Summary Report Overview
Overview
Summary reports provide statistics related to usage on wireless, Cisco Meraki MS switch, and MX WAN appliance networks. To access the Summary Report page, navigate to Organization > Monitor > Summary Report.
This article covers the following topics:
- Common report sections
- Product-specific report sections
- Emailing and scheduling reports
To learn more, visit the Monitoring, Reporting, and Alerts course on the Meraki Learning Hub:
Common report sections
Most Summary Report sections are available for each network type: wireless, security appliance, and switch. The sections below describe each report from the perspective of a wireless-only network.
Usage
The Usage section provides a high-level overview of total traffic across all devices on the network over the selected time period. The quantities next to the section header indicate the total data traffic in each direction (upload and download) over the time period. The graph shows average total network usage over time.
Usage over time and Clients per day display data according to the specified timeframe, unless Network-Wide > Configure > General > Client privacy has been configured for a shorter timeframe. The Client Privacy feature is only available for organizations hosted in the Europe region of Meraki Cloud.
Note: The graph represents average utilization. Bursts of traffic at high speed appear lower when surrounded by low utilization. Use this graph to analyze overall trends rather than to determine peak volumes.
Note: The Summary report page displays a maximum of 50 results.
Top devices by usage
This section lists the top 10 Cisco Meraki devices in the network, ranked by total network usage, along with the total number of unique clients that used each device..
Top clients by usage
This section lists the top 10 clients on the network based on total usage (upload and download) during the time period. The % Usage column shows the percentage of total network usage attributed to each client.
If individual clients generate higher-than-desired amounts of traffic, consider one of the following options:
- Apply group policies to those clients to limit their usage.
- Use global traffic shaping rules on wireless or MX WAN appliance networks.
Top client device manufacturers by usage
This section lists the top 10 device manufacturers by total usage. In addition to aggregate usage information, it provides the total number of clients associated with each manufacturer.
Top device models by per-device usage
This section lists the top 10 Cisco Meraki device models in the network based on average usage (upload and download) per device.
Top applications by usage
This section lists the top 10 applications on the network based on overall usage (upload and download). These applications align with those used for traffic analytics. If undesirable applications generate large amounts of traffic, use layer 7 firewall rules to block or restrict traffic.
Top operating systems by usage
This section lists the top 10 operating systems (OS) on the network based on overall usage (upload and download), along with the number of clients using each OS.
Uplinks
This section provides uplink statistics for the selected network. For networks configured with Warm spare MX, both the primary and spare MX contribute to these statistics.
Note: The MX uses the configured default uplink statistic to gather this information. For more information on configuring the uplink statistic, refer to the SD-WAN and Traffic shaping document.
The uplink statistics columns are defined as follows:
- Loss Rate %: The percentage of traffic that is expected but dropped between the source and destination
- Latency: The processing and transit delay for network traffic.
- RTT min (ms): The minimum round-trip time, in milliseconds (ms), for a network request to travel from a starting point to a destination and back.
- RTT max (ms): The maximum round-trip time, in milliseconds (ms), for a network request to travel from a starting point to a destination and back.
- Jitter: The varied delay between received packets. For more information, refer to the What is Jitter? document.
- % Time Up: The uptime of the uplink while the MX is online.
Number of sessions over time
This section lists the number of wireless device sessions per day. A session is defined as a series of wireless probes from one device with no more than a five-minute gap between adjacent probes. Sessions from unassociated devices are included, as well as sessions from devices associated to any SSID.
To include this section in the Summary Report, enable Analytics under Network-wide > General > Location and scanning.
Note: This section only appears when:
- The report spans multiple days.
- The SSID filter is set to All SSIDs.
Adjust the date range or SSID filter if this section is not visible.
Product-specific report sections
Wireless-specific sections
Wireless networks include a Top SSIDs by usage section. This section lists the top 10 SSIDs configured on the network based on overall usage (upload and download), and provides the total number of unique clients seen on each SSID.
Switch specific sections
Port utilization
Switch networks include a Port utilization section. This section provides a summary of switch ports on the network and their maximum active speed during the time period. Use this section to assess how the switch network is approaching port capacity and to understand typical device speeds.
Note: Active speed refers to the link speed between the client and switch, not the actual data usage on the port. A device may be connected at 1 Gbps but have only a few megabytes (MB) of usage.
Ethernet power details
The Ethernet power details section provides a summary of Power over Ethernet (PoE) usage for all devices connected to PoE switches on the network during the specified time period. Use this section to view aggregate PoE usage across a network.
The Top switches by power usage list displays all PoE switches in a network and their average power usage per hour, calculated in either Watt-hour (Wh) or Kilowatt-hour (kWh).
Emailing and scheduling reports
In addition to viewing the Summary Report in the dashboard, you can have the report emailed once or on a recurring schedule. The email and scheduling options are available in the top-right of the Summary Report page.
Emailing reports
To send a one-time report by email:
- Select the Mail icon and choose Email.
- Enter an email address.
- Select Email Report.
The report is sent to the provided addresses from reports-mailer@meraki.com.
Scheduling reports
Reports can also be scheduled to occur daily, weekly, or monthly. To schedule a report:
- Choose Schedule report.
- If a logo is desired, this can be added in the Logo section. This logo will be applied to all new and existing scheduled reports.
- Name the report in the Report name field.
- Add an email address in the Recipients section by interacting with Add another recipient.
- Choose the desired Frequency.
- Select Save.
To remove a scheduled report, select the X at the end of the row and select Save. To modify an existing scheduled report, update the selections in the row and select Save. To modify multiple scheduled email reports at once, select View all scheduled reports and recipients.
Note: Regardless of the day a report schedule is created, reports with a Weekly frequency are sent every Monday, and reports with a Monthly frequency are sent on the first day of each month.
