Flow Explorer

Flow explorer is a tool that enables you to graphically visualize the flow data for all the devices sending flow to Motadata AIOps server. Flow explorer provides consistent visibility into your network allowing you to judge essential infrastructural requirements, make business-driven decisions, and ensure efficient and cost-effective operations based on the network flow data presented to you.

Apart from identifying and troubleshooting of the issues in your network, Flow Explorer also provides network admins with historical data that they can use to improve their IT infrastructure, network health, and performance.

Navigation

Go to Menu, Select Flow Explorer . After that, Select Explorer. The Flow Explorer tool is now displayed.

How to use Flow explorer?

Creating the Flow visualisation

You will be able to visualise the flow of your network that you have sent to Motadata AIOps on the Flow Explorer.

Now, you can customise the visualisation of the flow of the network based on the counters(metrics) for the flow that you wish to view on the screen.

Option	Description
Counter	Select what you want to see on the flow explorer. Options include things like 'packets', 'volume.bytes', and more. For instance, if you want to see how many packets are moving from one place to another in your network, just choose packets.
Aggregation	Select the aggregation function that you want to apply to all the values of the counter that you selected.
Flow Source	Select the devices for which you want to visualise the flow details on the screen. All the devices sending flow to Motadata AIOps server will be available for selection in the dropdown.
Result By	Select up to 4 fields to better visualise and understand the network performnce for the counter you've selected. For example, consider the above diagram where you are visualising the network traffic data. Using Result By, you can see the amount of data (like volume.bytes) based on specific details like where it's coming from (source.ip), which door it used to exit (source.port), where it's going to (destination.ip), and which door it's using to enter (destination.port).

Adjusting the nodes in the Flow Diagram

After generating the flow diagram, you have the flexibility to rearrange its components for a personalized view.

To adjust the placement of fields within the diagram, utilize the arrow icons as shown in the image below.

Viewing Field Values

• For a detailed perspective, you can access a list that displays values for all the fields you've incorporated into the diagram.

• Each entry in this list signifies a connection between a source and its corresponding destination in your diagram.

• This list is conveniently located beneath the flow diagram, as illustrated in the image below.

Actions available on the Flow Explorer

• Refresh the flow data

  Select to refresh the flow data.

• Take a screenshot of the dashboard

  Select to take a screenshot of the dashboard in its current state.

• Change the time period of the flow data

  You can change the time period of flow data shown on the flow explorer using the dropdown highlighted in the picture below.

  

• Change the filter

  Select to apply filter conditions for creating the flow diagram.

• Change the chart type

  You can change the graph used to represent the flow data using the selection higlighted in the picture below.

  

• Save the visualisation as a widget

  Select save the visualisation you created as a widget

Log to Flow Traffic Feature

Motadata AIOps integrates log and flow data through the Log to Traffic feature. By parsing the ingested log data, the platform ensures that this information is also made available as network flow, enabling users to analyze the data as Network flow data within the Flow Explorer.