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Creating, Running, and Sending Reports
Reports in W-AirWave are powerful tools for network analysis, user configuration, device optimization, and
network monitoring. All reports can be printed, emailed, or exported.
What You Can Do With Reports
W-AirWave includes 20 default reports and runs them daily. You can access these reports after they have run,
through hyperlinks on the Generated Reports page. You might want to keep only the reports that you need
and delete, or reschedule, others to optimize your disk space. For information about working with reports, see
"About the Default Reports" on page 266.
W-AirWave populates the default reports with pre-defined fields. Some default reports don’t span a period of
time, taking snapshots of your device inventory and configurations. Commonly used reports include: inventory,
configuration audit, and client sessions.
If these reports don't have the details you need, you can build a custom report with the help of widgets. By
changing the restriction settings, you can isolate a folder, group, or period of time. For information about report
customization, see "Creating Reports" on page 297.
Track licenses
l License. Use this report to track licenses on the devices in your network. The report includes the license type,
quantity, percentage used, installation dates, expiration dates, and license keys. For information, see "Using
the License Report" on page 268.
Improve Network Efficiency and User Experience
l Capacity Planning. Use this report to track device bandwidth capacity and throughput in groups, folders, and
SSIDs. Based on interface-level activity, you can use it to analyze device capacity and performance on the
network. For information, see "Using the Capacity Planning Report" on page 273.
l Memory and CPU Utilization. Use this report to view the top percentage of memory utilization and usage for
devices and CPUs. You can use filters by specific devices, such as controllers, switches, and APs. For
information, see "Using the Memory and CPU Utilization Report" on page 268.
l Network Usage. Use this report to track network-wide information by usage and clients. You can narrow
information by groups and folders, or summarize by usage and client count for folders. For information, see
"Using the Network Usage Report" on page 269.
l Port Usage. Use this report to find all the ports and switches in your network and view traffic patterns. The
histogram identifies unused ports and switches. For information, see "Using the Port Usage Report" on page
271.
l RF Health. Use this report to monitor the top AP radio issues by noise, MAC/Phy errors, channel changes,
transmit power changes, mode changes, and interfering devices (the last two apply only if there are ARM
events). This report helps pinpoint the most problematic devices on your network, and lists the top devices
by problem type. For information, see "Using the RF Health Report" on page 272.
l UCC. Use this report to monitor UCC activity on your network. This information includes the top connectivity
types, call types, application types, device types, folders, APs, and clients with the highest percentage of poor
quality calls. For information, see "Using the UCCReport" on page 248.