User Guide

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Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting Installation, Setup, and User Guide
Chapter 2 Reports
Data Formats
Step 3 Choose a report from the Other Dashboards menu. See General Reports, page 2-5 and Specific Reports,
page 2-5.
Step 4 Select a time range, data source and hosts, if applicable.
Tip Improve performance by specifying smaller time ranges and crafting searches to be as precise as possible.
Data Formats
In some cases, the presentation of data available through Advanced Web Security Reporting differs from
the presentation of data available through native reporting functionalities.
Time Ranges
Tip Select a smaller time range to return results more quickly.
Timing of Data Availability
Data Format Example
Large numbers (greater than seven digits)
2E11 represents 2 x 10
11
Time d+hh:mm:ss.ms indicates elapsed days, hours, minutes,
seconds, and milliseconds. For example,
1+03:22:36.00
represents one day, three hours, 22 minutes, 36 seconds,
and zero milliseconds.
Range Indexing Begins Data Appears in Reports
Hour Just past the hour 60-90 minutes after indexing begins
Day After midnight daily One day after indexing begins
Week After midnight Saturday
(early Sunday morning)
One week after indexing begins
90 Days After midnight of the 90th day. 90 days after indexing begins.
Custom: Less than hourly Just past the hour 60-90 minutes after indexing begins
Custom: Less than daily After midnight daily One day after indexing begins
Custom: Less than weekly After midnight Saturday
(early Sunday morning)
One week after indexing begins