Systems and methods for exporting application details using appflow

A method for lightweight identification of flow information by application, comprising:

• receiving, by a data collector executed by a processor of a device, from a second device, a name of an application and a value of a counter maintained by a flow monitor executed by the second device;
• mapping, by the data collector, the received name of the application to the counter value;
• receiving, by the data collector from the flow monitor, a data flow record including an identification of the application consisting of the counter value;
• and
• re-associating the received data flow record with the name of the application, by the data collector, responsive to the mapping of the name of the application to the counter value.

A system for lightweight identification of flow information by application, comprising:

• a device comprising a processor executing a flow monitor, the flow monitor configured for:
• maintaining a counter,
• associating an application with the value of the counter,
• transmitting, to a data collector executed by a second device, the counter value and a name of the application,
• monitoring a data flow associated with the application to generate a data record, and
• transmitting the data record, to the data collector, the data record including an identification of the application consisting of the counter value.