Bandwidth Usage Reports by Circuit

In this lesson we'll use the Reports tab. The Usage Report summarizes the bandwidth changes Apptifi has made and what they're estimated to cost, with a breakdown for every circuit. Start by picking a time period. You can look at the last seven, thirty, or ninety days.

Let's switch to ninety days to see the bigger picture. The four cards sum up the period. Total Events is how many speed changes were made. Bandwidth Hours Up is how long your circuits spent above their baseline.

Estimated Cost is the total for the period, and Estimated Savings compares that with paying the peak rate the whole time. Below the cards, the By Circuit table breaks it down by service. For each circuit you'll see how many changes were made, the peak bandwidth it reached, its average bandwidth, and its estimated cost. This is the quickest way to spot which circuit is driving your spend.

Switch back to seven days to compare. A circuit that's busy this week but quiet over ninety days might just have had a big event. Need the details somewhere else? Export CSV downloads every bandwidth change in the selected period as a spreadsheet, which is handy for finance.

Export iCal downloads your scheduled events as a calendar file you can open in Outlook or Google Calendar. The report updates when you change the period, and you can refresh it at any time. That's the Reports tab: choose a period, read the summary, compare circuits, and export what you need. Next, we'll look at Ethernet on Demand orders.