Users Guide

Traffic Flow Analyzer - Example | Traffic Flow Analyzer
546 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
1 Create a new Report Template by right-clicking the Report Templates portlet, selecting New
> Table Template.
2 Name the report (here: Test Traffic Flow Applications Report).
3 Select a source in the Source tab. Here: Traffic Flow Analyzer > Traffic Flow Exporter.
4 Notice that the Select your inventory columns panel displays the attributes available based on
your traffic flow entity type selection.
5 Select Available columns and click the right arrow to move them to Selected. Follow these
guidelines:
• You should always select the entity name column (Exporter Name for the entity type
Traffic Flow Exporter, Application Name for the entity type Traffic Flow Application,
etc.) There are also certain entity type specific columns that provide context for the
entity that is being reported on. For example, Traffic Flow Autonomous System has an
available column for ASN and Traffic Flow Conversation has columns for A Endpoint
and Z Endpoint.
• Each template should be for either time-slice data (where the data values represent a
specific slice of time within the total time range of the report) or aggregate data (where
the data values represent sums or averages across the entire time range). Some
columns are appropriate for one of these but not the other.
• Templates for time-slice data should include the Time column and one or more time-
slice data columns, including Bytes, Packets, and Bits/Sec. For certain entity types the
available data columns might include the three of these aforementioned, with
directional orientation "In" and/or "Out" and perhaps also "Total", which is the "In" and
"Out" values added together.
• Templates for aggregate data should not include the time column because the time is
understood to be the total time range of the report. Also aggregate templates should
include one or more aggregate data column, which includes Bytes (sum), Packets
(sum), and Bits/Sec (avg). For certain entity types there might be directional ("In",
"Out", "Total") versions of these aggregate attributes.
• Note that time-slice templates should not include aggregate data columns, and
aggregate templates should not include time-slice data columns.
6 Arrange the columns and fonts as you like in the Layout tab.
7 Save the template.
8 Right-click, and select New in the Reports portlet.
9 Enter a Name and Title for the report.
10 Notice that since this is the first report created since you made the Test Traffic Flow
Applications Report template, that it is the Report Template already selected.
11 Select the desired filter conditions. Note that all traffic flow entity types have the same
available filter attributes. If a value is not selected for an attribute then a default value will be
used:
• Calculation Type defaults to Reported Sampled Values.
• Data Point Type defaults to Hourly.
• Report Limit defaults to 10. Note that only the Equals operator works for this filter
condition.
• Report Limit Type defaults to Top.
• Direction defaults to both Ingress and Egress.