Discard Report

The Discard Report shows how many packets were discarded over time for the specified span of time as a result of Optimizer policies that were configured to block traffic. This chart can answer questions such as, “How many attempts to access blocked apps occurred? When are people trying to access the blocked apps?”

The graph shows the number of packets discarded over time. The table below shows the total number of discarded packets over the selected time period. You can view the packet discards for a particular virtual circuit by selecting it from the Virtual Circuit selector at the top of the page. You can also filter for a particular policy by selecting the Policy selector. Only virtual circuits and policies that have reported packet discards will appear in the selectors at the point in time where the packets were discarded, which gives an indication where more traffic would have appeared on the network if that traffic had not been blocked.

Where do I find this report?

Go to Monitor > Control > Discard.

How do I interact with the interactive flash time graphs?

• To understand how to get a better look at traffic patterns and to remove clutter on the time graph, see Using Interactive Time Graphs.
• To understand how to set the desired time range for a chart, see Setting the Time Range.
• To understand how to print the report or schedule the report, see Printing and Scheduling Reports.