eG Administration
 

GRAPHS

This page will appear when the GRAPHS subnode is clicked from the General node of the MONITOR SETTINGS tree, available in the Monitor option of Settings tile in the Admin tile menu.

Using this Graphs section, you can customize the graph displays in the monitor and reporter interfaces, as discussed below:

  • Show negative values in graphs : eG Enterprise reports negative values when the eG agent is unable to collect data. By plotting these negative values in a graph, you can accurately determine the times when the eG agent was unable to extract performance data from target components. By default, the eG manager ignores these negative values while plotting graphs. However, if you want to view the periods when the eG agent succeeded in collecting data vis-a-vis the periods when the agent failed to collect data, then you can turn on the plotting of negative values in graphs, by setting the Show negative values in graphs flag to Yes.

  • Default timeline for graphs (hours): The default duration for measure graphs in the eG monitor interface is 1 hour. You can override this default setting by selecting a higher or lower time period (in hours) in the Time line for graphs list box.

  • Timeline for detailed diagnosis (hours): The default duration for detailed diagnosis in the eG monitor interface is 1 hour. You can override this default setting by selecting a higher or lower time period (in hours) in the Time line for detailed diagnosis list box.

  • Timescale monitor (Secs): By default, the graphs in the monitor interface plot values averaged over every 20 seconds of the specified timeline. For instance, to plot the values of a measure gathered over an hour, by default, 180 data points will be plotted in the graph, one for every 20 seconds of data. If the default time scale remains as 20 seconds, then, longer timelines will result in a large number of data points been plotted on the graph; this, in turn, provides administrators with deeper insights into measure behavior. However, sometimes, administrators might require less granular information on the graph, so that they are able to read and analyze the graphs better. To facilitate this, eG Enterprise permits administrators to specify a custom time scale for graphs in the Timescale Monitor text box.

  • Timescale reporter (Secs) :Similarly, the default timescale for graphs in eG Reporter is 60 seconds. To change this setting, you need to alter the Timescale Reporter specification in this page.

Click on the Update button to implement the changes in the Graphs section.