Content Filter

• Click Content Filter tab in the Reports screen.

• The Content Filter tab enables the user to view reports about the Content Filtering rules set by the user for the selected organization. Content filtering rules can be set when creating Traffic Policies using the Edge Portal. These rules enable the user to block traffic to Adult, Malicious and Gambling websites/applications/domains.

• Users can view the following information in the Content Filter tab:

  • The Site that received the maximum number of hits

  • The User that received the maximum number of hits

  • The Category of websites/applications that received the maximum number of hits

  • The Domain that received the maximum number of hits

• In the Organization field, select the Organization or sub-organization from the dropdown menu. The logged in admin Organization is populated by default here. This is the organization corresponding to the email ID used to login.

• The dropdown list consists of all the sub-organizations under logged in admin organization.

• Select the Sites from the dropdown menu.

• Select the Period from the dropdown menu.

• By default, the time interval selected is last one hr. The user can also select a custom time interval using the From and To fields.

• The Content Filter tab shows the data as shown in the below figure.

• Click the Generate Report button to download the Content Filter reports in PDF format.

Overview

The headers show the following information:

• Top Site - The Site that received the maximum number of hits. The Site name and number of hits is also shown.

• Top User - The User that received the maximum number of hits. The number of hits is also shown.

• Top Category - The Category of content that received the maximum number of hits. The number of hits is also shown.

• Top Domain - The Domain that received the maximum number of hits. The number of hits is also shown.

Summary

The Summary section shows pie charts that group the Content filtering rules set by the users into Category, Sub Category & Domains. These pie charts shows the percentage of hits received by each category. Hovering on any item on the pie chart highlights the category and shows number of hits received in that category.

Click the dropdown menu at the top left corner of the Summary section to change the number of entries in the pie charts.

Hits Per Day

The Hits Per Day shows a line chart that depicts the number of hits generated at different time instances. The horizontal axis contains the time instances, and the vertical axis contains the number of hits. The graph between these two axes gives the user a clear understanding of how the content filtering rules have performed over the selected time period.

Click the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the chart to change the time interval on the chart.

Top Sites

The Top Sites section shows a table that lists all the sites under the selected organization along with the following information:

• Site Name - Name of the site

• Hits - Number of hits received through content filtering rules

• Top Users - The user that received the maximum number of hits in each site

• Top Category - The category that received the maximum number of hits in each site

• Top Sub Category - The sub category that received the maximum number of hits in each site

• Top Domains - The domain that received the maximum number of hits in each site

• Click the dropdown menu at the top left corner of the Top Sites table to change the number of entries in the table.

Top Users

The Top Users section shows a table that lists all the users under the selected organization along with the following information:

• Device Alias - Alias name of the site

• Client - Client name

• MAC Address

• Site Name

• Device Name

• VLAN

• Top Category - The category that received the maximum number of hits for the user

• Top Sub Category - The sub category that received the maximum number of hits for the user

• Top Domains - The domain that received the maximum number of hits for the user

• Hits - Number of hits received by the user through content filtering rules

• Click the dropdown menu at the top left corner of the Top Users table to change the number of entries in the table.

Top Category

The Top Category section shows a table that lists all the categories that received the maximum number of hits for the selected organization.

Click the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the tables to change the number of entries in the table.

Top Sub Category

The Top Sub Category section shows a table that lists all the sub categories that received the maximum number of hits for the selected organization.

Click the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the tables to change the number of entries in the table.

Top Domain

The Top Domain section shows a table that lists all the domains that received the maximum number of hits for the selected organization.

Click the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the tables to change the number of entries in the table.

Filter

The Filter button can be used to filter the Content Filter reports screen based on the following categories.

• Select the Category from the dropdown menu.

• Select the Domain from the dropdown menu.

• Select the User Name from the dropdown menu.

• Select the VLAN from the dropdown menu.

• Select the Device Name from the dropdown menu.

• Select the Sub Category from the dropdown menu.

• Click Apply Filter button to filter the Content Filter reports screen and show the data usage corresponding only to the options selected in the filters.

Generate Report

• Click the Generate Report button to download the Content Filter reports in PDF format.

• Also, if the user selects a date range of more than 7 days to view activity reports, they will be asked to Generate Reports and view the data.

• Select the Start Date and Start Time using the date picker and the clock.

• Select the End Date and End Time using the date picker and the clock.

• Select the Organization from the dropdown menu.

• Select the Site from the dropdown menu.

• Select the MAC/IP from the dropdown menu. This field is optional.

• Select the Application Category from the dropdown menu. This field is optional.

• Select the Application from the dropdown menu. This field is optional.

• Select the VLAN from the dropdown menu. This field is optional.

• The reports can be downloaded in CSV format also. To do so, select the Detailed Flow Report checkbox.

• Click Generate button to start generating the report.

• Click the Generated Reports tab from the Reports page to view the status of the generated report.

• The Generated Reports tab shows a table that lists all the reports generated from the Activity Reports screen. It shows information such as Serial Number, User Name, User Email, Date Range, Generated At, Metadata, Status, Report Type, Summary and Flow Report.

• The status of the generated report would be shown as ‘INPROGRESS’ when the report is being generated.

• Once the report generation process is complete, the status changes to ‘COMPLETED’ and the Download button under the Summary column gets enabled.

• Click Download button under the Summary column to download the Activity Report in PDF format.

• If the user had selected the Detailed Flow Report checkbox while generating the report, the Download link under the Flow Report column will also be enabled.

• Click Download button under the Flow Report column to download the Detailed Activity Report in CSV format