This section provides an overview of VDS-SM Analytics, which provides the ability to view and analyze data
that are collected about trends, reports, content, and sessions in textual and graphical form.

VDS-SM Analytics search and gather real-time and historical data for various activities, such as the following:

• Bandwidth usage

• Quality of service

• Content Provider activity

• Response and error codes

• Client requests

• Content popularity

Data is pushed from various streaming devices to the Splunk Forwarder, and then to VDS-SM. The data
available is used to provide a multitude of near real-time and historical search capabilities. A set of predefined
reports are available in two types of formats—Dashboards and Reports, which are described below. Data is

Videoscape Distribution Suite Service Manager Analytics and Provisioning Portal User Guide

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