Apply a Filter to Report Data

Most predefined

Symantec

WSS

reports display results that include a wide scope of data. When reviewing reports results, you can apply filters to limit the scope of the results.

Use Case

You run the

Blocked Requests by Category

report, which by default displays all categories that were blocked by policy (verdict = denied). You are curious to see the top ten users who were denied because they attempted to browse mature content websites.

Procedure

From the reports, select

Options > Report

The portal displays the Report Options dialog.

In the

Summarize By

area, determine by what criteria the report summarizes.

For the above use case, keep

Category

as the primary summary datapoint. Define how many rows (per selection) per page display.

(Optional) You can add one additional summary level by clicking

Add Level

. In this example, you want to see the top ten users per category.

In the

Filter

area, specify the date range and additional criteria.

For the

Date is

criteria, specify what date range the report covers (if

WSS

did not process data for the specified date range, the report is blank).

The filter automatically contains the default intent of the original report. In the above example, the

Blocked Requests per Category

report applies the

Verdict contains denied

(policy denied) filter. Click

Add Criteria

to add a new line. You can add multiple lines; the more you add, the more targeted the report becomes.

Select the filter category. To continue with the example, select

Web Security Service

Apply a Filter to Report Data

Use Case

Procedure