SonicOS 7.1 Monitor Appflow

AppFlow Report
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AppFlow Report

The MONITOR | AppFlow > AppFlow Reports page displays the following reports:

The MONITOR | AppFlow > AppFlow Report page enables you to view top-level aggregate reports of what is going on in your network and, at a quick glance, answer such questions as the following:

  • What are the top-most used applications running in my network?
  • Which applications in terms of total number of sessions and bytes consume my network bandwidth?
  • Which applications have viruses, intrusions, and spyware?
  • What website categories are my users visiting?

The report data can be viewed from the point of the last system restart or since the data was last reset.

To enable and configure the reports, follow the procedures described in Managing Flow Reporting Statistics in the SonicOS Logs documentation. The green check mark icon at the top of the MONITOR | AppFlow > AppFlow Report page displays a link to the DEVICE | AppFlow Settings > Flow Reporting page, where you can configure the reports.

The top of the page displays the following settings and information:

  • IP Version – Select IPv4, IPv6, or IPv4 and IPv6 to view the reports for that traffic.

  • View – Choose View type to display reports based on the total activity Since Restart of firewall, activity Since Last Restart by user of activity based on the configured schedule. If On Schedule then you can configure to export report either by way of FTP/e-mail.

    Choose one:

    • Since Restart – Shows the aggregate statistics since the last appliance restart.
    • Since Last Reset – Shows the aggregate statistics since the last time you cleared the statistics.
    • On Schedule – You can configure to export your report either by FTP or e-mail.
  • Limit – Limits the number of resulting entries.

  • Check mark – Click or mouse over to expose a popup showing the Appflow Report Status. Links are provided to connect you to additional data.

  • Refresh – Click to refresh the report data.