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Create a Flow Forensics Report

Complete the following steps to create a Flow Forensics report.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Flow Forensics from the NFA console menu if the Flow Forensics page is not already open.
2. Click Create New Report.

   The Report Settings page opens and displays options for the default report type, Conversation Sessions.

3. (Optional) Change the report type:
   • Click [change] next to the Report Type label to select a different report type.

     

     The Report Types dialog opens.

   

   • Click the heading for the report group that interests you.

     The report list expands for the selected group.

   • Select the report type from the expanded list.

     You return to the Report Settings page, which shows a name and label for the new report type.

   Also See: Flow Forensics Report Types

4. (Optional) Identify the report and set the folder for saving it by entering values in the following fields:
   • Name: Report name that appears on
   • Description: Add a description for the report.
   • Folder: Select a parent folder for the report.
5. (Optional) Change the filters that are used in the report definition:
   • Remove Filters: Click the X next to the filter name in the Added Filters list to delete a filter from the report definition.
   • Add Filters: Use the Add Filters options to filter the displayed data.

   For example, to exclude the FTP protocol select RA: Protocol Filter, select NotEqual, and click Protocol Index to select the ftp protocol.

   The following list describes the available filters.

   Note: Certain filters may not be available for all reports.

   • RA: Protocol: Filters for the actual protocol, including Application mapping rules, as defined in CA Network Flow Analysis Administration (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • RA: Interface: Filters for the actual interface, excluding aggregate and custom virtual interfaces, as defined in CA Network Flow Analysis Administration (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • RA Type-of-service: Filters for the CA Network Flow Analysis type of service as defined in CA Network Flow Analysis Administration (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Destination Address: Filters for the IP address of one or multiple destination hosts (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Destination Autonomous System: Filters for the autonomous number for the destination network (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Destination MAC Address: Filters for the destination MAC address (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Destination Mask: Filters for the IP mask of a destination network (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Destination Port: Filters for the destination port number (0 through 65,535) (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Destination VLAN: Filters for the destination address of the VLAN (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Flow Count: Filters for the number of flows (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Flow Duration: Filters for the duration of the flows (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • ICMP: Filters for information about ICMP (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • MPLS Top Label: Filters for the top label of MPLS (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • MPLS Top Label IP Address: Filters for the IP address of the MPLS top label (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • MPLS Top Label Type: Filters for the type of MPLS top label type (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Next Hop: Filters for the IP address of next destination hop (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Percent of Total Traffic for Bytes In: Filters for the percentage of bytes in total traffic (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Percent of Total Traffic for Packets In: Filters for the percentage if packets in total traffic (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Protocol: Filters for the actual IP Protocol Number (6=tcp,17=udp) (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Protocol and Destination Port: Filters for the actual IP Protocol Number (6=tcp,17=udp) and the Destination port number (0 through 65,535) (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Protocol and Source or Destination Port: Filters for the actual IP Protocol Number (6=tcp,17=udp) and the Source or Destination port number (0 through 65,535) (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Protocol and Source Port: Filters for the actual IP Protocol Number (6=tcp,17=udp) and the IP address of a source host (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Router Address: Filters for the IP address of the router (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Router Address and Interface In: Filters for the router address and router interface (in) index number (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Router Address and Interface In or Out: Filters for the router address and router interface (in or out) index number (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Router Address and Interface Out: Filters for the router address and router interface (out) index number (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source Address: Filters for the IP address of one or multiple source hosts (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source Autonomous System: Filters for the autonomous number for the source network (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source MAC Address: Filters for the source MAC address (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source Mask: Filters for the IP mask of a source network (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source or Destination Address: Filters for the IP address of a source host or a destination host (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source or Destination MAC Address: Filters for the source or destination of the MAC address (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source or Destination Mask: Filters for the IP mask of a source network or a destination network (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source or Destination Port: Filters for the source port number or the destination port number (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source or Destination VLAN: Filters for the source or destination of the VLAN (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source Port: Filters for the source port number (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Source VLAN: Filters for the source VLAN (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • TCP Flags: Filters for the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) flags (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Type-of-service: Filters for the IP type of service number (0 through 255) (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Volume of Bytes In: Filters for the volume of bytes in (Flow Forensics report filter)
   • Volume of Packets In: Filters for the volume of packets in (Flow Forensics report filter)
6. (Optional) Change the timespan for collecting report data: Select Start Date and End Date values.

   

7. Run or save the report:
   • Save: Save the report so it is available for later use, but is not executed immediately.

     The report is saved and the Saved icon is added to the Report Settings page.

   • Run: Save, queue, and run the report.

     The Report Queued message appears. When the report finishes execution, the message closes and the report appears.

     Click Back to Folders to return to the Flow Forensic Reports folders before execution is complete.