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Top N Groups Report 109
Top N Groups
Report
This report calculates the top N groups by total octets sent and received
over the report period. You can limit the report to consider only groups at
a specified level in the grouping scheme within a parent group.
Some examples of group reports are:
■ Geographical grouping — Top 10 at City level within the US group
shows you the most active cities in the U.S.
■ Type and Network grouping — Top 10 at Network level within the
IP group shows you the most active IP networks.
■ Type and Network grouping — Top 10 at Network level within the
Traffix root group shows you the most active networks of any type.
The information contained in the report is shown below.
Table 14 Top N Groups Report Charts
Report
Section
Chart Title Description
1.1 Top Groups By
Octets
A stacked bar chart containing the top N groups as
measured by total octets in the internal, external or
overall conversations, broken down by protocol.
Protocol
Distribution Of
Top Groups
A pie chart showing the top 10 protocols seen across all
of the N groups. If more than 10 protocols are seen, the
remainder are grouped as other.
Group History A multiple line chart showing the history of the total
octets for each of the N groups over the report period.
2 Detail For Top
Groups
2.1 Protocol
Distribution Of
Group By Octets
A pie chart showing the group’s internal, external or
overall octets broken down by protocol.
Top Group
Conversations
With Protocol
Distribution
A stacked bar chart showing the top 10 groups talking
to the detail group by total octets sent and received,
broken down by protocol. Only conversations with
groups at the same level of the grouping scheme as the
detail group are considered.
Protocol
Distribution By
Octets With
Packets Overlaid
A stacked bar chart showing the group’s total internal,
external or overall octets over the report time period,
broken down by protocol. The left hand axis refers to
the octet totals. The right hand axis refers to the packet
totals which is shown as a line.
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