8e6 Technologies TAR HL/SL/MSA Access Trend Charts, Change the Time Span, View a URL Trend Report

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CHAPTER 5: VIEW A URL TREND REPORT STEP 1: ACCESS TREND CHARTS

CHAPTER 5: VIEW A URL TREND REPORT

TAR lets you generate historical trend reports that show activity by URL categories and bandwidth protocols for a specified time period. These trend reports are helpful for monitoring improvement of activity in a certain category as well as providing a good tool for setting appropriate thresholds for each TAR gauge.

Step 1: Access Trend Charts

Click the “Report/Analysis” menu and then the “Trend Chart” sub-menu.

Select Trend Chart from left panel

Step 2: Change the Time Span

You can change the time span represented in the trend report by selecting one of five other options from the drop down menu. Choices range from the last hour to the last month of data.

View URL Trend Charts

14	8E6 TECHNOLOGIES, THREAT ANALYSIS REPORTER EVALUATION GUIDE

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Contents Guide Threat Analysis Reporter Evaluation Guide Contents Hapter 5 V IEW a URL T Rend R Eport Install, Configure, and Test TAR OverviewThreat Analysis Reporter Evaluation Guide Launch IE Access the TAR WEB ClientLogin window Type in the URLURL dashboard with URL gauges How to Read a Gauge Anatomy of a gauge diagramDrill Down Into a URL Gauge View Child Gauges Select the Security parent gaugeView a List of Users Affecting a Child Gauge View an Individual User’s Gauge ActivityOpen the child gauges window View a summary of an end user’s activity Take Action on an Individual’s ActivityView Category Details View a list of sub-categoriesView the Actual Web Page Visited by the User View URL DetailsCreate a NEW URL Gauge Select the Gauges Menu ItemAdd a Gauge Group Select Gauges from left panelDefine the Gauge Define components for the gaugeAdvanced Settings Specify thresholds and the gauge methodCreate AN Automated Alert Select AlertsAdd a New Alert Select Alerts from left panelSpecify Alert Components Specify alert criteriaView URL Trend Charts Access Trend ChartsSelect Trend Chart from left panel Change the Time SpanMonitor Bandwidth Gauges Select Bandwidth and OutboundSelect the FTP Protocol Gauge Select Bandwith and OutboundFTP Port 21 gauge Select Port 21 Child GaugeView the User Summary View User SummaryView Port Traffic View bandwidth used by end userBandwidth and Trend Chart selection Select Bandwidth and Trend ChartView Bandwidth Trend Chart Data View Bandwidth Trend chart