Viewing streaming flows

Streaming mode enables you to view flow data entering your system in real time. This mode provides you with a real-time view of your current flow activity by displaying the last 50 flows.

About this task

If you apply any filters on the Network Activity tab or in your search criteria before you enable streaming mode, the filters are maintained in streaming mode. However, streaming mode does not support searches that include grouped flows. If you enable streaming mode on grouped flows or grouped search criteria, the Network Activity tab displays the normalized flows.

Procedure

  1. Click the Network Activity tab.
  2. From the View list box, select Real Time (streaming).
  3. Optional. Pause or play the streaming flows. When streaming is paused, the last 1,000 flows are displayed.
    Note: When you are streaming flows, the status bar displays the average number of results that are received per second. This display is the number of results that the Console successfully received from the Flow processors. If this number is greater than 40 results per second, only 40 results are displayed. The remainder is accumulated in the result buffer. To view more status information, hover over the status bar.

    When flows are not streaming, the status bar displays the number of search results that are currently displayed and the amount of time that is required to process the search results.