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Documentation > How-To Guide for GigaFlow > Diagnostics and Reporting > Identify Bandwidth Usage by User

Identify Bandwidth Usage by User

Select a site, device or remote branch directly from the Dashboard > Summary Device and Dashboard > Interface Summary pages. Search using the main GigaFlow Search when the site, device or remote branch is not listed.

After searching by IP address, click on the Device Name in the panel on the left. The information in the panel on the right-hand side of the screen will refresh. Click Overview in the Tools section of this panel.

Figure: Sample results from GigaFlow's search for an internal IP address
GigaFlow search results.

In the Summary Interfaces panel, click on any interface to get an overview.

If you are interested in inbound - or download - traffic, select the Drill Down icon Drill down icon. beside the interface name from the Summary Interfaces In panel.

A list of the application traffic, ranked by volume, will be displayed here; this Application Flows report will include details of the internal IP address communicating with this application.

You can view historical flow data by selecting any date or time.

From the Report drop-down menu at the top of the screen, select Application Flows with Users and click submit Forensics check and submit icon..

To see all traffic for a particular user, click the Drill Down icon Drill down icon. to the left of that user. Click submit Forensics check and submit icon. once more.