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About Collected Data and Reports

CA Network Flow Analysis uses collected data to generate statistics that are formatted and displayed in reports. Reports can be customized to suit your enterprise and your reporting requirements. This section provides information about the collected data and the types of CA Network Flow Analysis reports that are available. To learn how to access or create the available reports, see the topics that follow.

CA Network Flow Analysis collects, displays, and stores flow data. For detailed information about the data that the product collects, see the CA Network Flow Analysis Administrator Guide.

Note: CA Network Flow Analysis calculates a kilobyte as 1000 bytes, not 1024 bytes, in compliance with the International Systems of Units.

CA Network Flow Analysis analyzes, formats, and displays collected data in the following page views:

Enterprise Overview Page

Summarizes information about the interfaces that exceed or are close to exceeding a utilization threshold that product administrators can establish. The Enterprise Overview page also shows the top interfaces, protocols, and hosts for your enterprise. The timeframe for this report is the most recent 24 hours available to the NFA console.

Interfaces Page

Lists available routers and their component interfaces. Click an interface to drill down to more detailed information about the interface. You can choose a timeframe and can choose a report type.

Custom Reporting Page

Displays the current list of defined Custom Reports and provides options for running, creating, editing, and managing the reports. You can use a wizard to create Custom Reports. Several report types are available, including interface, protocol, ToS, host, and conversation. You can combine the types to produce the results you want. You can save and run these reports on demand or on a schedule.

Flow Forensics Page

Displays the current list of defined Flow Forensics reports and provides options for running, creating, editing, and managing the reports. You can open the Report Settings dialog to create a Flow Forensics report. You can add filters and can specify the data collection time span. For example, you can analyze protocols, hosts, or conversations on your network. You can export the data on the screen to a file in comma-separated value (CSV) format. You can save and run these reports on demand or on a schedule.

Analysis Page

Displays the current list of defined Analysis reports and provides options for running, creating, editing, and managing the reports. You can use a wizard to create an Analysis report. An Analysis report lets you establish a threshold for comparing collected data. For example, you could use an Analysis report to see which interfaces exceeded 70 percent utilization over a certain timeframe. You can save and run these reports on demand or on a schedule.

Administration Page

Provides access to administrative tasks for Administrators of CA Network Flow Analysis, as described in the CA Network Flow Analysis Administrator Guide.