URL Categories Page

The URL Categories report page can be used to view the URL categories of sites that users on your system are visiting.

To view the URL Categories report page, select Web from the Product drop-down and choose Monitoring > URL Categories from the Reports drop-down. For more information, see Using the Interactive Report Pages.

From the URL Categories page, you can view the following information:

Details on the URL Categories Page

Section

Description

Time Range (drop-down list)

Choose the time range for your report. For more information, see the Choosing a Time Range for Reports.

Top URL Categories: Total Transactions

You can view the top URL Categories that are being visited on the site in a graphical format.

To customize the view of the chart, click on the chart. For more information, see (Web Reports Only) Choosing Which Data to Chart.

Top URL Categories: Blocked and Warned Transactions

You can view the top URL that triggered a block or warning action to occur per transaction in a graphical format. For example, a user went to a certain URL and because of a specific policy that is in place, this triggered a block action or a warning. This URL then gets listed in this graph as a transaction blocked or warning.

To customize the view of the chart, click on the chart. For more information, see (Web Reports Only) Choosing Which Data to Chart.

Top Youtube Categories: Total Transactions

You can view the top Youtube Categories that are being visited on the site in a graphical format.

To customize the view of the chart, click on the chart. For more information, see (Web Reports Only) Choosing Which Data to Chart.

Top Youtube Categories: Blocked and Warned Transactions

You can view the top Youtube URL that triggered a block or warning action to occur per transaction in a graphical format. For example, a user went to a certain Youtube URL and because of a specific policy that is in place, this triggered a block action or a warning. This Youtube URL then gets listed in this graph as a transaction blocked or warning.

To customize the view of the chart, click on the chart. For more information, see (Web Reports Only) Choosing Which Data to Chart .

URL Categories Matched

The URL Categories Matched interactive table shows the disposition of transactions by URL category during the specified time range, plus bandwidth used and time spent in each category.

If there are a large number of unclassified URLs, see Reducing Uncategorized URLs.

Youtube Categories Matched

The Youtube Categories Matched interactive table shows the disposition of transactions by Youtube category during the specified time range, plus bandwidth used and time spent in each category.

To view the Youtube Categories Matched interactive table, choose Web > Reporting > URL Categories .

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To customize your view of this report, see Working with Web Security Reports.