The Top Devices by Device Usage report shows the top device types based on traffic per device type for a selected application group.
Use cases
Network resource planning—Use the report to adjust bandwidth, for example, based on the availability of a new device OS version, and the projected mass download of the new OS.
Risk management—Use the report to apprise customers of the number of devices of a specific type, for example, when the devices are known to adversely affect traffic in some manner.
Report characteristics
The following table lists the principal report characteristics.
Table 4-2: Top Devices by Device Usage report characteristics
Characteristic
Value
Statistics type
AA Cflowd comprehensive application group (per device or per application group)
NSP Flow Collector required
Yes
Domains
Residential / Wi-Fi (ESM)
Mobile
Wi-fi (DSM)
Business
Report inputs
Prompt
Notes
Domain
Residential / Wi-Fi (ESM), Mobile, Wi-Fi (DSM), Business
End date
Calendar date or relative date (for example, two days ago) and time
Report range
Length of time to be reported, in minutes, hours, days, or months
Granularity
Aggregation types:
None (raw data)
Hourly
Daily
Monthly
Days of week
Select individual days or click Select All.
Hours of day
Select individual hours or click Select All.
Node Type
Search using partial names or wildcard (%).
Node
Group/Partition
Application Group
Select individual application groups or click Select All.
Metrics
Upload Traffic, Download Traffic, or Total Traffic
