Report Chapters

Report Chapters allow you to manage chapters to include in reports. The calculation of data for particular chapters is a computationally demanding task. Therefore, chapters can be managed only by users with full access to the FMC. Other users may only choose from the prearranged chapters.

The table shows all the chapters defined in the system. The Status column indicates if the user selected in the drop-down menu above the table has permission to use the chapter. Permission depends on whether the user has access to the profile on which the chapter is defined. To edit chapters, you can use the options in the Tools column. Click New chapter to add a new chapter.

Enter the name and detailed description for the new chapter. If you are going to generate reports in various languages, do not forget to fill in the information for all languages you want to use. You can switch between them using the buttons in the top-right corner next to the close button.

Choose input data for the chapter in the Profile drop-down list. If you are creating a traffic chapter, you can also use shadow profiles.

Common Options

• Name - the name of the chapter.

• Description - an additional description of the chapter.

• Profile - the profile used as a source of data for the chapter.

• Channels - the channels used as a source of data for the chapter.

  • Select All for all channels including those added in the future.

  • Select Only the selected to select specific channels only.

• Type - the type of the chapter.

  • Select Top chapter for the top items (hosts, ports, and so on) in the network traffic according to the specified criterion (for example, number of transmitted bytes, packets, and so on).

  • Select Traffic chapter for displaying the history of network traffic during the selected time interval.

Top Chapter Options

• Top - the number of rows of statistics.

• Base the statistics on the parameter - select the key for the statistics.

• Sort by - column to sort the statistics by.

• Chapter columns - columns to be displayed in the table. The value in the last column always corresponds to the value selected in the Sort by drop-down list.

• Filter - allows you to enter a filter for the processed traffic.

Traffic Chapter Options

• Column title - the description of the first table column.

• Sort by - the column to sort the table by.

• Volumetric - select the list of volumetric data to display in the chart.

• Performance - select the list of performance data to display in the chart.

• Show 95th percentile - 95% percentile is shown in the tables (for both transfer rate and transferred data).