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# Create runbooks

The Unisphere Performance Management application enables the user to gather, view, and analyze performance data to troubleshoot and optimize the storage systems.

## About this task

For selected categories (those categories under the Directors & Ports, Storage Resources, and System Internals headings), you can choose to view all instances of that type at one time, if the runbook does not have charts for related categories.

To create a runbook:

## Steps

1. In the Dashboards view, go to the Runbooks section.
2. Click .
   The Create Runbook dialog is displayed.
3. Select a Primary Category.
4. (Optional) Add a Chart Title.
5. Select a Chart Type. The options available are Timeline and Table.
6. Select the metrics that you want to add to the runbook.
   To add all the KPI metrics for this category, select KPI Metrics.
7. Click Add to Runbook.
8. (Optional) To add more charts to the runbook, complete the following steps:
   1. Click ADD PRIMARY CATEGORY CHART or ADD RELATED CATEGORY CHART.
   2. (Optional) Add a Chart Title.
   3. Select a Chart Type. The options available are Timeline and Table.
   4. If you are adding a primary category chart, select the metrics that you want to add to the runbook.
   5. If you are adding a related category chart, select the related category and then select the metrics that you want to add to the runbook.
   6. Click Add to Runbook.
9. (Optional) To change the number of columns in the chart, select a new chart format from the menu at the upper right of the dialog.
   You can choose a chart with one, two, three, or four columns.
10. (Optional) To preview the current unsaved runbook, click Preview.
11. When all the required charts have been added to the runbook, click Save.