This type of widget is used to display a chart showing changes in metric values for configuration items (CIs) over a period of time.

• You can display several CIs (hosts/services) in the chart in order to monitor and compare changes in a given metric over time, i.e. single-metric mode.
• You can display several metrics of a single CI in the chart to correlate and monitor all events that may cause issues for the host/service, i.e. multi-metric mode.

Examples

Uses

• Monitor application bandwidth usage over time using NetFlow
• Monitor the time required for accessing an application website
• Monitor cluster infrastructure by tracking simultaneous variations of a given metric in different load balancing hosts
   

Display of the global bandwidth NetFlow: single-metric chart for the Bandwidth NetFlow CI and the Traffic (Mbps) metric
      
 

Display of the application Bandwidth NetFlow: multi-metric chart displaying metrics by application
      

Notes

• The maximum number of metrics that can be displayed in a given chart is ten.
• Warning and critical thresholds are displayed only in single-metric charts.
• The metric value will appear when the cursor hovers over the chart.
• Charts are synchronized so that you can compare values at a given time easily.
        

Best Practice

• Add a title to the widget header to indicate the metric displayed.  See the detailed procedures

List of properties

Hosts/Services: List of hosts/services based on the filters applied to the company, tags and categories.

Metrics: List of metrics defined for the selected CI.

Widget toolbar

Note: The toolbar will vary depending on whether it is a single-metric chart or a multi-metric chart.

Details

The details of the metric will appear in a popup window.
Note: The data displayed is from the Details form of the CI (host/service).

Functionalities

• Display values when the cursor hovers over the chart.
• Modify the metric to be displayed. All metrics defined for the CI will appear.
• Modify the type of statistics to be displayed, e.g. average, raw data, etc.
• Modify the analysis period using the calendar.
• Export data in CSV, XLSX or JSON format and/or export the chart in JPG, PNG or PDF format by clicking

Contextual menu

The Contextual menu option enables you to access an option to show or hide chart legends.

• Legends are displayed at the bottom of the chart. They enable users to see the CI associated with the values in the chart quickly.
• Legends are displayed by default.

Functionalities

• Click one of the legends to hide the corresponding metric in the chart.
        
   

• Click one of the metric legends to open its Details form in a popup window. Note: Only for multi-metric charts.
        

Apply filters to the analysis

• You can filter the analysis period of the metric in different ways, e.g. over the last hour, the last day, the last three days.
• The Last three days analysis period is available only for single-metric charts.

Procedure: How to configure the widget

Step 1: Add the widget to the Dataviz

1. Click and drag the Graph widget to the workspace in the graphic editor.

2. Select the metric you want to display in the Dataviz.

• Enter the first three characters of the CI name (host/service).
           

The list of the hosts and services containing the first three characters will appear.

• Select the CI you want.
  The list of metrics available for the selected CI will appear.

• Select the relevant metric.
• Click  next to the metric to validate.
        

3. Repeat the procedure to add the other metrics you want to display in the same chart, by clicking Add new metric.

4. Click Apply.

The selected metrics will appear in the chart.
 

Step 2: Customize the widget

CustomizationWidget_GeneralProcedures