Customize a chart

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

After you create a chart, there are several ways to customize that chart.

For more information about editing the information that is displayed on a chart, see Edit charts.

For more information about customizing the tabbed Charts view, see Customize the tabbed Charts view.

NOTE: For large charts that have 24 legend items or more, a generated PM report does not display as a chart but instead displays as a table. This is for readability or legibility purposes.

Steps

To customize a chart, hover over the chart, and do one or more of the following, depending on the options available:
  • Change the chart type:
    1. Click More icon Chart Type. The following options are available:
      • Timeline
      • Snapshot
      • Threshold
  • Change the style of the chart:
    1. Click More icon > Chart Style.
    2. Select a chart style. The types of chart styles available depend on the metrics that are selected for the current chart. Some or all the following chart styles are available:
      • Line
      • Bar
      • Area
      • Table
  • Change the data format of the chart:
    1. Click More icon Data Format. Select one or both of the following:
      • Average—Shows the average metric value for each metric in the table rows, for the session (hour). Average is the default.
      • Max—Shows the maximum metric value—the high water mark—for each metric in the table rows, for the session (hour).
      Selecting both formats on a chart displaying multiple metrics can make the chart less readable.
  • Save the chart as an image:
    1. Click More icon > Save as.
    2. Select JPG, PNG, or CSV.
    3. Specify a file name for the image file.
  • Display a threshold on the chart (if thresholds have been set for a metric):
    1. Click More icon > Display Thresholds.
    NOTE: Threshold values are not displayed in table charts.
  • Display service level data on the chart:
    1. Click More icon > Display Service Level.
  • Hide the chart legend:
    1. Click More icon > Hide Legend.
  • Show information about the chart:
    1. Click Details icon.
    2. To close the information pane, click .
  • Maximize the chart:
    1. Click Maximize icon.
  • Minimize the chart:
    1. Click Minmize icon.
  • Restore a maximized chart to the default chart size:
    1. Click Restore icon .
  • Remove the chart:
    1. Click Delete icon.
  • Change the zoom level of a chart:
    1. Select an area on a chart to zoom into that area.
    2. To reset the zoom level to default, click Reset zoom.