TRITON - Web Security Help, Version 7.7 - Websense

Reporting Administration3. Under Hits and Visits, use the Enable visits check box to indicate the level ofgranularity recorded for each user Internet request.NoteIt is best to create a new database partition prior tochanging the method of logging between visits and hits.See the Settings > Reporting > Log Database page tocreate a new database partition.When this option is not selected, a separate log record is created for each HTTPrequest generated to display different page elements, including graphics,advertisements, embedded videos, and so on. Also known as logging hits, thiscreates a much larger Log Database that grows rapidly.When this option is selected, Log Server combines the individual elements thatcreate the Web page (such as graphics and advertisements) into a single log recordthat includes bandwidth information for all elements of the visit.With Websense Web Security Gateway (Anywhere), when visits are enabled,numbers shown on Web filtering reports that include traffic blocked by scanningare lower than the numbers shown on scanning-specific reports. This is a sideeffectof the way that scanning activity is recorded.Configure User Service communicationClick the User Service Connection button, then use the User and group updateinterval field to indicate how often Log Server connects to User Service to retrievefull user name and group assignment information (ever 12 hours, by default).Activity for a user whose user name or group information has changed continues to bereported with the original user name or group assignment until the next update occurs.Organizations that update their directory service frequently or have a large number ofusers should consider updating the user/group information more frequently.Testing the Log Database connectionTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xThe database connection information used by Log Server and other reporting tools canbe updated on the Settings > Reporting > Log Server page in TRITON - WebSecurity.The Log Database Connection section of the page includes a Test Connection button.When you click the button, Log Server performs the following tests:1. Log Server retrieves the updated database connection information fromTRITON - Web Security.If Log Server is stopped, or the network is down between the TRITONmanagement server and the Log Server machine, this test fails. If the connectionto Log Server fails, an IO exception error is likely to display.TRITON - Web Security Help 417