Top Devices by Device Usage report
Top Devices by Device Usage report overview
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 (minutes, min), hours (hours, h), days (days, d), weeks (w), or months (months, m) |
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 |
Rank |
Number of devices to report |
Drill-down support |
No |
Example
The following figure shows a report example.