We need a Wi-Fi count per tag/building

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Jamieinbox
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We need a Wi-Fi count per tag/building

The business ask is that we get a daily report on the number of Wi-Fi connections in our buildings that we have labeled with the building tag. I cannot find a way to get this report from the Meraki reporting engine. I understand there are DNA spaces, but we are not looking for anything really by means of analytics. Maybe someday, but more a capacity report for planning and use. And yes- they want at least the Wi-Fi vision of numbers for COVID. We aren't looking to do wayfinding or anything I would consider 2nd tier analysis.

 

Anyone have any idea of how to get this info. Reports from Meraki would be great- or if anyone has done this with the APIs...

 

Thanks in advance. Comments and thoughts most welcome- including... did ya read this part of the manual? 😄

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Nash
Kind of a big deal

I mean you'll have to read the (heckin) manual for part of this, because that's how we API, but:

 

You want to know number of devices that have associated to the wireless network in a given span of time?

 

I use Python so this is going to be Python-y.

 

If you need to know on a per AP basis, you could:

 

  1. Pull a list of APs (Pull on a per org or per network basis; check model[0:2] in Python to see if it's an MR)
  2. Pull a list of clients per AP
  3. Drop it in a spreadsheet using something like openpyxl

 

If you need it on a per-network basis:

  1. Pull network clients
  2. Check the SSID field for a value OTHER THAN null
  3. Drop list of clients into a spreadsheet using something like openpyxl.

Then just run this as a cronjob someplace, or do it on demand via CLI or a Flask app, and there you go.

 

If you have a bunch of networks, get fancy, make a table of contents, and do one tab per network in openpyxl. I need to refactor it badly, but I've got an example here that I threw together for a per org device inventory.

 

Caveat: I use kludges because I run into networks with a bunch of APs that aren't placed on a map and I am unable to place on a map accurately, so heatmap is not... so useful for me. You don't want to be me, maybe.

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Network-dad
A model citizen

I found this article a while ago about Meraki Location Analytics https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Monitoring_and_Reporting/Location_Analytics..

I know it doesn't quite give you a defined answer but it is a good read for what you are looking for... 

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Thank you- much appreciated!

Nash
Kind of a big deal

I mean you'll have to read the (heckin) manual for part of this, because that's how we API, but:

 

You want to know number of devices that have associated to the wireless network in a given span of time?

 

I use Python so this is going to be Python-y.

 

If you need to know on a per AP basis, you could:

 

  1. Pull a list of APs (Pull on a per org or per network basis; check model[0:2] in Python to see if it's an MR)
  2. Pull a list of clients per AP
  3. Drop it in a spreadsheet using something like openpyxl

 

If you need it on a per-network basis:

  1. Pull network clients
  2. Check the SSID field for a value OTHER THAN null
  3. Drop list of clients into a spreadsheet using something like openpyxl.

Then just run this as a cronjob someplace, or do it on demand via CLI or a Flask app, and there you go.

 

If you have a bunch of networks, get fancy, make a table of contents, and do one tab per network in openpyxl. I need to refactor it badly, but I've got an example here that I threw together for a per org device inventory.

 

Caveat: I use kludges because I run into networks with a bunch of APs that aren't placed on a map and I am unable to place on a map accurately, so heatmap is not... so useful for me. You don't want to be me, maybe.

Thank you, this is perfect. I am also hoping that I can get this report, with all other tags in one daily emailed summary report. I made a "wish" for that feature.Thanks for replying, I appreciate it!

This is excellent! I need to digest this a bit- but this is what's needed. I needed a bit of flexibility as I can get a report on a tag/building- but I really need one report summary (one page) for execs. I really appreciate your input!

PhilipDAth
Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

There are two reports of interest.

 

Go Organization/Summary Report, and use the option to report on a tag.

 

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Go Organization/Location Analytics and select the option to report on a tag.

 

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