File->New->Chart View
Graph types
Graphs can consist of one of three types: chart, gauge or bar. Depending on the actual performance counters that you are interested in tracking, one of these types may be more appropriate to visualize the data correctly.
Performance counter types
The performance counters can be selected from one of the following five types: relating directly to Network Service, Windows Performance, SNMP Performance, Linux Performance, Mac OS X Performance, BSD Performance or NetWare Performance.
Chart views
Before creating a performance view, you have to decide whether you want to create a blank chart view or a dynamic chart view.
The blank chart view consists of actual performance charts for nodes that you have added manually to the map.
The dynamic chart view consists of a list of nodes with performance charts that are automatically added based on previously established filtering rules.
You cannot manually add performance charts for new nodes for this type of view.
Dragging a map
It is possible to drag a whole map from the Custom Views or IP Networks section to the Performance Views section and create a selected chart for every node on the dragged map at once.
Grouping charts
When one chart per node with a selected counter is displayed on the Panels tab of the selected performance view, no grouping is necessary. However, you can change the Panels tab view by grouping charts per counter or per node. Depending on the selected grouping, series on a chart represent a counter (when grouping by node is selected), or nodes (when grouping by counter is selected). It is a very useful tool when charts are created by dragging a whole map to the Performance Views section of the Network Atlas window.
Performance View window
The Performance View may consist of the two following tabs:
- Panels
- It displays all panels. The view of the Panels tab depends on the selected grouping. To change the Panels tab view please use the Group by icon. To add a new panel the New Panel icon can be used. Each panel on the Panels tab can be independently managed. You can define the title, footer, scale, panel type and color scheme. All these tasks can be performed from within the Panel Properties window opened by selecting the Properties item from the context menu of the highlighted panel.
- Values
- It contains details about all nodes and counters in a convenient table format. You can group the table by using the Group by icon or add nodes and counters by using the Add icon.
