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.

Top XX Countries

This widget provides a view of the countries hosting endpoints that transmit the most data through the viewed node or interface over the selected period of time.

When placed on the Node Details or Interface Details view, this widget provides a view of the countries responsible for the most traffic passing through the viewed node or interface over the selected period of time.

View more details about displayed countries

Click a country to open it in the NetFlow Countries Summary view filtered by the selected country. For more information, see NetFlow Countries Summary View.

Click + to expand a listed conversation and display the list of nodes and their respective interfaces through which the selected country is currently passing data.

Click a node or interface to display the NetFlow Country detail view showing statistics for the selected country traffic traversing through the appropriate node or interface. For more information, see NetFlow Country View.

Top XX Countries (Endpoint Centric)

You can customize an endpoint-centric version of this widget and place it on the NetFlow Node Details or Interface Details view.

The endpoint-centric Top XX Countries widget provides a ranked list of countries to and from which the selected node or interface initiated or terminated traffic.

For more information about adding endpoint-centric widgets, see Add endpoint-centric widgets to NTA views.

Table legend

The table below the chart provides the following information:

Column Title Contents
Country The name of the country and its flag, if available.
Ingress Bytes, Egress Bytes
Ingress Packets, Egress Packets
Displays the amount of data (in bytes and packets) traceable to the listed country over the selected period of time.
The columns displayed depend on the flow direction set in the top left corner of the view (either only Ingress Bytes, or only Egress Bytes, or both columns).
Percent (Utilization) Displays the percentage of all traffic over the viewed node or interface that is traceable to the listed country.

The first value describes the percentage of the appropriate item based on items shown by the chart. Individual items in the legend add up 100%. This percentage can be absolute or relative. For more information, see Set the Percentage type for Top XX lists.

A value in parentheses is available only for interfaces. It describes how the appropriate item utilizes the interface bandwidth in percentage.

If the utilization is approximately twice as high as it should be, for example 150% instead of 75%, it might be caused by flow duplication. For more information, see Resolve duplicate flows.

Edit the widget

If you are logged in using a User ID with administrative privileges, you can change the way this widget is displayed for all users:

  1. Click Edit to load the Edit Resource page.
  2. Make changes.
  3. Click Submit.

Edit time and flow direction for the view

You can also change the time period and flows direction shown by all widgets in the view:

  1. Directly below the view name, click next to the appropriate setting and define the appropriate settings.
  2. Change the Relative Time Period, by default set to 1 hour prior to the current time, or specify a specific time period.

The time and flow direction settings are limited to the current session only. After you leave the view, your changes will be lost and default settings are re-applied.