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.

Figure 4-2: Top Devices by Device Usage report
Top Devices by Device Usage report
Figure 4-3: Top Devices by Device Usage report
Top Devices by Device Usage report