Create Top Talkers Report Definitions
The Top Talkers report contains information about the top 10 source IP addresses and top 10 destination IP addresses visited by users. The information about these top 10 IP addresses is categorized based on the bandwidth the sessions consumed and number of sessions. The report also contains information about the top 10 users who consumed the most bandwidth and initiated the most web sessions.
Before You Begin
Read the Reports Overview topic.
Review the Reports main page to understand your current data set. See Report Definitions Main Page Fields for field descriptions.
- Select Monitor > Reports > Report Definitions.
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Click Create, and select Top Talkers
Report.
The Create Top Talkers Report Definition page opens.
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Complete the configuration according to the guidelines provided in Table 1.
Table 1: Top Talkers Report Definition Settings Settings
Guidelines
General
Report Name
Enter a unique string for the report name containing maximum 64 alphanumeric characters.
The name can contain dashes.
Description
Enter a description containing maximum 900 characters for the report.
Content
Time Span
Specify the duration for which the report is generated.
You can select a time span of the last 3 to 24 hours or a custom time span. When you select the Custom option, you must specify the From and To date in the MM/DD/YYYY and HH:MM:SS format.
Number of Top Logs
Enter the number of top events to be displayed.
The valid range is 1 to 10, and the default value is 5.
Schedule
Report Schedule
Click Add Schedule.
Select the type of report schedule to use:
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Run now—Select this option to schedule and to publish the configuration at the current time.
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Schedule at a later time–Select this option to schedule and to publish the configuration at a later time.
Email Section
Email Recipients
Enable this option to send the report to specific recipients in an email.
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Recipients—Enter or select the e‐mail addresses of the recipients. You can search e-mail addresses of users by their first name. You can also enter external email addresses.
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Subject—Enter the subject for the e‐mail notification.
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Comments—Enter the comments for the e‐mail notification.
Note:The report is not sent to recipients who do not have permissions to access a device or domain included in the report configuration.
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- Click OK to save the report definition.
A new Top Talkers report definition is created and displayed on the Reports Definitions page.