Collection Statistics

The Forward Collector gathers statistics during snapshot collection and can help users to quickly identify choke points and devices having collection issues.

This functionality is currently available only via an API call which returns a report in Microsoft Excel format. This report provides per-device details on the execution of the collection.

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The API endpoints referenced in this page are not published in the Forward API docs and are subject to change.

• Retrieve a statistics report for the currently active collection:

  • via API: GET /networks/{networkId}/collections/current/statusReport
  • via URL directly in browser: https://<YOUR_VM_IP/api/networks/<NETWORK_ID>/collections/current/statusReport

• Retrieve a statistics report for the last completed collection:

  • via API: GET /snapshots/{snapshotId}/collectionReport
  • via URL directly in browser: https://<YOUR_VM_IP/api/snapshots/<SNAPSHOT_ID>/collectionReport

The report will look like this: