The following shows how to generate the prolexic-posture-visibility-kpi-packets-flow-count 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 posture visibility metrics for DDoS packet traffic flow count by the selected filters. Default time interval is FIVE_MINUTES.

Business object: securityConfigs

Data available for: 90 days

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

Available data

Data column	Description
`flowCount`	The total traffic flow count

Available filters

Filter	Type	Description
`securityConfigs`	Array of strings	The security configurations to filter by
`ports`	Array of strings	Supported values: `53,` `123`, `389`, `1900`, `80`
`protocols`	Array of strings	Supported values: `all`, `udp`
`protectedPrefixes`	Array of strings	The security configurations to filter by REQUIRED Limit of 1 prefix
`protectedSubPrefixes`	Array of strings	The protected sub-prefixes to filter by OPTIONAL Limit of 1 prefix

POST request

POST /reporting-reports-executor-api/v1/reports/prolexic-posture-visibility-kpi-packets-flow-count/versions/1.0/report-data{?start,end}

Sample:

/reporting-reports-executor-api/v1/reports/prolexic-posture-visibility-kpi-total-flow-count/versions/1.0/report-data?start=2025-11-14T13%3A00%3A00Z&end=2025-11-21T14%3A00%3A00Z

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. REQUIRED
`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. REQUIRED

JSON request members

Member	Type	Description
`objectType`	String	Specifies the business object for the report
`filters`	Object	Specifies a set of custom filters, with each filter's name keying an array with each filter's set of values: `targetIps`

Request body:

{
   "objectType": "securityConfigs",
   "objectIds": [
       "some-security-config-name"
   ],
 "filters": {
   "securityConfigs": ["some-security-config-name"],
   "ports": ["80"],
   "protectedPrefixes": ["100.84.152.0/24"],
   "protocols": ["udp"]
   }
}

JSON response

Status 200 application/json

Response body:

{
   "metadata": {
       "name": "prolexic-posture-visibility-kpi-packets-flow-count",
       "version": "1.0",
       "outputType": "FLAT",
       "groupBy": [],
       "interval": "{INTERVAL}",
       "start": "{START_DATE_TIME}",
       "end": "{END_DATE_TIME}",
       "availableDataEnds": null,
       "suggestedRetryTime": null,
       "rowCount": 1,
       "filters": [
           {
               "name": "securityConfigs",
               "values": [
                   "Some-security-config-name"
               ]
           },
           {
               "name": "ports",
               "values": [
                   "80"
               ]
           },
           {
               "name": "protectedPrefixes",
               "values": [
                   "100.84.152.0/24"
               ]
           },
           {
               "name": "protocols",
               "values": [
                   "udp"
               ]
           }
       ],
       "columns": [
           {
               "name": "flowCount",
               "label": "Flow Count"
           }
       ],
       "objectType": "securityConfigs",
       "objectIds": [
           "some-security-config-name"
       ]
   },
   "data": [
       {
           "flowCount": "0"
       }
   ],
   "summaryStatistics": {}
}