counter for a specific package usage counter defined in the system, grouped by hour
•User Aggregated Usage Volume per Class—Shows the most popular class usage counter for a particular user
Traffic Discovery Group
The Traffic Discovery group of report groups allows you to view statistics compiled from the source and destination IP addresses and ports of the system traffic.
These reports cannot be generated using data collected from an NME-APA platform running in asymmetric routing classification mode.
Note The reports in this group are not per user; they supply general port and IP address information.
Table 6-2 Property of Traffic Discovery - Statistics Group Groups only
Property
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Field Type
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Default
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Comments
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Traffic Parameters
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Transport Protocol
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Single choice
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TCP
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The Traffic Discovery - Statistics group includes the following report groups:
•Top IP Protocols—Shows the most popular IP protocol for certain classes
•Top Client IP to Server Port—Shows the most popular client IP to server port for certain classes
•Top Server IP to Server Port—Shows the most popular server IP to server port for certain classes
•Top Client IP to Server IP and Server Port—Shows the most popular server IP and server port for certain classes.
•Top Client—Shows the most popular client IP for certain classes
Note Client refers to the IP address of the flow initiator. It may be located on the User side or on the Network side.
•Top Servers—Shows the most popular servers for certain classes
Note Server refers to the IP address of the other side of the flow initiator. It may be located on the User side or on the Network side.
•Top Protocols—Shows the most popular protocol for certain classes
•Top Class Ports—Shows the most popular server ports of a certain class or classes
•Top Client IP to Server IP—Shows the most popular client IP to server IP for certain classes
•Top Server Ports—Shows the most popular server ports for certain classes
Demographic Data and Class Popularity Reports Group
The Demographic Data and Class Popularity group of report groups allows you to view statistics of the demographic data.
The Demographic Data and Class Popularity group includes the following report groups:
•Class Popularity among Users—Shows the percentage of users using a specific class defined in the system
•Relative Consumption of Top Users—Shows the relative consumption of a specific number of users compared to "other"
•Global Active User per Class—Shows the distribution of users among the different classes defined in the system for all traffic, regardless of user or package
•Class Popularity among Users (Average)—Shows the total number of users using a specific class compared to users using all other classes
•Package Active User per Class—Shows the distribution of bandwidth among the different classes defined in the system for specific user package
Web and Streaming Reports Group
The Web and Streaming group of report groups allows you to compile statistics presenting the most popular servers or hosts for the various predefined system classes (such as Browsing, Streaming, and Downloading) and for user-defined classes.
These reports cannot be generated using data collected from an NME-APA platform running in asymmetric routing classification mode.
Table 6-3 Property of Web and Streaming Group Groups only
Property
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Field Type
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Default
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Comments
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Items to Focus on
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Where host is contained
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Free Text
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(not set)
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Filter to hosts containing the given pattern.
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The Web and Streaming group includes the following report groups:
•Top FTP Servers—Shows the most popular FTP file hosts
•Top Class Servers—Shows the most popular servers of a certain class or classes
•Top Rtsp Hosts—Shows the most popular real-time streaming protocol (RTSP) servers
•Top Web Hosts—Shows the most popular web servers
•Top MMS Servers—Shows the most popular MMS hosts
Mail and News Reports Group
The Mail and News group of report groups allows you to view statistics of the mail and news traffic.
These reports cannot be generated using data collected from an NME-APA platform running in asymmetric routing classification mode.
The Mail and News group includes the following report groups:
•Top E-mail Account Owners—Shows the top e-mail account owners
•Top NNTP Consumers—Shows the top NNTP consumers
•Top Newsgroups—Shows the most popular newsgroups
•SMTP Server Distribution by User Packages—Shows the most popular SMTP servers, grouped by the package of the requesting user
•Top NNTP Servers—Shows the most popular NNTP hosts
•Top SMTP Servers—Shows the most popular SMTP hosts
•Top E-mail Recipients—Shows the top e-mail recipients
•NNTP Server Distribution by User Packages—Shows the most popular NNTP servers, grouped by the package of the requesting user
•POP3 Server Distribution by User Packages—Shows the most popular POP3 servers, grouped by the package of the requesting user
•Top POP3 Servers—Shows the most popular POP3 hosts
•Top User to Newsgroup—Shows the top user to newsgroup for certain classes
•Top E-mail Sender—Shows the top e-mail sender
P2P Reports Group
The P2P group of report groups allows you to view statistics of the P2P traffic.
These reports cannot be generated using data collected from an NME-APA platform running in asymmetric routing classification mode.
The P2P group includes the following report groups:
•Top P2P Uploaders—Shows the most popular P2P upload consumers
•Top P2P Consumers—Shows a list of the top P2P user volume consumption
•Top P2P Protocols—Shows the most popular P2P protocol for certain classes
•Top P2P Downloaders—Shows the top P2P download consumers
•Top P2P File Extensions—Shows the top file extensions transferred by P2P consumers
VoIP Reports Group
The VoIP group of report groups allows you to view statistics of the VoIP traffic.
These reports cannot be generated using data collected from an NME-APA platform running in asymmetric routing classification mode.
Table 6-4 Property of VoIP Group Groups only
Property
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Field Type
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Default
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Comments
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Data Show
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Codec to filter
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Multiple Choice
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(not set)
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The VoIP group includes the following report groups:
•Global Hourly Call Minutes per VoIP Class—Shows the distribution of call minutes among the different VoIP class usage counters defined in the system, grouped by day
•User Bandwidth per VoIP Class—Shows the distribution of bandwidth among the different VoIP classes defined in the system for the traffic of users in a specific package
•Global VoIP Codec Distribution
•Global VoIP Packets Loss
•Top SIP Domains—Shows the most popular SIP Domains
•Global VoIP MOS Distribution
•Package Hourly Call Minutes per VoIP Class—Shows the distribution of call minutes among the different VoIP class usage counters defined in the system, grouped by day
•Global Hourly Average VoIP MOS
•User Hourly Call Minutes per VoIP Class—Shows the distribution of call minutes among the different VoIP class usage counters defined in the system, grouped by day
•Global Hourly Average VoIP Packets Loss
•Global VoIP MOS
•Global VoIP Jitter
•Top Talkers—Shows a list of the top talker volume/session/minutes consumption in a specific hour/day for a specific/all VoIP classes
•Package Bandwidth per VoIP Class—Shows the distribution of bandwidth among the different VoIP classes defined in the system for the traffic of users in a specific package
•Packet Concurrent Calls per VoIP Class—Shows the distribution of concurrent sessions among the different VoIP class usage counters defined in the system, grouped by day
•Global Concurrent Calls per VoIP Class—Shows the distribution of concurrent sessions among the different VoIP class usage counters defined in the system, grouped by day
•Global Bandwidth per VoIP Class—Shows the distribution of bandwidth among the different VoIP classes defined in the system for all traffic, regardless of user or package
•Global Hourly Average VoIP Jitter
Reporting Overview
•Viewing Completed Reports and Reports in Progress
•Deleting Reports in Progress
•Viewing Report Results
Viewing Completed Reports and Reports in Progress
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Running Reports .
The Reports screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the list of all Reports.
Step 2 Select the Current Reports tab.
The Running Reports screen appears listing all reports that are running and those that have completed.
Figure 6-1
To set the frequency for refreshing the list of reports, select the desired frequency in the Auto-Refresh drop-down list.
Deleting Reports in Progress
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Running Reports .
The Reports screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the list of all Reports.
Step 2 Select the Current Reports tab.
The Running Reports screen appears listing all reports that are running.
Figure 6-2
Step 3 Select the checkboxes beside the Report or Reports that you want to delete.
Step 4 Click Delete .
The Report is removed from the list.
Viewing Report Results
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Running Reports .
The Reports screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the list of all Reports.
Step 2 Select the Current Reports tab.
The Running Reports screen appears listing all reports that are running.
Figure 6-3
Step 3 Click on the report that you want to view.
The Report Result window appears with the results of the report displayed.
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Data Retrieval
Data can be retrieved immediately by clicking on the Retrieve Data Now button in the Data Retrieval screen.
Note You must be connected to a device to retrieve data.
•Viewing Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
•Adding Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
•Activating Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
•Deactivating Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
•Deleting Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
•Retrieving Data from Archive
Viewing Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Data Retrieval .
The Data Retrieval screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the Data Retrieval Tasks box in the lower portion.
Figure 6-4
The Last Retrieval in the upper portion of the screen indicates when the last successful Data Retrieval occurred.
Adding Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Data Retrieval .
The Data Retrieval screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the Data Retrieval Tasks box in the lower portion.
Figure 6-5
The Last Retrieval in the upper portion of the screen indicates when the last successful Data Retrieval occurred.
Step 2 Click Add .
The Add RDR Task window appears.
Figure 6-6
Step 3 In the Task Name field, enter a meaningful name for the task.
Step 4 Click on the Calendar to select a date.
The Start Date &Time field is disabled, forcing the user to select the date with the Calender.
Step 5 In the Start Time fields, enter the hour and minute at which you want the task to begin.
Step 6 In the Repeat Every field, enter the interval between retrievals in hours and minutes.
Step 7 In the End After field, enter the number of times you want the retrieval task to occur.
Step 8 In the Device drop-down list, select the device from which you want to retrieve data.
Step 9 In the Device Level-15 Password field, enter the enable 15 password for the selected device.
Step 10 Click Submit .
The Data Retrieval screen reappears with the new Data Retrieval Task listed.
Figure 6-7
Activating Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Data Retrieval .
The Data Retrieval screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the Data Retrieval Tasks box in the lower portion.
Figure 6-8
Step 2 Select the radio button next to the Retrieval Task that you want to activate.
Active in a task's Status indicates that it will run according to its time parameters. Inactive in a task's Status indicates that it will not run until it is activated.
Step 3 Click Activate .
The Data Retrieval Task shows Active in its Status field and will run according to its time parameters.
Figure 6-9
Deactivating Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Data Retrieval .
The Data Retrieval screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the Data Retrieval Tasks box in the lower portion.
Figure 6-10
Step 2 Select the radio button next to the Retrieval Task that you want to deactivate.
Active in a task's Status indicates that it will run according to its time parameters. Inactive in a task's Status indicates that it will not run until it is activated.
Step 3 Click Deactivate .
The Data Retrieval Task shows Inactive in its Status field and will not run until it is activated.
Figure 6-11
Deleting Scheduled Data Retrieval Tasks
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Data Retrieval .
The Data Retrieval screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the Data Retrieval Tasks box in the lower portion.
Figure 6-12
Step 2 Select the radio button next to the Retrieval Task you want to delete.
Step 3 Click Delete .
The Retrieval Task is removed from the list.
Retrieving Data from Archive
Note This function is currently disabled but will be enabled in a future release.
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Data Retrieval >Retrieval from Archive .
The Retrieval from Archive screen appears in the Configuration pane
Managing Report Instances
•Creating a Report Instance
•Modifying an Existing Report Instance
•Deleting a Report Instance
Creating a Report Instance
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Running Reports .
The Reports screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the list of all Reports.
Figure 6-13
You can filter the Reports by selecting the desired alphabetical range from the Show All drop-down list.
Note You can also go directly to your desired group of reports by selecting one of the child nodes under Running Reports in the Navigation pane.
Step 2 Select from the list the type of report which you would like to use to create a report instance.
The list of associated report instances appears.
Figure 6-14
Step 3 Click Create Instance .
The Modify Report Instance screen appears in the Configuration pane.
Figure 6-15
Step 4 Modify the Report Instance parameters to produce the desired report.
Step 5 Click Save .
The Report Instance is saved and can be viewed on the Running Reports screen.
Modifying an Existing Report Instance
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Running Reports .
The Reports screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the list of all Reports.
Figure 6-16
You can filter the Reports by selecting the desired alphabetical range from the Show All drop-down list.
Note You can also go directly to your desired group of reports by selecting one of the child nodes under Running Reports in the Navigation pane.
Step 2 Select from the list the type of report which you would like to use to create a report instance.
The list of associated report instances appears.
Figure 6-17
Step 3 Click on the Report Instance you want to modify.
The Modify Report Instance screen appears in the Configuration pane.
Figure 6-18
Step 4 Modify the Report Instance parameters to produce the desired report.
Changing the name of the Report Instance will rename the Report Instance.
Step 5 Click Save .
The Report Instance is saved and can be viewed on the Running Reports screen.
Deleting a Report Instance
Step 1 In the Navigation pane, select Reporting >Running Reports .
The Reports screen appears in the Configuration pane, displaying the list of all Reports.
Figure 6-19
You can filter the Reports by selecting the desired alphabetical range from the Show All drop-down list.
Note You can also go directly to your desired group of reports by selecting one of the child nodes under Running Reports in the Navigation pane.
Step 2 Select from the list the type of report which you would like to use to create an report instance.
The list of associated report instances appears.
Figure 6-20
Step 3 Select the checkboxes next to the Report Instance or Instances that you want to delete.
Step 4 Click Delete Instance(s).
The Report Instance or Instances are deleted from the list.
