The following shows how to generate the prolexic-events-by-security-configs report using either the Reporting API's Generate a report POST operation or the Get a cacheable report GET operation. Details about each report's supported products, metrics, filters, and available data intervals are also available dynamically by running the API's Get a report type operation, also shown below. See also other available reports.

Report definition

Provides event data by security config. Requires a securityConfigs filter. The response includes Unix timestamp and N/A values for unavailable data.

Business object: securityConfigs

Data available for: 90 days

Required products: Prolexic Routed, Prolexic over ADC, Prolexic Connect, or IP Protect

Available metrics

Metric	Description
`eventStartDateTime`	The event's start time in ISO 8601 format using UTC time.
`eventType`	The event type, one of the following: - Attack alert - triggered when there is a DDoS attack. - FBM alert - triggered when the FBM threshold is met or crossed. - FBM config - triggered when there is a change in FBM configurations.
`eventDetails`	A detailed message about the event.
`destinationIps`	The event's destination IP address(es).

Available filters

Metric	Description
`securityConfigs`	Specifies the security configs to report.

POST request

POST /reporting-api/v1/reports/prolexic-events-by-security-configs

Sample: /reporting-api/v1/reports/prolexic-events-by-security-configs/versions/1/report-data?start=2025-03-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&end=2025-05-28T16%3A55%3A00Z&interval=FIVE_MINUTES

Required query parameters

Parameter	Type	Sample	Description
`start`	String	`2025-05-01T00:00:00Z`	Specifies the start of the reported period as an ISO-8601 timestamp with optional time zone. The report includes data that matches the `start` value's timestamp.
`end`	String	`2025-06-01T00:00:00Z`	Specifies the end of the reported period as an ISO-8601 timestamp with optional time zone. The report excludes any data that matches the `end` value's timestamp.
`interval`	Enumeration	`FIVE_MINUTES`	Specifies the time interval, one of: `FIVE_MINUTES`, `HOUR`, or `DAY`.

JSON request members

Member	Type	Description
`objectType`	String	Specifies the business object for the report.
`objectIds`	String	Specifies the `securityConfigs` for the report.
`filters`	Array of objects	Specifies a set of custom filters, with each filter's name keying an array with each filter's set of values: `securityConfigs`. This should match the strings listed in `objectIds`. The response data includes only objects for security configs with events matching the query.
`metrics`	Array	The set of desired metrics. If omitted, the report includes all available metrics.

Request body

{
   "objectType": "securityConfigs",
   "objectIds": [
       "west_config"
   ],
   "filters": {
       "securityConfigs": [
           "west_config"
       ]
   },
   "metrics": [
       "eventStartDateTime",
       "eventType",
       "eventDetails",
       "destinationIps"
   ]
}

JSON response

Status 200 application/json

Response body

{
   "metadata": {
       "name": "prolexic-events-by-security-configs",
       "version": "1",
       "outputType": "FLAT",
       "groupBy": [
           "eventStartDateTime"
       ],
       "interval": "FIVE_MINUTES",
       "start": "2025-03-01T00:00:00Z",
       "end": "2025-05-28T16:55:00Z",
       "availableDataEnds": null,
       "suggestedRetryTime": null,
       "rowCount": 5,
       "filters": [
           {
               "name": "securityConfigs",
               "values": [
                   "west_config"
               ]
           }
       ],
       "columns": [
           {
               "name": "groupBy",
               "label": "eventStartDateTime"
           },
           {
               "name": "eventStartDateTime",
               "label": "Date/Time"
           },
           {
               "name": "eventDetails",
               "label": "Details"
           },
           {
               "name": "eventType",
               "label": "Event type"
           },
           {
               "name": "destinationIps",
               "label": "Destination"
           }
       ],
       "objectType": "securityConfigs",
       "objectIds": [
           "west_config"
       ]
   },
   "data": [
       {
           "eventStartDateTime": "Monday, May 05, 2025 05:32 PM",
           "eventDetails": "Akamai Flow Anomaly for west_config, destination_ip 203.0.113.0 with top talker SOFTLAYER-R-4-36",
           "eventType": "FBM Alert",
           "destinationIps": "203.0.113.0"
       }
   ],
   "summaryStatistics": {}
}