Report thresholds

Once a report has been saved, it can be used to configure an alarm-generating threshold for the calculated column the report results are currently sorted by. Report thresholds can be used to alert users to behavior or activity that exceeds/falls below specified values.

Hint

In the results table, calculated columns are indicated by the up and down sorting arrows next to the column header.

Thresholds are configured from the options tray of the report output view as follows:

1. Click Threshold to open the threshold settings secondary tray.

2. Select whether the threshold should apply to individual row values or the total value of the current sort column.

3. Select the comparison operator (>= or <=) that will trigger the threshold alarm.

4. Enter the desired threshold value and select the measurement prefix to use (kilo-, mega-, or giga-).

Important

The threshold value automatically follows the unit of measurement of the current sort column, e.g., if the report is sorted by packets per second, entering 100 and selecting K from the dropdown will result in a threshold of 100 kilopackets per second.

After a threshold has been configured, violations will be reported via the Alarm Monitor views under the Report Threshold Violation policy.

To disable a report threshold, re-run the report and click the delete (X) button in the Filters tray of the output view.