# Traffic Comparison

#### Function

Traffic Comparison provides visibility into the traffic forwarding situation of a specified device within a given time range.

- If the cleaning device is selected, the report displays information about the incoming traffic, outgoing traffic, attack traffic.

- If the detection device is selected, the report displays traffic detection information.

#### Parameter

Table 1 Query parameters of traffic comparison
Parameter | Description
--- | ---
Direction | Select Inbound or Outbound from the drop-down list.
Device | Select a device from the drop-down list.
Zone | Click , select a Zone on the Zone page that is displayed, and then click OK.
IP Address | Enter the destination IP address. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are applicable. Traffic destined for the IP address is queried.
Protocol | Select a protocol type from the drop-down list.
Time | Click to select the start time and end time of statistics. Or you can change the time values in corresponding text boxes. The end time should be later than the start time and the interval cannot be longer than one year. If the query interval is longer than or equal to seven days and shorter than one year, statistics are collected daily. If the query interval is longer than or equal to one day and shorter than seven days, statistics are collected hourly. If the query interval is shorter than one day, statistics are collected every five minutes.
Unit | Select a traffic measurement unit. The unit can be pps or kbps. The default unit is pps.

#### Example

If the device is set to DDoS-Cleaning, traffic comparison within a period of time is displayed in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Traffic comparison

If the device is set to DDoS-Detecting, traffic comparison within a period of time is displayed in Figure 2.

Figure 2 Traffic comparison

#### Procedure

1. Choose Report > Report > Traffic Analysis.
2. Click the Traffic Comparison tab.
3. Set query parameters.
4. Click Search.

   The traffic comparison result that meets query conditions is displayed.

5. Optional: Open or save the query results as files, or send queried reports to the specified email address.

   - Click to open or save the query results as PDF files. A maximum of 10,000 entries can be displayed.
   - Click to open or save the query results as EXCEL files. A maximum of 10,000 entries can be displayed.
   - Click to open or save the query results as CSV files. All data except figures can be displayed.
   - Click to enter a recipient mail address and select an attachment format. Then click OK.

Parent topic: Traffic Analysis

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