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VVV
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Mar 10, 2025

F5 iControl REST API - viewBy Parameter Issue in Analytics Report

Hi everyone, I'm currently working with the F5 iControl REST API to generate an analytics report from the Application Security Manager (ASM) module. According to the F5 documentation, the API endpoi...
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Enes_Afsin_Al
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Mar 27, 2025

Hi VVV,

The valid values for view-by entity:

application | virtual | request-type | severity | rating | username | attack-type | ip-address-intelligence | policy | response-code | ip | violation | country | method | protocol | session-id | url | virus  ]

REF: https://clouddocs.f5.com/cli/tmsh-reference/latest/modules/analytics/analytics_application-security_report.html

When I send requests to the sample endpoints, I can get a response. options parameter is required in the query and the correct entity is view-by.

/mgmt/tm/analytics/application-security/report?options=view-by,attack-type
/mgmt/tm/analytics/application-security/report?options=view-by,virtual