Report Categories and Format

HPE Aruba Networking Central allows users to create reports for the following categories:

  • Clients—Client Session, and Client Inventory.

  • Applications—Application Analytics.

  • Infrastructure—Capacity Planning, Device Uptime, Inventory, Subscriptions, Resource Utilization, and Visitor.

  • Network—Network Usage and RF Health.

  • Security—WIDS format, and Security Compliance report.

Report Format

Based on the KPIs and the format selected while creating a report, the data in the reports are available in the following views:

  • List view—Displays the selected KPI in list format.

  • Donut view—Displays the selected KPI in donut-chart format.

  • Bar view—Displays the selected KPI in bar-chart format.

  • Trend-chart view—Displays the selected KPI in trend-chart format.

  • Multiview—Displays the selected KPI in multiple formats.

Time sampling in a Report

Depending on the KPI, reports are generated using point-in-time data (snapshot) or using historical data collected for the report duration specified.

Note: If KPIs that show historical data and snapshot data are selected to build a report, the KPIs that show snapshot data will display data from the time the report was generated.

The following KPIs display point-in-time data from the time the report was generated:

Table 1: KPIs displaying Point-in-Time data

Report Type KPI
Inventory
  • Vendor Summary

  • Firmware Version Summary

  • Model & Firmware Version Summary

  • Model Summary

  • Interfaces Summary

  • Device List

  • Access Points Port List

  • Device Inventory List

Capacity Planning

Switches By Port Availability

Licenses
  • License Utilization Summary

  • Subscription Keys

The following topics describe the parameters present in different report formats for each KPI.