Mobile Data Usage Overview reports for MaaS360

Based on mobile expense management services, the Mobile Data Usage Overview reports for MaaS360 display usage data for devices that are enrolled in the MaaS360 account during a specific billing period. These reports provide insights on data usage by devices in the customer account based on in-network and roaming data. The dashboard compares data usage (in percentages) from the previous to the current billing period. You can also view the total amount of data that is used from the allowed in-network data limit (in GB) and the total roaming data that is used from the allowed roaming data limit (in GB).

Accessing the Mobile Data Usage Overview reports in MaaS360

From the IBM® MaaS360® Portal Home page, select Mobile Expense Management > Reports > Data Usage Overview.

To view the Mobile Data Usage Overview reports, you must do the following:
  • Enable the Mobile Expense Management service in the IBM MaaS360 Portal Services page.
  • Assign an active mobile expense management plan to devices at Expense > Manage Plans.
Mobile data usage for devices is analyzed for one month during the customer billing period. The following Mobile Data Usage Overview report dashboards are available:
  • In-Network
  • Total In-Network
  • Roaming
  • Total Roaming

The Mobile Data Usage Overview dashboard generates reports that are almost near real-time reports of mobile data usage across device platforms. Any changes in the report such as device data network operator, in-network data usage, or roaming data usage on devices in the IBM MaaS360 Portal are almost instantly reflected on the Mobile Data Usage Overview dashboard.

Subscription settings

Use the Subscription settings option to define the subscription settings and the user interface settings for the Mobile Data Usage Overview reports. When you select this option, you are directed to the Administrator Settings > Analytics section where you can configure the subscriptions and the user interface settings. For more information, see Subscription and UI settings for the Mobile Data Usage Overview reports.

Mobile Data Usage Overview dashboards

The Mobile Data Usage Overview reports provide chart data and table data for mobile devices.

The chart data defines the Mobile Data Usage Overview reports in the form of a graph for devices that are managed by the MaaS360 customer account. The following types of chart data are available:
  • Bar chart
  • Pie chart
  • Line chart
  • Area chart

The table data represents the device and the user details for devices that are enrolled in the MaaS360 customer account. These details are represented as columns in the table data along with an option to apply filters and to generate the Mobile Data Usage Overview reports for the filtered data. Click the table table icon icon to view the table data.

Note: Chart data depends on the table data and the filters that are applied to the columns in the table data.

Chart data is embedded as .png files in the email message that is sent to recipients who subscribe to the Mobile Data Usage Overview reports.

You can also export chart data and table data for the selected type of Mobile Date Usage Overview report. The Details report .csv file is embedded as .zip files in the email message that is sent to recipients who subscribe to these reports.

Note: The export limitation for the Details report CSV file is 250,000 rows.