NetFlow Views

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A NetFlow view specifies parameters used to create NetFlow charting widgets. Here are defined some widget properties, like its name, description and title along with the expressions used to obtain source data for chart in the widget are specified. See NetFlow Charting Widget Panels and Fetching Data In NetFlow Charting Widgets for details.

Field Name

Description

Name

Default widget name.

Description

Default widget description.

Widget Title

Widget title string.

Key Expression

Expression to fetch keys for chart data source.

Value Expression

Expression to fetch values for chart data source.

Group Expression

Expression to be used in GROUP clause of request.

Order Expression

Expression to be used in ORDER clause of request.

Limit Expression

Expression to be used in LIMIT clause of request.

There are two NetFlow views available out of box:

Top 5 Receivers (Octets) presenting the 5 hosts having the greatest incoming traffic.
Top 5 Transmitters (Octets) presenting the 5 hosts having the greatest outgoing traffic.

You can use these views to create charting widgets as well as examples to create your own NetFlow views.