Report Data Configuration

The Report Data Configuration option allows you to enable and disable summaries or aggregate tables in the Sentinel database. Enabling a summary allows aggregation to start computing the counts for that particular summary and shortens the execution time for any report that uses the summary table. Sentinel Top 10 reports use summary tables.

A summary is a defined set of attributes that make up the key for which to compute the number of unique occurrences (event count) by each hour time period (event time). For EventSevDestPortSummary, it saves the count of events for each unique combination of destination port and severity for an hour. These saved computations of the event data allow for quicker summary reporting and querying. Certain summaries need to be active in order for the summary reports to be accurate.

Aggregation is the process of calculating the running count for all active summaries as events flow through the system. These running counts are saved to the database in the summary tables.

Summaries Benefits:

Aggregation Benefits:

Report Data Configuration tab allows you to:

The following are all summaries already defined in the system.

Table 2 Summary Name Description

Summary Name

Table/Description

EventSrcSummary

EVT_SRC_SMRY_1

Sums the event count by source IP, source asset information, source port, source user, taxonomy, event_name, resource, Collector, protocol, severity, and event time by hour.

EventDestSummary

EVT_DEST_SMRY_1

Sums the event count by destination IP, destination asset information, destination port, destination user, taxonomy, event_name, resource, Collector, protocol, severity, and event time by hour.

EventSevDestTxnmySummary

EVT_ DEST_TXNMY_SMRY_1

Sums the event count by destination IP, destination asset information, taxonomy, severity, and event time by hour.

EventSevDestEvtSummary

EVT_DEST_EVT_NAME_SMRY_1

Sums the event count by destination IP, destination event asset, taxonomy, event name, severity, and event time by hour.

EventSevDestPortSummary

EVT_PORT_SMRY_1

Sums the event count by destination port, severity, and event time by hour.

EventSevSummary

EVT_SEV_SMRY_1

Sums the event count by severity and event time by hour.

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