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Network Statistics

The Network Statistics page generates a report displaying the top consumers of TCP/IP-protocol-based network bandwidth on selected machines. Typically this report refers to bandwidth consumption caused by accessing both internal and external internet sites, but can include internal LAN traffic that also uses the TCP/IP protocol. There are two types of reports:

  • Applications - Displays a graph outlining each application and corresponding network bandwidth consumption over the time period entered in the Display <N> Days of Network Statistics setting. The number of applications displayed can set to a maximum of 20.
  • Machines - Displays a graph outlining the machines selected in the machine ID / group ID filter and corresponding network bandwidth consumption over the time period entered in the Display <N> Days of Network Statistics setting. The number of machines displayed can set to a maximum of 20.

Note: This report requires the Network Access driver be enabled. This driver inserts itself into the TCP/IP stack to measure TCP/IP-protocol-based network traffic by application. The driver is disabled by default.

Running the Report

  1. Select the data you want to display in the report.
  2. Enter the title of the report.
  3. Either run the report or export the report to HTML, Word or Excel output.

Share Report / Private Report

These two options only display for master administrators. Reports are always private for standard administrators. As a master administrator select Shared or Private to assign access to a report. By default, Private access is selected. Private reports can only be viewed and run by the administrator that created the report. Shared reports can be viewed and run by all administrators. Saved reports are identified as either private or shared in the left-hand navigation pane.

Save

Click Save to save the current settings.

Save As...

Click Save as... to save the current report under a new name.

Rename...

Click Rename... to rename the report.

Delete...

Click Delete... to delete the report.

Enter title displayed on report header

Enter the title that displays at the top of the report.

Update

Reports are saved with the Machine ID / Group ID filter settings that were current at the time the report was first saved or last updated. These saved or updated filter settings are used when a report is run, regardless of the current machine ID/group ID filter settings. Once a report has been saved, the Update button displays just below the field used to enter the title of the report. Click Update to apply the latest machine ID / group ID filter settings to a saved report. The machine ID / group ID filter settings of a saved report can be overridden using Schedule Reports.

Run...

Click Run... to run the report using the report options previously selected.

Save the report as HTML, Word or Excel

Click Export... to display the report as HTML, Word or Excel output. If you do not have Excel or Word loaded on your local machine, the page displays as plain HTML.

Remove header from the exported report

If checked, the title, report date and machine filter information do not display at the top of the exported output.