Authentication Summary Charts

The Authentication tab provides charts to represent the number of Cloud Identity authentication requests and access requests made by users, and client devices associated with different client roles.

To view the Authentication summary page, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Aruba Central app, set the filter to Global.
    The global dashboard is displayed.
  2. Under Manage, click Security > Authentication & Policy.
  3. To view the Authentication summary page, click the Summary icon and click Authentication.

    The authentication summary page is displayed.

To set the charts to show data for a specific duration, use the options in the time range filter. By default, the data is displayed for a duration of 3 hours. To view the graphs for different durations, click the time filter icon and select a time range of your choice.

The Authentication summary page displays the following charts.

Access Requests Charts

Aruba Central provides two different chart options to view the access request data, that is, line chart and the bar chart. Click and icons to toggle between line chart and bar chart.

  • Access Requests line chart—The data points on the chart display the number of access requests that were made in a selected duration, which are grouped by a specific set of dates. When you hover over a data point, it displays the number of successful and failed access requests on a particular date. Click a region on the line connecting data points, or click on a data point to view the details in the Access Request List. For more information, see Viewing Access Request List.

    Figure 1  Access Requests Line Chart

  • Access Requests bar chart—The stacked vertical bars display number of access requests that were made in a selected duration, which are grouped by specific set of dates. When you hover over a stacked vertical bar, it displays the number of successful and failed access requests on a particular date. Click a region on the stacked vertical bar to view the details in the Access Request List. For more information, see Viewing Access Request List.

    Figure 2  Access Requests Bar Chart

  • A legend is displayed next to the Access Requests chart. When you click a legend, the associated portion of the chart is shown or hidden for a selected duration. For example, when you click Success, the chart shows or hides the number of successful access requests. By default, the chart displays the total number of access requests made in a selected duration.

Authentication Requests Chart

The center of this chart displays the grand total number of authentication requests received in a selected duration. When you hover over the different regions on the chart, each region displays the total number of authentication requests received from users and client devices. It also displays how many authentication requests were successful and how many of them failed. Click a region on the stacked vertical bar to view the details in the Access Request List.

A legend is displayed next to the Authentication Requests chart. When you click a legend, the associated portion of the chart is shown or hidden for a selected duration. For example, when you click User-Based, the associated portion of the chart shows or hides the total number of access requests that were made by Users. By default, the chart displays the total number of all the authentication requests.

Figure 3  Authentication Requests Pie Chart

Client Roles Chart

The center of this chart displays the grand total number of client roles who raised authentication requests for a selected duration. When you hover over the different regions on the chart, each region displays the total number of authentication requests received from each client role. Click a region on the stacked vertical bar to view the details in the Access Request List. For more information, see Viewing Access Request List.

A legend is displayed next to the Client Roles chart. When you click a legend, the associated portion of the chart is shown or hidden for the selected duration. For example, when you click Engineer, the associated portion of the chart shows or hides all the authentication requests raised by the Engineer client role. By default, the chart displays the total number of authentication requests made by all the client roles.

Figure 4  Client Roles Pie Chart

Authentication Failures Chart

This chart displays the failures based on the following Authentication Failures filter.