Types of data sets

The data set generation tool focuses on incoming queries to all, some, or one of your domains across your DNS networks over time. The following table describes each type of data set you can generate and how you might use this data to learn more about your DNS traffic.

Data set type	Description
Number of queries	This data type provides you with the total number of incoming queries within the specified time frame.
Number of EBOT responses	This data type provides you with the total number of queries to which IBM® NS1 Connect® returned an Exists But Other Type (EBOT) response within the specified time frame. Refer to this article to learn more about EBOT responses.
Number of NXD responses	This data type provides you with the total number of queries to which the platform returned an Nonexistent Domain (NXDOMAIN) response within the specified time frame.
Records with zero queries	This data set type provides a list of DNS records, including the associated zone, record domain, and record type, that have not received any incoming queries within the specified time frame.
Number of redirected requests	Total number of incoming requests that have been processed according to your redirect configuration details.
Average redirects per second	Average number of incoming requests per second that have been redirected based on your configurations.
Number of failed redirects	Total number of incoming requests corresponding to a domain for which there is a redirect configuration, but the request could not be redirected. This could provide insight to potential misconfiguration or gaps in your redirect definition. Remember, the structure of the incoming request must match the defined source URL(s) exactly so the request can be redirected appropriately.
Redirect configurations with zero requests	List of redirect configurations that have not been applied to any incoming requests. If a redirect has not been applied to incoming queries, it could indicate a conflicting record type for the corresponding domain. Certain record types (A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS) take precedence over a REDIRECT record type, so you must delete these records. Alternatively, this could indicate that the redirects are no longer being used and can be deleted.
Full redirect request log	A detailed log of redirect-related requests.

In addition to selecting the data set type and time frame, you can filter results to focus on a specific set of DNS resources by adjusting the scope of the data set.

Data set scope	Description
Account-wide	Returns query data for all DNS records in your account. Query counts are returned as an aggregated total.
For a single network	Returns query data for all DNS records in the selected network. Query counts are returned as an aggregated total.
For a single zone	Returns query data for all DNS records in the selected zone. Query counts are returned as an aggregated total.
For a single record	Returns query data for a single DNS record.
For each network	Returns query data for each DNS network. The output contains multiple query counts — one for each network.
For each zone	Returns query data for each DNS zone in the account. The output contains multiple query counts, one for each zone.
For each record	Returns query data for each DNS record in the account. The output contains multiple query counts, one for each record.
Top 100 zones	Returns the top 100 zones meeting the criteria across all networks.
Top 100 records	Returns the top 100 records meeting the criteria across all networks.