Creating Bandwidth Report Definitions

Use the Reports page to create bandwidth analysis report definitions. Bandwidth reports helps in analyzing the bandwidth usage of an application or an user. It gives you important information on bandwidth usage and helps you in identifying top applications and top users consuming more bandwidth.

Before You Begin

Read theReports Overview topic.
Review the Reports main page for an understanding of your current data set. See Report Definition Main Page Fields for field descriptions.

Configuring Bandwidth Report Definitions

Procedure

To configure a bandwidth analysis report definition:

Select Reports> Report Definitions.
Click Create and then select Bandwidth Report Definition.
Complete the configuration according to the guidelines provided in the Table 317.
Click Preview as PDF to review the configuration.
Click OK to save the report definition.
Click Send Report Now to send the report through e‐mail to the recipient immediately.

A new bandwidth analysis report definition with the defined configurations is created. You can use the created policy definition to identify the issues with the bandwidth usage.

Table 317: Bandwidth Report Definition Settings

Settings	Guidelines
General Information
Report Name	Enter a unique name for the report definition that is a string of alphanumeric characters, colons, periods, dashes, and underscores. No spaces are allowed and the maximum length is 29 characters.
Description	Enter a description for the report definition; maximum length is 1024 characters.
Content
Show Top	Select the number of top records to be displayed in the generated report. Valid range is 1 to 1000.
Last	Select a period in Minutes/Hours/Days/Weeks/Months or select a time range to generate reports.
Type of Bandwidth	Choose the type of bandwidth report that you want to generate: Application and User Usage—Select this option to generate a report on the bandwidth usage statistics by application and user. Top Talkers—Select this option to generate a report on the source IPs, with the highest bandwidth usage or maximum sessions, over a specified period.
Schedule
Add Schedule	Click Add Schedule. Select the type of report schedule that you want to use: Run now—Select this option to schedule and publish the configuration at the current time. Schedule at a later time—Select this option if you want to schedule and publish the configuration at a later time. Select the recurring schedule for report generation. The available options are: Repeat—Select this option to generate the report on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. Every—Select the number of days, weeks, or months for which the recurring report will be generated. Ends—Select the end date and end time for the report.
Email
Email Recipients	Click Add Email Recipients Recipients‐ Enter or select the e‐mail addresses of the recipients. By default, you can search by first name and select registered users. You can also type in external email addresses. Subject‐ Enter the subject for the e‐mail notification. Comment‐ Enter the comments for the e‐mail notification. Note: The reports are not sent if a specified recipient does not have permission for a device or domain included in the report configuration when the report is generated.

Creating Bandwidth Report Definitions

Before You Begin

Configuring Bandwidth Report Definitions

Procedure

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