Reports Top Categories Report View the Top Categories Report

Last updated: Aug 22, 2025

View the Top Categories Report

Before you begin

A minimum user role of Read-only. For more information, see Manage Accounts.

Procedure

1

Navigate to Monitor > Reports > Top Categories.

Report Fields

  • Category —The threat or content category item. Clicking a category name redirects you to the Category Details section.
  • Type—The type of category: security, content, or application.
  • Traffic —The total bandwidth of proxy requests uploaded and downloaded for this category.
  • Activity —The number of requests for the category for the selected period. Clicking the number of requests reveals more information:
  • the total requests for the selected period
  • which of the requests were blocked and which were allowed
  • the most active identities (the identities that have requested the category the most)
2

Choose a time frame within which to view the result. You can view the report for the last 24 hours, the previous day (yesterday), last week, the last 30 days, or a custom range within the last 30 days.

3

Filter the top categories by category type. You can view Security categories, Content categories, or both. By default, All is selected, so that both security and content categories are shown.

4

Filter top categories by response type. You can view categories from requests that were Allowed, Blocked, or both. By default, neither is selected, so all responses are shown.

5

Filter top categories by traffic type. You can filter by DNS, Web, or both (All).

6

Filter requests that were warned or accessed after a warn.

7

Choose identity types to filter results and click Apply.By default, no identity types are selected, so all identity types are shown.

Search by identity if you know the identity name.

8

Choose how to sort the top category results.

Ascending or Descending Order

  • Descending —Show the results in descending order. By default, descending is selected.
  • Ascending —Show the results in ascending order.

What to do next

Once you have chosen all filters and sorting options, the report will reflect the appropriate results.