Customizing CA Network Flow Analysis › Create Reporting Periods

Create Reporting Periods

Create reporting periods to get the best results from reports. For example, suppose that your users typically analyze network traffic that occurs over two weeks. To make it easier to display interface data over this timespan, you create a two-week reporting period.

Custom reporting periods are available as Time Period options when a user clicks the time period setting in a drilldown interface report of any of the following types: Overview, Protocols, ToS, Hosts, Conversations, Flows, Utilization, and AS Numbers. For more information about these report types, see the CA Network Flow Analysis User Guide.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Administration from the NFA console menu.

   The Administration page opens.

2. Select Reporting Periods under the Administration: Reporting label in the Administration menu.

   The Reporting Periods Configuration page opens and displays a list of the current reporting periods, including the built-in and customized reporting periods.

3. Click Add.

   Fields and options for adding a reporting period are displayed.

4. Specify the following values:
   • Reporting Period: Identifier for the reporting period, which appears in the following lists of available reporting periods:
     • Reporting Periods Configuration page list (visible to administrators)
     • Time Period options available when a user or Administrator clicks the time period setting in a drilldown interface report of any of the following types: Overview, Protocols, ToS, Hosts, Conversations, Flows, Utilization, and AS Numbers.
   • Duration: Number of time units and type of time units--years, months, weeks, days, or hours.
   • Description: (Optional) Additional notes to help identify the reporting period. The description appears in the Reporting Periods Configuration page list and is visible only to administrators.
5. Save the reporting period by clicking one of the following buttons:
   • Submit, finished: Save the current reporting period and return to the list of available reporting periods.
   • Submit, add another: Save the current reporting period and keep the Add options open so you can continue to configure additional reporting periods.

Note: To delete a reporting period, select it from the list, click Delete, then confirm the deletion when prompted. To edit a reporting period, select it from the list, change any of the options that are displayed, then click Submit.