This help contains the following topics:

·     Introduction

¡     User traffic trend

¡     Application category traffic trend

¡     Source IP address trend

¡     Destination IP address trend

¡     Application traffic trend

¡     Context traffic trend

¡     Traffic policy traffic trend

¡     Device traffic distribution by volume or rate

¡     Device traffic distribution over time

Introduction

The device analyzes traffic statistics and generates the following types of traffic trend reports in line chart:

·     User Traffic Trend.

·     Application Category Traffic Trend.

·     Source IP Address Trend.

·     Destination IP Address Trend.

·     Application Traffic Trend.

·     Context Traffic Trend.

·     Traffic Policy Traffic Trend.

·     Device Traffic Distribution by Volume Or Rate.

·     Device Traffic Distribution Over Time.

These reports help you understand the traffic trends, the peak traffic periods, and the off-peak traffic periods.

On each of the preceding report configuration page, you can customize conditions such as the time range and data range for statistics collection. Then, you can generate the report and export the report as needed.

User traffic trend

Perform this task to generate the user-based traffic trend report and export the report.

Procedure

1.     Click Stats conditions in the top left corner of the page.

2.     Configure the statistics collection conditions.

Table 1 Statistics collection condition configuration items for the user-based traffic trend report

Item	Description
User	Select Top 5 users to collect statistics only for the top 5 users. Select Specify users and specify the users for statistics collection.
Traffic direction	Select a traffic direction. Options are: ·     Upstream. ·     Downstream. ·     Bidirectional.
Time range	Select a time range from the list. Options are: ·     Today. ·     Past week. ·     Past month. ·     Custom.
Application category	Select an application category from the list.
Application	Select an application for statistics collection.

 

3.     Click Start.

4.     To export the user-based traffic trend report, click Export report.

Application category traffic trend

Perform this task to generate the application category-based traffic trend report and export the report.

Procedure

1.     Click Stats conditions in the top left corner of the page.

2.     Configure the statistics collection conditions.

Table 2 Statistics collection condition configuration items for the application category-based traffic trend report

Item	Description
Application category	Select Top 5 application categories to collect statistics only for the top 5 application categories. Select Specify application categories and specify the application categories for statistics collection.
Traffic direction	Select a traffic direction. Options are: ·     Upstream. ·     Downstream. ·     Bidirectional.
Time range	Select a time range from the list. Options are: ·     Today. ·     Past week. ·     Past month. ·     Custom.
Query object	Enter the host IP address for statistics collection in the Host IP address field.

 

3.     Click Start.

4.     To export the application category-based traffic trend report, click Export report.

Source IP address trend

Perform this task to generate the source IP address-based traffic trend report and export the report.

Procedure

1.     Click Stats conditions in the top left corner of the page.

2.     Configure the statistics collection conditions.

Table 3 Statistics collection condition configuration items for the source IP address-based traffic trend report

Item	Description
Source IP address	Select Top 5 source IPs to collect statistics only for the top 5 source IP addresses. Select Specify source IPs and specify the source IP addresses for statistics collection.
Traffic direction	Select a traffic direction. Options are: ·     Upstream. ·     Downstream. ·     Bidirectional.
Time range	Select a time range from the list. Options are: ·     Today. ·     Past week. ·     Past month. ·     Custom.
Application category	Select an application category from the list.
Application	Select an application for statistics collection.

 

3.     Click Start.

4.     To export the source IP address trend report, click Export report.

Destination IP address trend

Perform this task to generate the destination IP address-based traffic trend report and export the report.

Support for this function depends on device model.

Procedure

1.     Click Stats conditions in the top left corner of the page.

2.     Configure the statistics collection conditions.

Table 4 Statistics collection condition configuration items for the destination IP address-based traffic trend report

Item	Description
Source IP address	Select Top 5 destination IPs to collect statistics only for the top 5 destination IP addresses. Select Specify destination IPs and specify the destination IP addresses for statistics collection.
Traffic direction	Select a traffic direction. Options are: ·     Upstream. ·     Downstream. ·     Bidirectional.
Time range	Select a time range from the list. Options are: ·     Today. ·     Past week. ·     Past month. ·     Custom.
Application category	Select an application category from the list.
Application	Select an application for statistics collection.

 

3.     Click Start.

4.     To export the destination IP address trend report, click Export report.

Application traffic trend

Perform this task to generate the application-based traffic trend report and export the report.

Procedure

1.     Click Stats conditions in the top left corner of the page.

2.     Configure the statistics collection conditions.

Table 5 Statistics collection condition configuration items for the application-based traffic trend report

Item	Description
Application	Select Top 5 applications to collect statistics only for the top 5 applications. ·     Select Specify applications and specify the applications for statistics collection.
Traffic direction	Select a traffic direction. Options are: ·     Upstream. ·     Downstream. ·     Bidirectional.
Time range	Select a time range from the list. Options are: ·     Today. ·     Past week. ·     Past month. ·     Custom.
Query object	Enter the host IP address for statistics collection in the Host IP address field.

 

3.     Click Start.

4.     To export the application-based traffic trend report, click Export report.

Context traffic trend

Perform this task to generate the context-based traffic trend report and export the report.

Support for this function depends on device model.

Procedure

1.     Click Stats conditions in the top left corner of the page.

2.     Configure the statistics collection conditions.

Table 6 Statistics collection condition configuration items for the context-based traffic trend report

Item	Description
Context	Select Top 5 contexts to collect statistics only for the top 5 contexts. ·     Select Specify contexts and specify the contexts for statistics collection.
Traffic	Select a traffic direction. Options are: ·     Upstream. ·     Downstream. ·     Bidirectional.
Time range	Select a time range from the list. Options are: ·     Today. ·     Past week. ·     Past month. ·     Custom.

 

3.     Click Start.

4.     To export the context-based traffic trend report, click Export report.

Traffic policy traffic trend

Perform this task to generate the traffic policy-based traffic trend report and export the report. The report displays the policy hit traffic trend of traffic policies so you can optimize the traffic policies as needed.

Procedure

1.     Click Stats conditions in the top left corner of the page.

2.     Configure the statistics collection conditions.

Table 7 Statistics collection condition configuration items for the traffic policy-based traffic trend report

Item	Description
Traffic policy	Select Top 5 traffic policies to collect statistics only for the top 5 traffic policies with the largest policy hit traffic volumes. ·     Select Specify traffic policies and specify the traffic policies for statistics collection.
Traffic type	Select a traffic direction. Options are: ·     Upstream. ·     Downstream. ·     Bidirectional.
Time range	Select a time range from the list. Options are: ·     Today. ·     Past week. ·     Past month. ·     Custom.

 

3.     Click Start.

4.     To export the traffic policy-based traffic trend report, click Export report.

Device traffic distribution by volume or rate

Perform this task to generate the device traffic distribution by volume or rate report and export the report. The report displays the device traffic volume or traffic rate trend, which helps you customize traffic management policies.

Procedure

1.     Click Stats conditions in the top left corner of the page.

2.     Configure the statistics collection conditions.

Table 8 Statistics collection condition configuration items for the device traffic distribution by volume or rate report

Item	Description
Analyzed object	Select an analyzed object. Options are: ·     Traffic volume. ·     Traffic rate.
Traffic direction	Select a traffic direction. Options are: ·     Upstream. ·     Downstream. ·     Bidirectional.
Time range	Select a time range from the list. Options are: ·     Today. ·     Past week. ·     Past month. ·     Custom.

 

3.     Click Start.

4.     To export the device traffic distribution by volume or rate report, click Export report.

Device traffic distribution over time

Perform this task to generate the device traffic distribution over time report and export the report. The report helps you learn the distribution of the peak traffic periods and off-peak traffic periods and customize traffic management policies as needed.

Procedure

1.     Click Stats conditions in the top left corner of the page.

2.     Configure the statistics collection conditions.

Table 9 Statistics collection condition configuration items for the device traffic distribution over time report

Item	Description
Time unit	Select the time unit for the device traffic distribution over time report. Options are: ·     Hourly per day. ·     Daily per month. ·     Daily per week.
Traffic direction	Select a traffic direction. Options are: ·     Upstream. ·     Downstream. ·     Bidirectional.
Time range	Select a time range from the list. Options are: ·     Today. ·     Past week. ·     Past month. ·     Custom.

 

3.     Click Start.

4.     To export the device traffic distribution over time report, click Export report.