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Introduction

This document provides a general guide to FortiView, the FortiOS log view tool, explaining its layout, features, and its usefulness in everyday administrative scenarios.

The following chapters are included in this document:

Overview outlines the role FortiView plays in FortiOS and its overall layout. This section also identifies which FortiGate platforms support the full FortiView features.

Sources explains the features of FortiView's Sources console, and shows how you can investigate an unusual spike in traffic to determine which user is responsible.

Applications explains the features of FortiView's Applications console and shows how you can view what sort of applications their employees are using.

Cloud Applications explains the features of FortiView's Cloud Applications console and shows how you can drill down to access detailed data on cloud application usage, e.g. YouTube.

Destinations explains the features of FortiView's Destinations console and shows how you can access detailed information on user destination-accessing through the use of drill down functionality.

Web Sites explains the features of FortiView's Web Sites console and shows how you can investigate instances of proxy avoidance which is the use of a proxy site in order to access data that might otherwise be blocked by the server.

Threats explains the features of FortiView's Threats console and shows how you can monitor threats to the network, both in terms of their Threat Score and Threat Level.

All Sessions explains the features of FortiView's All Sessions console and shows how you can filter sessions by port number and application type.

Reference explains reference information for the various consoles in FortiView, and describes the assortment of filtering options, drilldown options, and columns available.

Troubleshooting FortiView offers solutions to common technical issues experienced by FortiGate users.