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8e6 Technologies Enterprise Reporter ER HL/SL Evaluation Manual

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Summary of Enterprise Reporter ER HL/SL

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    ? enterprise reporter evaluation guide models: er hl/sl software version: 5.0.00 document version: 01.07.09.

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    Ii 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide © 2009 8e6 technologies all rights reserved. Printed in the united states of america local: 714.282.6111 • domestic u.S.: 1.888.786.7999 • international: +1.714.282.6111 this document may not, ...

  • Page 3: Ontents

    8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide iii c ontents 8 e 6 e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide ............................................1 overview. ...........................................................................................................................

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    C ontents iv 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide create a custom report for a specific user. .............................................................. 22 how to use the custom report wizard .................................................................................

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    8 e 6 e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide o verview 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 1 8 e 6 e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide overview thank you for choosing to review 8e6 technologies’ enterprise reporter. The enterprise reporter helps administrators manag...

  • Page 6: Nstall

    I nstall the e nterprise r eporter n ote to e valuators 2 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide i nstall the e nterprise r eporter to install the appliance, configure the box and to test reporting is operational please refer to the step-by-step instructions found in the ente...

  • Page 7: Onfigure

    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u nderstand the most common and useful features 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 3 c onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter understand the most common and useful features one of the advantages of a hardware appliance, in ...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se custom c ategory g roups to narrow your search 4 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide use custom category groups to narrow your search prior to running any reports, there are a few recommended configuration steps that create...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se custom c ategory g roups to narrow your search 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 5 group definitions frame the group definitions frame displays to the right in the category groupings window. In this frame you define a cat...

  • Page 10: How to Create User Groups

    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se custom u ser g roups to narrow your search 6 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide use custom user groups to narrow your search the next step is to create user groups, which are customized groupings of users that reside on th...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se custom u ser g roups to narrow your search 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 7 group definitions frame the group definitions frame displays to the right in the user groupings window. In this frame you can view members of ...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se custom u ser g roups to narrow your search 8 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide • please enter ip range - this frame is used for including users based on a range of ip addresses. For example, you might have one range of ip...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter to conduct an investigation 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 9 use enterprise reporter to conduct an investigation once custom category groups and user groups have been created, administrators can b...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter c anned r eports 10 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide use enterprise reporter canned reports as previously stated, the first thing the administrator will see when logging into the enterprise reporter...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter c anned r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 11 how to generate a canned report to generate a canned report: 1. Go to the navigation panel and click canned reports to display yesterday’s top 20...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter c anned r eports 12 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide sample bar chart canned report sample pie chart canned report the header of the generated canned report includes the date range, report type, and...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter d rill d own r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 13 the body of the following page(s) of the report includes count columns and corre- sponding totals. The grand total and count display at the ...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter d rill d own r eports 14 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide how to generate a summary drill down report to generate a summary drill down report: 1. Go to the navigation panel and click drill down repo...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter d rill d own r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 15 3. Use the tools in the right panel to create the desired drill down view. Note: see ‘summary drill down report navigation’ for information ...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter d rill d own r eports 16 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide count columns columns for specified “item counts” display in the body of all drill down report views. The column for the current report type...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter d rill d own r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 17 however, if an advertisement or banner ad (an object on the page) is actually a page from another site, this item would not be classified as...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter d rill d own r eports 18 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide • in the record navigation field, click any of the four arrow buttons to advance forward or backward through the list of records. In the ord...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter d rill d own r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 19 • filter action - the filter action column displays the type of filter action used by the r3000 in creating the record: "allowed", "blocked"...

  • Page 24: Evaluation Steps

    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter d rill d own r eports 20 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide evaluation steps for the purpose of this evaluation, follow these steps to witness how the 8e6 enter- prise reporter is best-in-class in ter...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter u se e nterprise r eporter d rill d own r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 21 click the url link to launch the actual web site viewed by the user to verify the content that was accessed. Step 4: sort by “content type” ...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter c reate a c ustom r eport for a specific user 22 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide create a custom report for a specific user after reviewing the detail drill down report, if the administrator is confident that an individual h...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter c reate a c ustom r eport for a specific user 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 23 • at the from time field, specify the start of the time range by making a selec- tion from any of the pull-down menus for the hour (1-12), minu...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter c reate a c ustom r eport for a specific user 24 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide note: as the report is generating, a window displays on the screen providing status on which stage of the report process is underway. When comp...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter c reate a c ustom r eport for a specific user 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 25 save a detail custom report 1. Click the save report button to open the save custom report pop-up box: save custom report option (detail report...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter c reate a c ustom r eport for a specific user 26 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide add—a check mark in the checkbox. By entering a check mark in this checkbox, activity on machines not assigned to specific end users will not b...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter c reate a c ustom r eport for a specific user 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 27 schedule a report to run once a report view has been saved, it can be scheduled to run at a designated time. To schedule a report to run: 1. Go...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter c reate a c ustom r eport for a specific user 28 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 4. Select the report to run from the pull-down menu. 5. Select the frequency when to run from the pull-down menu (“daily”, “weekly”, or “monthl...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix a: s amples of c ommonly u sed r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 29 appendix a: samples of commonly used reports though this evaluation guide is primarily designed to lead the evaluator through the process o...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix a: s amples of c ommonly u sed r eports 30 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide report format for each report, the header of the reports contain the following information: • sort order: page count, descending • from: / ...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix a: s amples of c ommonly u sed r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 31 sample report 2: “top 20 sites by user/site” this report will document the top 20 sites visited for every user in the organization. This is...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix a: s amples of c ommonly u sed r eports 32 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide sample report 3: “by category/user/site” this is an example of a triple break report that shows all activity on the network, broken out by ...

  • Page 37: Record Exportation Tip

    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 33 appendix b: export and save summary reports the enterprise reporter has a variety of different reporting options. In a fashion similar to th...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 34 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide step 3: export a summary drill down report 1. Click the export report button to open the export drill down report pop-up box: export drill d...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 35 how to save a summary drill down report 1. Click the save report button to open the save custom report pop-up box: save custom report option...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 36 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 5. Choose the break type, output type and format: • break type - available selections are based on the type of report generated. There are n...

  • Page 41: Other Summary Report Tools

    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 37 other summary report tools set result limit 1. Click the set result limit button to open the set result limit pop-up box: set result limit o...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 38 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide week", “last weekend", “current week", “last month”. Reports can be run for any data saved in the er server’s memory. • today - this option ...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 39 note: the default top value entry in the default options window is accessible via default options in the settings menu. See the default opti...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 40 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide notes: for pie or bar chart selections, “pdf” displays grayed out since this is the only output format available for these report types. Inf...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 41 methods for exporting a drill down report a drill down report view can be emailed or viewed in a specified output format via the export dril...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 42 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 4. Click e-mail to send the report to the designated recipient(s). As a result of this action, the email report pop-up box now displays info...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide 43 view and print tools in the browser window containing the report, the tools available via the toolbar let you perform some of the following ...

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    C onfigure , t est the e nterprise r eporter a ppendix b: e xport and s ave s ummary r eports 44 8 e 6 t echnologies , e nterprise r eporter e valuation g uide pdf this is a sample of the categories report in the pdf format, saved with a .Pdf file extension: categories report, pdf format examples of...