The Top Receiver Cities report reveals the top cities receiving traffic for the selected interval.

Geographic information is useful for understanding traffic patterns and resource utilization and troubleshooting WAN and backbone carrier or DNS record distribution issues. Geographic information can be useful when tracking the origins of network traffic. For example, if your company has a website, you can detect the locations of the persons and businesses that are visiting your website by viewing the report.

Understand column data

The default view of each report contains a grid with the following columns:

  • City. Top receiver city.
  • Subdivision. Top state or province.
  • Country. Top receiver country.
  • Bytes. Number of bytes received.
  • Bit Rate. Average bit rate, in bits per second (bps).
  • Percentage. Percentage of the total traffic.

To display Flow and Packet measurements, click a column heading ( ) for column selection list ( ). You can also include:

  • Latitude. Degrees latitude of the sender city.
  • Longitude. Degrees longitude of the sender city.
  • Flows. Flows received from the Flow Sources (switch or router NetFlow observation points).
  • More...

Export report data

Report data can be exported from WhatsUp Gold, reused, and distributed in multiple formats. Select Expand () from the Dashboard Options () menu. After the report has been expanded, select the Export Data icon to access the following options:

  • HTML. Generate and download a .htm file presenting your report data as it appears in the WhatsUp Gold user interface.
  • Excel. Generate and download a .xml spreadsheet containing your report data.
  • CSV. Generate and download a .csv file containing your report data.
  • Text. Generate and download a .txt file containing your report data.
  • Schedule Export. Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.