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7. Specify whether to email the generated report. If this option is enabled, then valid sender and recipient email
addresses are required.
8. Upon completion, you can add the report, run the report immediately without adding it, or add and run it
immediately.
Capacity Planning Report
The Capacity Planning Report tracks device bandwidth capacity and throughput in device groups, folders, and SSIDs.
This report assists in analyzing device capacity and performance on the network, and such analysis can help to achieve
network efficiency and improved experience for users. This report is based on interface-level activity.
Perform the following steps to create a Capacity Planning Report.
1. Navigate to the Reports> Definitions page and click the Add New Report Definition button.
2. Specify a name for your report. The report should reflect the information that you want to generate. For example, if
you want to generate a Capacity Report for switch and routers only, then you might want to name this "Switch and
Router Capacity."
3. In the Report Definitions Type drop down, select Capacity Planning.
4. In the Report Restrictions section, enter the criteria that you want to use to filter your report, and specify a desired
time range for when the new devices first appeared. You can also specify to restrict this report to a specific time
window and whether to include weekends as part of the capacity plan.
5. By default, this report will only run once. You can specify scheduling options so that the report recurs daily, weekly,
monthly, or annually.
6. Specify whether the report should display by role or by subject.
l By Role: When you create a report definition, the reports are visible to only those users who have the same role
as you (ie AMP Administrator).
l By Subject: When the report is run, AirWave users have access to the report if they are allowed to view all the
devices in the report.
7. Specify whether to email the generated report. If this option is enabled, then valid sender and recipient email
addresses are required.
8. Upon completion, you can add the report, run the report immediately without adding it, or run and add it
immediately.
New Clients Report
The New Clients Report lists all new clients that have appeared on the network during a specified time duration. This
report covers the user identifier, the associate role (when known), the device information, and more. In addition, you can
filter this report to view only wired clients, wireless clients, or both.
Perform the following steps to create a New Clients Report.
1. Navigate to the Reports> Definitions page and click the Add New Report Definition button.
2. Specify a name for your report. The report should reflect the information that you want to generate. For example, if
you want to generate a report for new wireless APs that have associated over the last 24 hours, then you might want
to name it "New Daily Wireless APs."
3. In the Report Definitions Type drop down, select New Clients.
4. In the Report Restrictions section, enter the criteria that you want to use to filter your report. Also, specify a desired
time range for when the new devices first appeared.
5. By default, this report will only run once. You can specify scheduling options so that the report recurs daily, weekly,
monthly, or annually.
6. Specify whether the report should display by role or by subject.
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