Using the Overview Dashboard: Content Panel

The Overview Dashboard is the main page displayed from the Report menu. It provides an overview of some important statistics of your Wi-Fi network.

Overview Dashboard : Top Portion

The top right corner of the Reports pages display options to share and export reports in PDF and CSV formats. You can also share them with recipients over e-mails on-demand or periodically by configuring a schedule (daily, weekly and monthly).

The top portion of the Overview Dashboard shows the following tiles:
  • Controller: Displays the number of controllers being used in your Wi-Fi network. The green and red dots show the number of active (green) and inactive (red) controllers.
  • Access Points: Shows the number of APs in the network. The green, red, and yellow dots show the number of active APs (green), inactive APs (red), and provisioned, in discovery, or rebooting APs (yellow).
  • Switches: Shows the number of switches in the network. The green, red, and yellow dots show the number of active switches (green), inactive switches (red), and provisioned, in discovery, or rebooting switches (yellow).
  • Network Usage Overview: Shows the relationship between the number of clients and the total traffic in the network. The bubble chart contains bubbles of different colors that indicate different dimensions of the network, including application, domain, OS type, zone, AP, system, AP group, switch, and SSID. Pause the pointer on an individual bubble to display the number of connected clients and traffic information. Bubble sizes vary depending on their values (except for APs and Switches).
Overview Dashboard: Middle Portion

The middle portion of the Overview Dashboard shows the following tiles:

  • Alarms: Displays the most frequently occurring alarms in the network. Pause the pointer over a color or name to display the full name of the alarm.
  • Events: Displays the most frequently occurring events in the network. Pause the pointer over a color or name to display the full name of the event.
  • Top APs by Client Count: Displays the APs being accessed by the most clients. This information is also represented in more detail in the Wireless Report.
Overview Dashboard: Lower Portion

The lower portion of the Overview Dashboard shows the following tiles:

  • Total Traffic: Shows statistics about traffic received and transmitted by the access points, including the maximum and minimum rates of traffic. Go to the Wireless Report for more information about traffic.
  • Total Unique Sessions: Shows the number of IEEE 802.11 sessions between all clients and APs on the network.
  • WLANs: Displays the top SSIDs by traffic, which is also shown in the WLANs Report. Pause the pointer over a portion of the donut display to obtain more information about each SSID.
  • Radios: Displays client data usage, in terabytes, for both the 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz networks. For more information about radios, go to the Airtime Utilization Reports.
  • Applications: Shows the applications being used more frequently by the clients in the network. For more information about applications usage, go to the Applications Reports.
  • "Did you know?": Provides a short, bulleted list about your system, such as the average duration of a session for a week, or the busiest SSID. The "Did you know?" section is updated every time you return to the Overview Dashboard.