Traffic Path Analysis in NTA
Traffic Path Analysis is a Sankey visualization in NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) that shows how traffic is distributed across several dimensions at once, for example from a country, through an application, to an endpoint, using a single flow diagram.
Traffic Path Analysis shows the relationship between dimensions - which values connect to which other values, through which intermediate dimensions, and how much traffic is involved.
To access Traffic Path Analysis, in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console, click My Dashboards > NetFlow > Traffic Paths.
Traffic Path Analysis opens as its own page. It is a standalone view, separate from the NTA Summary view and the existing NTA widgets.
The page always opens with a predefined view already loaded. For more information, see:
When to use Traffic Path Analysis and when Top XX widgets
Use Traffic Path Analysis to analyze relationships between dimensions. Use the Top XX widgets and Summary views to see rankings within a single dimension.
| Analysis | Recommended view/widget |
|---|---|
| Top 10 applications by bandwidth | Top XX Applications widget |
| Endpoints consuming the most bandwidth | Top XX Endpoints / Conversations widget |
| Traffic between endpoints through an application | Traffic Path Analysis |
| Traffic to a particular country | Traffic Path Analysis (Conversations by Country view) |
| Traffic not classified by application definitions | Traffic Path Analysis (Unmonitored Applications view) |