View AFA matrix data

A matrix is a set of devices, in which information about each device member's position in the network hierarchy is provided. AFA manages a matrix's policy as a single unit, taking into account the relationships between each member device.

Viewing Matrices

To view information about a matrix:

  1. Click Matrices in the main menu.

    The Matrices menu appears in the main menu, displaying all of the matrices defined in AFA. Matrices for which the last report generation failed appear in red. Matrices for which real-time monitoring or log collection have failed appear in orange.

  2. (Optional) Search for the desired matrix, by doing the following:
    1. Type part or all of the desired matrix's name in the Search field.

    2. Press enter or click .

      The device tree appears with the search results. Device results appear with the matrix to which they belong. Matrix results appear with their device members collapsed.

  3. (Optional) To filter out the matrices with issues, do one of the following:
    • To filter by only the issues you specify:

      1. Next to the Issues link, click .

        The Display issues regarding window appears.

      2. Clear the check boxes of the issues you do not want to appear in the filtered results.
      3. Click outside the window.

    • To filter all issues (default), click Issues.

      The device tree appears with only devices with issues and their matrix. If you specified which issues should appear, only those issues appear.

      To revert to the standard view, click the Issues link.

  4. Select the desired matrix.

    The matrix appears in the workspace.

    For details of the information displayed at the top of the workspace, see Group Information Fields.

    You can view the individual devices in the group by selecting them in the in the menu.

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Viewing Matrix Reports

Matrix reports provide information on a device matrix. AFA provides the following options for viewing matrix reports:

To view the latest report for a matrix:

  1. View the desired matrix. For details, see Viewing Matrices.

    The Overview tab displays a preview of the latest report for the matrix.

    The color of the , , and icons at the top of the page signify the status of their last process:

    • Red. The last process failed.
    • Green. The last process succeeded.
    • Gray. The process has never run.

    If the last analysis failed, see or an analysis is in progress, see Managing Analyses (see Managing Analyses) for more information.

  2. When the last analysis succeeded, view the report by do one of the following:

    • At the top of the workspace, click .

      The latest report opens, displaying the report's Home page in the workspace.

    • Within the Overview tab, click on the report section you want to view.

      The latest report opens, displaying the specified section in the workspace.

      The report menu appears in the left pane, and the selected page appears in the workspace. You can navigate between the different pages of the report by selecting the page in the report menu. For information on each of the various report pages, see Matrix Report Pages (see Matrix report pages).

      All report pages are structured to allow drilling down from a high-level overview to low-level, detailed information. Any item that appears underlined when you hover over it can be clicked for further details.

  3. When the last analysis succeeded, you can view support files for it by doing the following:

    1. Click the Analysis button.

      The support files link appears.

    2. Click the link.

To view or download any available report for a matrix:

  1. View the desired matrix. For details, see Viewing Matrices.

  2. Click the Reports tab.

    The Reports tab appears, displaying all of the available reports for the matrix.

    Reports that were successfully generated are marked with a . Reports that are currently being generated are marked with a . Reports for which generation failed are marked with a .

  3. Do one of the following:
    • To view a report without downloading it, in the Report column, click on the desired report's name.
    • To download a report to your computer, in the desired report's row, click Zip.

    The compressed report downloads to your computer. Unzip the report to view it.

    The report opens, displaying the Home page.

    The report menu appears in the left pane, and the selected page appears in the workspace. You can navigate between the different pages of the report by selecting the page in the report menu. For information on each of the various report pages, see Matrix Report Pages (see Matrix report pages).

    All report pages are structured to allow drilling down from a high-level overview to low-level, detailed information. Any item that appears underlined when you hover over it can be clicked for further details.

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