Data Explorer and Data Cubes

Data Exploration

Data exploration is the act of examining the minute details of an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cube.

Consider your data to be a three-dimensional cube that you would like to explore, both inside out and outside in, so that you can glean more insights from your data. Of course, most real world data sets will have more than three dimensions, but the concepts from a 3D cube can be directly extended to a multidimensional hypercube.

With an OLAP cube, there are five operations that you can perform:

Slice: Think of slicing a piece of cheese; you make a single cut to the cheese to expose the insides. A typical slice operation is the time slice. Instead of reviewing all the data of the last 30 days, you slice the data to expose only Day 1.
Roll Up: The roll up operation typically involves numbers known as measures. After the slice, dice, and drill down of your data, you can roll up the numbers to gain a better understanding of the whole, for example, the total transmit traffic for the selected APs.

As you use the custom reporting, you can refer to these five operations.

Data Explorer and Data Cubes

Data Explorer allows you to explore the data under various categories, using your own permutations and combinations, unlike the other canned reports available.

Note: The Schedule tab is for use only with dashboards you create, not with data cubes themselves.

For information on how to use data cube filters, which are common to all the data cubes, refer to Data Cube Filters. You can also create and save dashboards, which allows you to customize reports by using data from any or all of the data cubes. Refer to Creating a Data Explorer Dashboard and Actions You Can Perform on an Existing Dashboard for more information.

Applications

The Applications cube allows you to explore the application data your system uses.

Network

The Network cube allows you to explore network traffic data and its usage.

Airtime Utilization

The Airtime Utilization cube allows you to explore the airtime utilization data in your system.

Clients

The Clients cube allows you to explore client data for your system.

Sessions

The Sessions cube allows you to explore data about the various sessions in your system.

Switch Inventory

The Switch Inventory cube allows you to view information about the switch configuration data your system uses.

Events

The Events cube allows you to view data about events that have occurred in your system.

AP Inventory

The AP Inventory cube allows you to view information about the various AP models your system uses.

AP Alarms

The AP Alarms cube allows you to view information about alarms in your system.

Rogue APs

The Rogue APs cube allows you to view information about APs that have been flagged as "Rogue" because they cannot be identified by existing APs in your system.