application Session Duration report

[NorthernNetGuy]

I'm being asked to generate a report that would show total session duration for specific apps (i.e. youtube), over the course of a given time period.

From the session logs, I see the session duration, but generally it just shows 0:0 or only a few seconds, not the actual session duration used by the client. in some application control logs I see an elapsed time field, but i'm unsure how I woudl compile it, nor know the accuracy of it.

I have all the blades but the QoS blade enabeld, i'm unsure if that would be a requirement to get the desired logs.

any help is apprecitated.

[Alex-]

You should have Accounting enabled for application rules.

[NorthernNetGuy]

I do have accounting enabled for those rules.

 

The best I get for the report is this. The "allowed videos" was a custom application I tried to make to whitelist a specific youtube video for all users that was requested. (kinda works but not the best, app details included in screenshtos)
I don't feel the durations shown are accurate to the actual durations of the users. Has anyone else made such a report?

[Amir_Senn]

I think that better than session duration is browse time for this.

You can check the following view I created a while ago:

https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/SmartEvent/Browse-Time-Report/m-p/135663#M28