Google Web Security for Enterprise Administration Guide - Manual (Page 36)

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Quotas
The Quotas feature is available only when using the Connector. Quotas enable
you to limit the amount of Web access a user can have on a daily or weekly basis.
There are five ways by which you can control the access allowance for a user:
• Period: Time period to apply quota policy to
• Bytes In: Amount downloaded in Megabytes or Gigabytes
• Bytes Out: Amount uploaded in Megabytes or Gigabytes
• Time: Amount of time spent browsing in Minutes or Hours
• Connections: Amount of connections made to the Web
When creating a quota, you can specify amounts for any combination of the
access allowance types listed above. For example, you may wish to specify
‘Bytes In’ and ‘Time’ allowances only, in which case you would select amounts for
these two parameters and leave the other two set to ‘Unlimited’. If you have more
than one allowance type set in a quota, then as soon as one of the allowance
limits is reached, all further Web browsing will be blocked until the quota period
expires.
To create a Quota:
1. Click the ‘Web Filtering’ service tab on the main navigation bar at the top of
the screen.
2. Under the Management sub-service dropdown, click the ‘Quota’. This will
bring up the ‘Manage Quotas’ screen.
3. Click the ‘Create a Quota’ tab. You will then be presented with a screen in
which you can enter the configuration for the new Quota.
4. Enter a name for the new Quota into the provided text field.
5. Select the group to which you want to apply the Quota. (If you want this
Quota to apply to everyone, then leave the group blank). By clicking on the
‘Browse’ button you will see the group search selector. This selector will allow
you to find a specific group (both custom and directory) from your list of
groups. Click the ‘Select’ button next to the group and then click the ‘Confirm
Selection’ button. The selector allows you to search for a group name (or part
of), and you can also click a letter to choose all groups beginning with that
letter. Once back to the ‘Create a quota’ screen, you will need to click the
‘Add’ button to add this to the Quota rule.
6. From the ‘Period’ drop down box, select the period of time in respect of which
you would like the quota to apply (Daily or Weekly).
7. Select the limits you would like to set for ‘Bytes in’, ‘Bytes Out’, ‘Time’ and
‘Connections’, by choosing an amount from their corresponding drop down
boxes.
Note: If you do not wish to set a limit for a particular allowance type, just leave it
set to ‘unlimited’. Clicking on the ‘Reset’ button will return all settings to
‘unlimited’.