Documentation forNetFlow Traffic Analyzer
Analyzing network traffic and bandwidth is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Advanced edition. NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) is also available in a standalone module.

NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Summary view

When you launch NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, the NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Summary is the first view displayed. This view provides insight into data traffic conditions over your entire network.

Default widgets

The following widgets are available by default in the NetFlow Traffic Analysis Summary view.

Customize views

You can add or remove widgets on your views, change the time period, and change the flow direction settings shown by widgets on the view:

  • Click Customize Page to add widgets not present in the default view. For more information, see Edit views.
  • Click the arrow under the view title designating the time period applied to all default view widgets to change the time period. For more details, see Edit time settings for NTA views.
  • If you are viewing endpoint data at the interface level, you also have the option to designate the direction of the selected endpoint traffic over the interface you are monitoring. For more information, see Edit flow direction in NTA views.

Widgets added to a custom view may not be subject to the time period and flow direction controls.

Further controls on the view

Export to PDF

Save the current view as a PDF file.

NetFlow Settings

Access settings relevant for collecting and displaying your Flow and CBQoS data.

Flow Navigator

For more details about searching for certain data or filtering the view, see Search and filter tools.