Viewing Web Content Discovery Devices

The Web Content Discovery Devices tab is accessed through Monitor > Reports > Web Content Discovery  and provides a comprehensive view of the web content activity associated with specific devices on an organization’s networks. The page displays details about the traffic, such as the device name, user, total number of categories, and total number of requests. The page allows sorting data to determine which kinds of web content are associated with a device.

An organization can use this information to identify potential threats and take steps to protect the network from potential attacks. The organization can also use this information to identify user activities and ensure that only authorized users are accessing the web content.

Image: The Web Content Discovery Devices page.

Search: Enter the value that you want to search on. The Infoblox Portal will display the list of records that match the keyword in the text box. 

Refresh and Show: 

• Refresh: Click the refresh icon to refresh the data displayed on the page.
• Show: Click Show to select a time period for the displayed data records:
  • 1 hour
  • 24 hours
  • 48 hours
  • 7 days
  • 1 month
  • Custom (limited to 30 days): When Custom is selected, the date/time object indicates the past 30 calendar days. Click the object to open the calendar, and select the start and end dates and times for custom filtering.
    
    

Export Records: Click the export icon to export a CSV-formatted file that contains all Application Summary records.

To view background tasks and recent search information, do the following: 

• Background Tasks: Click the houglass icon to open the side panel that displays a list of all running background tasks. 

• Searches: Click the search icon to perform a global search. The Infoblox Portal will display the list of records that match the keyword in the text box. The search panel includes the tools, console messages, and other information on recent searches for the domain.  
  
  

Filtering: Click the filter icon (see call-out H) to open the panel for filtering records. In the opened panel, click the add icon to add filters and filter data according to the available filtering parameters.

Web Content Discovery Content Devices Table: The table displays the following information for all devices seen on your network.

• DEVICE NAME: The name of the device associated with a threat category on your network. 
• USER: The name of a user associated with a device on your network. 
• TOTAL CATEGORIES: The number of categories associated with each device detected on your network. The page displays a list of categories and sub-categories associated with the device. To view the page, click the embedded link in the Total Categories column. 
• REQUESTS: The number of requests made by a device observed on your network. 
   

To specify which information you want to view, click the triple bar icon ☰ on the header of the Web Content Categories table. You can view all information, by selecting all options, or you can select only the options you wish to see. To reorder information in the columns, use the up/down arrow associated with each column. For detailed information shown in each column, see call-out F.  

Click the filter icon to open and close the filtering panel. For information on conducting a filter search, see call-out E. 

Click the information icon to open and close the details panel located to the right of the records table. Select a record to view its details in the details panel. For information about the details panel, see call-out J.

Details Panel: This panel shows the information for a selected record. To view a record's details, select the row in the table associated with the record.

For additional information, see Web Content Discovery.