FortiView
The default FortiView page is the summary view, which uses widgets to show a general overview of what is happening with your device. You can add new widgets by selecting Add Widget.
Each widget is a customizable box, showing certain information about the device. You can do the following with widgets:
- Click a widget title and drag it to move it around.
- Delete a widget by selecting the X icon.
- Set the refresh rate of widgets by selecting the dropdown list beside the refresh icon.
The following lists all widget types, grouped according to function:
Threats
Widget |
Description |
Feature required to be enabled on device |
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Top Threats |
Displays which threats trigger the most detection events on the network. |
At least one of the following: IPS, AV, AntiSpam, DLP, or Anomaly Detection. |
Top Spam |
Displays which sources send the most spam email into the network. |
AntiSpam |
Top Viruses |
Counts the viruses that the device's AV most frequently finds. |
AV |
Top Applications by Threat Score |
Compares which applications have the most traffic compared to their threat score, based on the device's Application Control settings. |
Application Control |
Top Attacks |
Counts the attacks that the device's IPS most frequently prevents. |
IPS |
Top DLP By Rules |
Counts the DLP events that the device detects, sorted by DLP rule. |
DLP |
Traffic Analysis
Widget |
Description |
Feature required to be enabled on device |
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Top Applications |
Compares which applications are most frequently used, based on the device's Application Control settings. |
Application Control |
Top Application Categories |
Compares which application categories are most frequently used, based on the device's Application Control settings. |
Application Control |
Top Sources |
Displays which sources have the most traffic from or to the device. |
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Top Destinations |
Displays which destinations have the most traffic from or to the device. |
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Top Protocols |
Compares the traffic volume that has passed through a certain interface, based on which protocol it uses (HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, UDP, other). |
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Top Countries |
Displays which countries have the most traffic from or to the device. |
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Traffic History |
Displays volume of incoming and outgoing traffic over time. |
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Bandwidth |
Displays utilization per interface in bps. |
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Websites
Widget |
Description |
Feature required to be enabled on device |
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Top Websites |
Compares which websites are most frequently visited. You can click a category to see which websites in that category are being visited. |
Web Filtering |
Top Web Categories |
Compares which web filtering categories are most frequently used, based on the device's Web Filtering settings. |
Web Filtering |
Top Users/IP by Browsing Time in Seconds |
Compares which users visit which IP addresses most frequently in the greatest ratio. You can click a user to see which IP addresses they visit. |
Web Filtering |
DNS
Widget |
Description |
Feature required to be enabled on device |
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Top Queried Domain |
Compares which domains are most frequently queried. |
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Queried Botnet C-and-C Domains |
Displays which botnet C-and-C domains were queried. |
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High Risk Domains |
Displays which high risk domains were visited. |
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Top Domain Lookup Failures |
Displays domains with highest number of lookup failures. |
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FortiView offers log information, reformatted into easily navigable charts, in a style similar to FortiView in FortiOS.
You can select a time period to view data for:
- Last 60 minutes
- Last 24 hours
- Last 7 days
- Last 30 days
- Specified time period
You can set the chart's refresh rate by clicking the Refresh icon. By using the Add Filter dropdown list, you can filter the chart by various factors. Individual chart entries may also allow you to filter by that entry's data by selecting a filter icon on the right, or drill down to see all related log data, such as all log data through that interface.