Once in your capture, you may want to create a graph, of either all traffic or of the filtered capture. In the upper right-hand corner, there is a drop-down menu for graphs, shown here:

After you select the type of graph you would like, CS presents the graph. If you would like to create a new graph, you can select the button in the lower left-hand corner. In addition, you can select the Graphs button without using the drop-down menu, and this will open a window, where you can select Create a New Graph, shown as follows:

Selecting Create a New Graph will bring up a window, as shown in the preceding screenshot, that has more options to personalize and modify the graph.

As shown at the bottom of the preceding screenshot, you can add or modify the following:

• Graph Title: Add a title that is reflective of what the graph represents.
• Time Interval: Set in milliseconds, seconds, or minimum.
• Y-Axis Units: Set by packets, bytes, value, or by packets, bytes, or bits/second.

• Options: To further customize the chart, you can add additional variables:
  • Use time of day
  • Include packet annotations
  • Stack series of the same type

• Display Filters: This is where you would enter a display filter. You can also select a style for how you want the data to be represented; that is, line, column, or spline.

Once you have completed the graph, you can export it as either a PNG, JPG, or SVG. In addition, you can print the completed graph.

In addition to graphs and filters, there are times when you need a more advanced analysis of data. The next section provides an overview of a variety of tools for quickly analyzing data.