Microsoft Defender for IoT
GeneralCreate trends and statistics reports in Defender for IoT
In brief
The page now clarifies the role-requirements link, renames “Next steps” to “Related content,” and revises wording for cloud-connected sensor reports. The same related report links remain available, with metadata also updated.
What Defender admins need to know
Administrators can more easily find role requirements and related reporting resources; no action is required.
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Documentation change
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Create trends and statistics reports
To create trends and statistics dashboards, you must be able to access the OT network sensor you want to generate data for, as an Administrator or Security Analyst user.
For more information,role requirements, see On-premises users and roles for OT monitoring with Defender for IoT
Create custom dashboards
| Number of devices per VLAN | Displays a pie chart showing the number of discovered devices per VLAN. The size of each slice of the pie reflects the relative number of discovered device compared to the other slices. Each VLAN appears with the VLAN tag assigned by the sensor or the name that you've manually added. | | Top bandwidth by VLAN | Displays the bandwidth consumption by VLAN. By default, the widget shows five VLANs with the highest bandwidth usage. You can filter the data by the period presented in the widget. Select the down arrow to show more results. |
Next stepsRelated content
View additional reports based onTo view cloud-connectedsensorssensor reports in the Azureportal. For more information,portal, see Visualize Microsoft Defender for IoT data with Azure Monitor workbooksContinue creating other reports for more security data from your OT sensor. For more information, see:
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ --- title: Create trends and statistics reports in Defender for IoT description: Gain insight into network activity, statistics, and trends by using Defender for IoT Trends and Statistics widgets.-ms.date: 06/12/2026+ms.date: 07/03/2026 ms.topic: how-to ai-usage: ai-assisted-ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1014+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1016 --- # Create trends and statistics reports@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Create custom dashboards to track specific data needed by your organization, suc To create trends and statistics dashboards, you must be able to access the OT network sensor you want to generate data for, as an **Administrator** or **Security Analyst** user. -For more information, see [On-premises users and roles for OT monitoring with Defender for IoT](roles-on-premises.md)+For role requirements, see [On-premises users and roles for OT monitoring with Defender for IoT](roles-on-premises.md) ## Create custom dashboards @@ -67,14 +67,11 @@ The following table summarizes common use cases for dashboard widgets. | **Number of devices per VLAN** | Displays a pie chart showing the number of discovered devices per VLAN. The size of each slice of the pie reflects the relative number of discovered device compared to the other slices. Each VLAN appears with the VLAN tag assigned by the sensor or the name that you've manually added. | | **Top bandwidth by VLAN** | Displays the bandwidth consumption by VLAN. By default, the widget shows five VLANs with the highest bandwidth usage. You can filter the data by the period presented in the widget. Select the down arrow to show more results. | -## Next steps+## Related content -- View additional reports based on cloud-connected sensors in the Azure portal. For more information, see [Visualize Microsoft Defender for IoT data with Azure Monitor workbooks](workbooks.md)+- To view cloud-connected sensor reports in the Azure portal, see [Visualize Microsoft Defender for IoT data with Azure Monitor workbooks](workbooks.md) - Continue creating other reports for more security data from your OT sensor. For more information, see:-- - [Risk assessment reporting](how-to-create-risk-assessment-reports.md)- - - [Sensor data mining queries](how-to-create-data-mining-queries.md)- - - [Attack vector reporting](how-to-create-attack-vector-reports.md)+ - [Risk assessment reporting](how-to-create-risk-assessment-reports.md)+ - [Sensor data mining queries](how-to-create-data-mining-queries.md)+ - [Attack vector reporting](how-to-create-attack-vector-reports.md)