Report and dashboard additions with web content
filtering
When you install the Web Filtering for Endpoint extension, you add content-related queries for
reports and dashboards. See
Using Dashboards, Monitors, and Reports for more information
on working with reports and dashboards.
You can use queries as the basis for dashboard monitors, or you can run them separately.
The predefined Web Filtering for Endpoint queries, which appear in the list of reports as a
SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus (SAE+) reports, include:
Description
Query Name
Top sites grouped by content over the last 30 days.
Top Sites Grouped by Content
Pie chart depicting the number of visits over the last 30
days grouped by site content.
Visits by Content
Bar chart depicting the number of visits to each content
category over the last 30 days, grouped by policy-based
actions.
Visits by Action Grouped by Content
How Web Reporter works
Web Reporter provides reports showing Web usage and trends in your organization. Used in
connection with the Web Filtering for Endpoint extension, Web Reporter provides the reports
that help manage access to the Web to protect against liability exposure, productivity loss,
bandwidth overload, and security threats.
The Web Reporter server collects and processes log files and imports the data from the log file
to the database. After the log file data is transferred to the database, reports are generated.
Log files are generated by running a SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus client task from the ePO server
on all managed systems.
There are three groups of people involved in the Web Reporter environment:
• Web users who have SiteAdvisor installed and enabled in their browser
• Reporting users who create and view the reports
• Reporting administrator who installs, configures, and maintains the Web Reporter server
The reporting users log on to the Web Reporter server with a web-based interface to view
reports. A reporting administrator uses the same Web-based interface to manage how Web
Reporter is used in the organization; including creating login accounts, managing delegated
reporting, configuring email settings, managing mapped columns, and managing the database,
directories, and log sources.
Web Reporter environment
The Web Reporter environment comprises these areas:
• Web Reporter — This is the server-based software with a web-based user interface and
configuration settings that create detailed reports.
• Log sources — These are devices on the network set up to generate or store log files. Log
files contain web filtering data, including information such as user names, IP addresses,
URLs, time stamps, and protocol types. Web Reporter collects and processes the log files
Web Filtering for Endpoint and Web Reporter Appendix
Report and dashboard additions with web content filtering
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