You can use several reporting tools in Application Security Manager (ASM) to analyze incoming requests, track trends in violations, generate security reports, and evaluate possible attacks. The statistics and monitoring reporting tools are described in this table.

1. On the Main tab, click Security > Overview > Application > Traffic. The Overview Traffic screen opens and summarizes ASM system activity at a glance.
2. To change the default time frame for all widgets, select a time period from the Override time range to list.
3. From the Security Policy list, select a security policy to narrow down the statistics. By default, statistics for all active security policies are shown.
4. Review the summary statistics (organized into areas called widgets) to determine what is happening on the system.
5. If you want to create a new area of information customized to your specifications, at the bottom of the screen, click Add Widget. The Add New Widget popup screen opens.
6. Optionally, for each widget, you can adjust the time range, data measurements, and format of data to display from the Time Period list (Last Hour, Last Day, Last Week, Last Month, or Last Year) or the configuration gear settings. You can also delete any widget that you do not need on the screen.
7. To save the summary as a PDF file on your computer:
   1. Click the Export link.
   2. In the popup screen that opens, click Export again to save the file on your computer.
8. To send the report as an email attachment, click the Export link.
   Note: To send email, you need to configure an SMTP server. If one is not configured, on the Main tab,click System > Configuration > Device > SMTP, and then click Create to configure one first.
   1. Click Send the report file via E-Mail as an attachment.
   2. In the Target E-Mail Address(es) field, type the one or more email addresses (separated by commas or semi-colons).
   3. From the SMTP Server list, select the SMTP server.
   4. Click Export.
   The systems sends an email with the PDF to the specified addresses.

1. On the Main tab, click Security > Event Logs > Application > Requests. The Requests screen opens, where, by default, you can view a list of illegal requests for all security policies.
2. In the Requests List, click a request to view information about the request and any violations associated with it. You see any violations associated with the request and other details, such as the security policy it relates to, the support ID, severity, and potential attacks that it could cause.
3. To view details about a violation associated with an illegal request:
   • To view details about this specific violation such as the file type, the expected and actual length of the query, or similar relevant information, click the violation name.
   • To display a general description of that type of violation, click the icon to the left of the violation.
4. For violations that you want to allow (false positives), click the Learn button. If there are learning suggestions, the violation’s learning screen opens where you can accept or clear the suggestions one at a time.
5. To view the actual contents of the request, click HTTP Request or HTTP Response.
6. When you are done looking at the request details, click Close.

1. On the Main tab, click Security > Event Logs > Application > Requests. The Requests screen opens, where, by default, you can view a list of illegal requests for all security policies.
2. If you want to export specific requests, select those requests from the list. You can export up to 100 entries in PDF format.
3. Beneath the Requests List, click Export. The Select Export Method popup screen provides options.
4. Select the export method to use, then click Export.
   • To export selected requests into a document, click Export selected requests in PDF format.

     You can choose to open or save the file created.

   • To export requests to a document and send it by e-mail, click Send selected requests in PDF format to your E-mail address, and type your e-mail address. (Note an SMTP server must be configured on the BIG-IP system.)
   • To export all requests currently displayed to a tar file, click Binary export of all requests defined by filter.

     The system creates a *.tar.gz file of the requests, and saves it where you specify.