Analytics Charts Reference
This reference summarizes the controls available when you create, edit, view, and export Analytics charts.
Analytics list
The Analytics list shows saved charts for the current site.
| Area | Description |
|---|---|
| Columns | Name, Type, Source |
| Category pane | All analytics, Uncategorized, and user-defined categories and subcategories |
| Toolbar | Default View, + New chart, Add to category, view options, Filter items, row actions, and settings |
| Row actions | Copy and Delete |
| Empty state | Shows No data to display when no Analytics charts exist |
Categories
Use the category pane to organize saved and out-of-the-box charts. User-defined categories can form a hierarchy of categories and subcategories.
- All analytics shows every chart, regardless of its category.
- Uncategorized shows charts that have not been assigned to a category.
- User-defined categories and subcategories group related charts.
Select New category to create a category. To extend the hierarchy, select a top-level category and then select New subcategory. Use the other controls above the pane to reorder and manage categories.
To assign several charts at once, select their rows and click Add to category.
To assign an open chart to a category, open Chart Settings > Categories. The category must already exist in the Analytics category pane.
Out-of-the-box Analytics charts
AlloyScan provides the following Analytics charts out of the box. These charts are also available as Analytics widgets on dashboards.
| Chart | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Antivirus products by manufacturer | Vertical bar | Antivirus products |
| Antivirus products by update status | Donut | Antivirus products |
| AWS EC2 instances by state | Donut | EC2 instances |
| AWS resources by type | Vertical bar | Resources |
| BitLocker volumes by protection status | Donut | BitLocker volumes |
| Computers with the most Windows events | Horizontal bar | Event logs |
| Devices audited by month | Vertical bar | All devices |
| Devices by manufacturer | Horizontal bar | All devices |
| Devices by operating system | Donut | All devices |
| Devices by type | Horizontal bar | All devices |
| Event log count by day | Line | Event logs |
| Event logs by severity | Donut | Event logs |
| Event logs by type | Vertical bar | Event logs |
| Hypervisors by platform | Vertical bar | Hypervisors |
| Logical disks by type | Donut | Logical disks |
| Monitors by manufacturer | Horizontal bar | Monitors |
| Network adapters by type | Pie | Network adapters |
| SNMP devices by subtype | Donut | SNMP devices |
| Top Windows event signatures | Vertical bar | Event logs |
| User accounts by status | Donut | User accounts |
Data sources
When creating a chart, AlloyScan asks you to select a data source. Sources are grouped by AlloyScan data area.
| Group | Example sources |
|---|---|
| Devices | All devices, Computers, Windows computers, Linux computers, macOS computers, iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs, Other Apple mobile devices, Hypervisors, hosted hypervisors, SNMP devices, Switches, Printers, Not scheduled, Others |
| AWS | Resources, EC2 instances, Database instance, Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), Load balancers, Network interfaces, Security groups, Subnets, S3 buckets, Virtual private clouds, Zones, Key pairs |
| Azure | Resources, Virtual machine instances, Virtual networks, Public IPs, Network interfaces, Load balancers, Application gateways, Security groups, Resource groups, Subscriptions, Volumes |
| Google Cloud Platform | Resources, Virtual machine instances, Virtual private clouds, Subnets, Public IPs, Load balancers, Security groups, Images, Big table, Volumes |
| Google Directory | Resources, Chromebooks |
| Device components | Monitors, BitLocker volumes, Antivirus products, Firewall products, Logical disks, Network adapters, User accounts, Services, Event logs |
Chart builder
After you select a source and click Next, AlloyScan opens the chart builder. The left pane shows a live preview. The right pane shows Chart Settings.
Opening an existing Analytics chart uses the same builder layout. The chart opens with its saved configuration already applied. Use Save to save changes to the current chart, or Save As to create another chart.
| Tab | Controls |
|---|---|
| General | Required name, chart type, available properties, data fields, Group By (X-axis), and Metric (Y-axis) |
| Filter | Embedded chart filters. Use Add filter, search for a property, and select the property to filter by. |
| Options | Color palette, custom colors, display options, and axis labels |
| Categories | Categories for the current chart |
The bar above the preview contains runtime filters and view-mode controls. Runtime filters usually include an audit-date filter with a period selector, and you can add more runtime filters for fields from the selected source.
Chart types
| Chart type |
|---|
| Vertical bar |
| Horizontal bar |
| Line |
| Area |
| Donut |
| Pie |
| Counter |
| Table |
Runtime controls
When viewing a chart, the bar above the visualization provides runtime controls.
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Date field | Selects the date field used by the time range. |
| Time range | Selects the time period for the chart. |
| Add filter | Adds a runtime filter for the current view. Runtime filters refine the open chart without changing its saved embedded filters. |
| Visualization | Shows the chart visualization. |
| Summarized data | Shows the grouped result behind the chart, such as one row per manufacturer with a count of records. |
| Raw data | Shows the underlying records returned by the chart source and current filters. For supported Inventory records, click a linked value to open the device represented by that row, or use Ctrl+click to open it in a new browser tab. |
| Export | Exports the current mode. Export options change when you switch between Visualization, Summarized data, and Raw data. |
Export options
| Current mode | Export options |
|---|---|
| Visualization | Chart (PDF), Chart (PNG) |
| Summarized data | Summarized data (CSV), Summarized data (CSV, raw), Summarized data (JSON) |
| Raw data | Raw data (CSV), Raw data (CSV, raw), Raw data (JSON) |
Dashboard widgets
Saved Analytics charts can be added to dashboards as Analytics widgets. Dashboard placement is managed from Dashboard edit mode, not from the Analytics chart builder.
Constraints
- Save is disabled until the required chart name is set.
- The chart preview updates continuously as settings change.
- Add Analytics widgets to dashboards from Dashboard edit mode.