Monitoring Application Statistics (Application Tracking)
Purpose
Use the Application Tracking functions to monitor sessions and bytes of a particular application or application group.
Action
To monitor and track applications, select Monitor>Security>Application Tracking in the J-Web user interface.
 | If application tracking is disabled, the Application Tracking page is also disabled. To enable application tracking, select Configure>Security>Logging in the J-Web user interface. |
Meaning
Table 63 summarizes key output fields in the Application Tracking page.
Table 63: Application Tracking Monitoring Page
Field | Value | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|
Risk | Displays the risk as critical, moderate, low, or unsafe. The risk factor is based on the predefined security standard. Note: Risk is displayed only for applications. | – |
Name | Displays the name of the application or application group. | – |
# Sessions | Displays the number of active sessions. | – |
Traffic | Displays the application or application group traffic in kilobytes. | – |
Session % | Displays the session percentage of the current application or application groups. | – |
Traffic % | Displays the traffic percentage of the application or application groups. | – |
| Selected Statistics | ||
Cumulative | Refers to the statistics that are collected from the last clearing time specified to the current time. | – |
Time Interval | Enables you to set an interval of time during which statistics are collected. You can specify the time interval in minutes, hours, or days. The default is 1 minute. | For example, if you set 5 minutes as the time interval at 13:00 hours, then statistics are collected from 13:00 to 13:05. |
| Details | ||
Time Interval Began | If Cumulative is selected, this field displays the last reset time that was set. If Time Interval is selected, this field displays the last interval that was set. | – |
Elapsed Time | Displays the time elapsed since the last time interval began. | – |
Clear | If Cumulative is selected, the cumulative statistics are cleared. If Time Interval is selected, the statistics collected during the last specified interval are cleared. | You are prompted to confirm that you want to clear the statistics. |
| View | ||
Switch to Grid | In the grid view, data is displayed in a table. | By default, application tracking statistics are displayed in the grid view. |
Switch to Graphical | In the graphical view, data is displayed in a chart. The two types of charts supported are:
# Displayed – Enables you to set the number of applications or application groups to be displayed in the chart. The maximum number allowed is 10, and the default is 3. Display order – Enables you to sort the application and application groups in ascending or descending order. By default, applications are displayed in descending order. Display by – Enables you to filter the display of applications and application groups by the following:
| Bar chart is the default. |
Refresh Display | Click Refresh Display to retrieve the most current data. | – |
Settings | Enables you to set some additional options. You can set the following:
| – |
| Filter By | ||
Application | Enables you to collect application level statistics. | You can filter application or application group statistics by the following:
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Application Group | Enables you to collect application group statistics. | |
Add to Results | Adds the filtered results to the output. | – |