Web Usage (Last 7 Days) report

The report includes web activity detected in the Chrome browser of supported Windows and Chromebook devices only. The Web Usage policy needs to be activated on each device.

NOTE  After the Web Usage policy is activated on a device, you'll need to wait a day to see web usage data in the report. After a few days, if there is less activity than expected, ensure that all prerequisites are met for all devices.

For example, to show only those devices that visited Youtube, add the following filter to the report: Website is youtube.com.

The report shows a default collection of information organized in the following columns:

You can use website names and web categories to search for report information. You can also include additional information in the report by adding more columns.

By default, the report data is sorted by the Devices column, in descending order. You can change the sort order by clicking a column heading.

To show the most recent data available in the system, such as web activity information that was just uploaded from a device, click the icon in the bottom left of the page. The Last updated field updates to the current date and time.

Depending on the Absolute licenses associated with your account, and your user role, you may be able to perform some or all of the following tasks on the Web Usage (Last 7 Days) report:

• Open and view the report
• Search for and view individual websites in the report
• Adjust the columns on the report
• Add or remove filters
• Export the report
• Email the report on a set schedule
• Favorite the report
• Save changes to report filters and columns to create a customized report

NOTE  The Web Usage (Last 7 Days) report is a default report. If you make any changes to the report, such as adding report filters, you can't save the changes to the default report.

To view more detailed information about individual webpages that were visited during the past 7 days, click the applicable link in the Website Title column. You can also access this report by clicking the applicable link in the Webpage Title column of the Web Usage (Trending) report.

The report shows a default collection of information organized in the following columns:

You can use webpage names and web categories to search for report information. You can also include additional information in the report by adding more columns.

NOTE  Depending on the permissions associated with your user role, you may not be able to view the list of devices that visited a website.

To view the time spent by each device that visited a website during the past 7 days, click the website's percentage link in the Devices column of the Web Usage (Last 7 Days) report. The website's Device Details report opens to show a default collection of information organized in the following columns:

• Device nameThe name assigned to the device in the operating system. For Chromebooks, device name is not applicable and therefore shows as "Chrome" in the Absolute console.
• Weekly usage > Total: the total time that the device spent on the website over the past 7 days
• Weekly usage > Daytime: the total time that the device spent on the website between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays (local device time) over the past 7 days
• Weekly usage > Evenings and weekends: the total time that the device spent on the website between 3 p.m. and 9 a.m. on weekdays, and all day on weekends (local device time) over the past 7 days
• Device usage: The weekly usage of a device, averaged over the 30 days prior to the most recent agent check-in and expressed in total hours and minutes. Note that any days with no usage are not included in the calculation. This column applies only to Windows, Mac, and Chromebook devices with an activated Device Usage policy.
• Username: the username of the logged in user

If multiple users performed web activity on a device, the column shows a count. Hover over the count to view the usernames in a tooltip.

• Make The manufacturer of a device.
• ModelThe manufacturer's designated name for the type of device.
• Device groupThe name of the device group that the device belongs to.

You can use most of the device information as search criteria to search for a device, or a group of devices. You can also include additional information in the report by adding more columns.