Demand Reports Overview
Demand reports provide information about network traffic. You can use this information to evaluate ingress and egress traffic patterns.
Demand reports are of four types:
- VPN Demand reports—To generate these reports, you must run the Demand Reports task, with VPN Demands selected as the report type.
- Group Demand reports—To generate these reports, you must first group nodes as a single entity in the topology map; see Group Nodes. Then, you must run the Demand Reports task, with Group Demands selected as the report type.
- Label-switched paths (LSP) Demand reports—To generate these reports, you must run the Demand Reports task, with LSP Demands selected as the report type.
- Autonomous system (AS) Demand reports—To generate these reports, you must first enable the
generation of AS demands by using the set northstar analytics netflowd
generate-as-demands CLI command. Then, you must run the Demand Reports task, with the
Include AS Demands toggle button enabled and with the required AS
report types selected.
To run a demand reports task, see Add a Demand Reports Task.
Table 1 explains the different types of demand reports. For details about each type of demand report, see View Demand Reports.
Report Type |
Description |
---|---|
VPN Demands |
Lists the amount of traffic per VPN, based on the selected time period. |
Group Demands |
Lists the amount of traffic per node group, based on the selected time period. |
LSP Demands |
Lists the amount of traffic per LSP, based on the selected time period. |
AS Demands |
Lists the amount of traffic per AS, based on the selected time period. |