Export an NSX Intelligence Recommendation as a CSV File

Beginning with NSX Intelligence 4.0.1, you can export one NSX Intelligence recommendation as a CSV file. The recommendation must have the Ready to Publish status to be exported.

You can export the NSX Intelligence recommendation as a CSV file in a summary or detailed format.

Prerequisites

• Generate a new recommendation. See Generate a New NSX Intelligence Recommendation.

• Ensure that you have the required privileges before you export the recommendation. See Role-Based Access Control in NSX Intelligence for more information.

Procedure

1. From your browser, log in with the required privileges to an NSX Manager at https://<nsx-manager-ip-address>.
2. Click Plan & Troubleshoot > Recommendations.
3. (Optional) List only the NSX Intelligence recommendations with the Ready to Publish status.
   1. Click Filter in the upper-right area.
   2. From the Apply Filter drop-down menu, select the Status and Ready to Publish filters.
   3. Click Apply.
4. In the list of Ready to Publish recommendations, click the Actions menu icon to the left of the name of the NSX Intelligence recommendation that you want to export. Select one of the following export option.
   • Export Summary CSV.
     NSX Intelligence downloads a file named <recommendation_name> _recommendations_summary.csv to your local system. The file contains the following information.

     Name	Included Details
     Security Policies	category, scope, displayName
     Rules	action, destinationGroups, profiles, scope, services, sourceGroups, parentPath, displayName
     Groups	expression, displayName
     Services	serviceEntriesDisplayNames, displayName
     Service Entries	displayName, alg, destinationPorts, sourcePorts, l4Protocol

   • Export Detailed CSV:
     NSX Intelligence downloads a file named <recommendation_name> _recommendations_detail.csv to your local system. This CSV file contains the following information:

     Name	Included Details
     Security Policies	applicationConnectivityStrategy, connectivityPreference, connectivityStrategy, defaultRuleId, loggingEnabled, category, comments, internalSequenceNumber, isDefault, lockModifiedBy, locked, ruleCount, schedulerPath, scope, sequenceNumber, stateful, tcpStrict, overridden, parentPath, path, realizationId, relativePath, uniqueId, resourceType, id, displayName, description, tags, revision, links, schema, self, scopeWithDisplayNames
     Rules	action, destinationGroups, destinationsExcluded, direction, disabled, ipProtocol, isDefault, logged, notes, profiles, ruleId, scope, sequenceNumber, services, sourceGroups, sourcesExcluded, tag, overridden, parentPath, path, realizationId, relativePath, uniqueId, resourceType, id, displayName, description, tags, revision, links, schema, self, sourceGroupsWithDisplayNames, scopeWithDisplayNames, destinationGroupsWithDisplayNames, servicesWithDisplayNames
     Groups	expression, extendedExpression, groupType, reference, state, overridden, parentPath, path, realizationId, relativePath, uniqueId, resourceType, id, displayName, description, tags, revision, links, schema, self, expressionWithDisplayNames
     Services	isDefault, serviceType, overridden, parentPath, path, realizationId, relativePath, uniqueId, resourceType, id, displayName, description, tags, revision, links, schema, self, serviceEntriesIds
     Service Entries	resourceType, overridden, parentPath, path, realizationId, relativePath, uniqueId, id, displayName, description, tags, revision, links, schema, self, alg, destinationPorts, sourcePorts, l4Protocol