eG Monitoring
 

Measure Graph

This page depicts the eG system's capability to display measurement results as graphs that are plotted against time of day.  To open the Measure Graph page, click on the icon available in the Monitor tab. Then, select the Measure option from the Graphs tile. Follow the steps given below to plot a measure graph.

  • The service for which the graph is to be plotted is first selected from the Service list box. This step is optional. If no specific service is chosen, the Component list box is populated with all the components being currently managed by the eG manager. Alternatively, if a specific service is chosen, the Component list only includes components that are related to the service under consideration.

  • Next, a specific component associated with this service can be selected from the Component list box. If there are too many components in the list to choose from, you can narrow your search further by using the Filter By text box. Specify the whole/part of the component name/type to search for in this text box, and click the right-arrow button next to it. The Component list will then be populated with all component names and/or component types that embed the specified search string. Select the component of your choice from this list.

  • All the layers that map to the selected component will be available in the Layer list box and the supermonitor can choose any layer.

  • The tests corresponding to the layer under consideration form the options of the Test list box. The required test can be chosen from this box.

  • If the test is executed by multiple Measurement Hosts, then you can select a particular Msmt Host for graph generation.

  • The measurements reported by this test appear in the Measure list box, one or more of which can be picked.

To override the default settings of the Measure Graph, click on the icon. The Settings pop-up window appears:

  • The period for which the variations of the selected measurements have to be analyzed can be specified using the Timeline list. You can either provide a fixed time line such as 1 hour, 2 days, etc., or select the Any option from the list to provide a From and To date/time for graph generation.

  • Next, if you want the measure graph to plot the past values too, select the Lookback check box.

  • If the Lookback option is chosen, then proceed to select an Interval for the past values. For example, if the Timeline for the current measures is set to 1 hour, then the current measure graph will be plotted for the last one hour - say, for 12.00 PM to 1.00 PM of February 22, 2005. If the Interval is set to 1 day, then eG Enterprise will plot the values reported between the same hour (i.e., 12.00 PM and 1.00 PM), but for the previous day - i.e., February 21, 2005.

    Optionally, you can pick the Others option from the Interval list and then choose a fixed timeline from the drop-down list that appears alongside; for instance, you can select Others from the Interval list and then pick 3 hrs from the drop-down list that appears alongside. This will result in a live graph in which the past 3 hours of data is plotted.

    To view meaningful data, it is recommended that the Interval set for the past values be greater than or equal to the Timeline chosen for the current values.

  • The number of past measurements to be plotted can be specified in the No. of Times text box. In the example above, if 2 is specified against the No. of Times text box, then the measure graph will plot 2 sets of past measurements. This includes:

    • The values for 12.00 PM to 1.00 PM on the February 21, 2005
    • The values for 12.00 PM to 1.00 PM on the February 20, 2005

    • Note:

    While configuring a Test-based view, if the All Descriptors option is chosen from the Descriptors list, then the Lookback check box and its related options, such as the Interval and No. of Times fields, will become disabled.

  • To plot a specified range of values in the graph, use the Data Range text box.

  • The Data () icon will enable the supermonitor to view the table of data corresponding to the graph.

  • To print, download PNG image, download JPEG image, download PDF document and download SVG vector image of the graph, click on the icon available in the top right corner of the graph. This icon will be visible in the graph only if the Timeline option in the settings window is 2 weeks or below. If the timeline in the graph exceeds 2 weeks, then the user can use the Print icon and Save icon which will be enabled near the settings option to print and save the graph.