Other Report Customizations
Just as the SORT variable adjusts data display, other variables further change a report's format, allowing you to create a report that contains exactly the information you need, presented in the most usable manner. I'll modify the ip-source-address report I ran earlier this chapter to demonstrate exactly how each of these variables changes a report.
Choosing Fields
Perhaps you specifically want to know the number of bytes (or packets) sent by a host, and you don't care about the other information provided by a report. The FIELDS variable lets you select the columns to include in a report.
For example, the ip-source-address report includes five fields: address, flows, octets, packets, and duration. Say you want to remove ...
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