Configure Filtering and Metadata Export for Selected Applications in Application Visualization

This section describes how to perform filtering and exporting metadata for selected applications when configuring Application Visualization. Refer to the following steps for more detailed information:

Filter Traffic for Selected Applications

  1. Click the Application Visualization application in the Monitoring Session Canvas page and select Details. The Application quick view appears.
  2. Click on STATISTICS tab.
  3. Click on the drop-down menu that displays Top 10 and select the All .
  4. Select the applications for which you want to filter traffic.

    Note:  Select the applications and their attributes for traffic filtering by layer seven applications. You can select a maximum of 64 attributes for each application.

  5. Click Actions > Filter Selected Applications. The Filter Selected Applications dialog box opens.
  6. In the Filter Selected Applications dialog box, Select the existing Application Filtering map or New Map from the Send to Map drop-down menu.
    • New Map:Select this option if you wish to create a new application filtering map, to filter the traffic from the applications.
    • Existing map: Select this option if you have already configured an application filtering map and you wish to send the traffic for filtering to that map.
  7. Under the Applications section, choose the traffic as pass or drop for the selected applications.
  8. Click Send to Map.

Note:  If the New Map option is selected from the Send to Map drop-down menu. Then, the map quick view appears. Refer to step 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 in Configure Application Filtering Intelligence for Virtual Environmentsection for more detailed instructions on how to configure Application Filtering.

Export Metadata for Selected Applications

  1. Click the Application Visualization application and select Details. The Application quick view appears.
  2. Click on STATISTICS tab.
  3. Click on the drop-down menu that displays Top 10 and select the All .
  4. Select the applications for which you want to export metadata.

    Note:  Select the applications and their attributes for traffic filtering by layer seven applications. You can select a maximum of 64 attributes for each application.

  5. Click Actions > Export Metadata for Selected Applications. The Export Metadata for Selected Applications dialog box opens.
  6. In the Export Metadata for Selected Applications dialog box, Select the existing Application Metadata application or New Exporter from the Send to Exporter drop-down menu.
    • New Application Metadata:Select this option if you wish to create a new application metadata, to export metadata from the applications.
    • Existing Application Metadata Application: Select this option if you have already configured an Application Metadata Intelligence application and you wish to send the traffic for exporting metadata from the applications.
  7. Click Export.

Note:  If the New Application Metadata option is selected from the Send to Exporters drop-down menu. Then, the application quick view appears. Refer to steps 3 and 4 in Configure Application Metadata Intelligence for Virtual Environment sectionConfigure Application Filtering Intelligence for Virtual Environmentfor more detailed instructions on how to configure Application Metadata application.