You can use Network Analyzer to view insight details, view categories of insights, query historical data, update the status of an insight, and rerun the analysis as needed.
View insight details
The initial view of the Network Analyzer shows the Summarytab, with all insights visible by default. To view specific network insights, click the different category tabs.
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In the Google Cloud console, go to the Network Analyzerpage.
On the Network Analyzer page, you can see all the insights listed.
- To view the details of an insight, click Viewin the insight details column of any insight.
Query historical data
By default, the Network Analyzerpage shows the current active insights. You can query historical data based on the first reported time.
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In the Google Cloud console, go to the Network Analyzerpage.
- To query historical data, select a custom time range from the upper-right corner.
If you select a historical time range, the insights reported from that time range are displayed. Even if an insight currently exists in your project, if the First report timeis outside the specified time range, such insight is not displayed.
Dismiss an active insight
If you think that an active insight is an expected configuration or if the insight is not useful, you can dismiss the insight. An example of an expected configuration is a static route shadowing a dynamic route.
By default, only Activeinsights are shown on the Network Analyzer page. To view the dismissed insights, you can remove the filter of insight status.
The Network insightstable lists all the insights and displays the status of each insight in the Statuscolumn.
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In the Google Cloud console, go to the Network Analyzerpage.
- To dismiss an active insight, update the insight status from Activeto Dismissedin the Statuscolumn.
- On the insight details page, click Dismissto change the status of the insight.
- Modify the status of an insight by changing the status back to Active.
Update or rerun the insight
On the Network Analyzerpage, the information displayed is precalculated. You can view when the analysis was run by checking the Last run time.
To view newly calculated insights after making a configuration change:
- Wait for 10-20 minutes for the updated information to display.
- Verify if the Last run timeis after the time you made the configuration change.
- Regenerate insights by clicking Update.
When you click Update, Network Analyzer performs the analysis again. When the analysis is generated, the updated analysis details are displayed. The last run timeindicates whether the page is showing the updated insights or old details.
