Reporting

New User Quick Start | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.x

Before you can view charts on the Web Security Dashboard, or generate investigative or presentation reports, an essential, Windows-only reporting component—Log Server—must be installed. If Log Server is not installed, skip to Lesson 12: Real-Time Monitor.

Real-Time Monitor gathers its information from another component, Usage Monitor, that is typically installed with Policy Server. If you have administrative access to Real-Time Monitor, Lesson 12 applies even when other reporting components are not installed.

This section includes 5 lessons:

Lesson 9: Dashboard reports introduces the Web Security Dashboard, used to monitor threat activity, security risks, general usage, and system status for your deployment.

Lesson 10: Presentation Reports shows you how to generate predefined reports and copy those reports to apply customized data selection filters, as well as how to set up a scheduled report job.

Lesson 11: Investigative Reports shows you how to view log data interactively, identifying a topic of interest and drilling down to find greater detail. You will also learn how to generate and schedule reports.

Lesson 12: Real-Time Monitor describes how to monitor current Internet filtering activity in your network. This includes information about customizing your view of current traffic to show only specific clients, sites, and so on.

Lesson 13: Improving Websense software explains how to implement the features that enable you to help improve filtering by allowing Websense software to submit relevant information to Websense, Inc.

In networks that use delegated administration, Super Administrators control who can access these features.