Working with chart options
There are many options in the Workflow Builder to customize charts for a better analysis of the data.
The following table describes the available chart options that appear below the charts:
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Interval marker | When you move the interval marker on the chart, the navigation view below the chart will update the day, date, and time of the data. You can also click on the chart to move the interval marker. The arrow moves one hour at a time. |
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Data Timespan | The area below the chart displays the data timespan. If you selected a Fixed Data Timespan, the date range that you entered in the date picker is displayed. If you selected a Dynamic Data Timespan, the period that you selected is displayed. To change the data timespan click Data Timespan and change the timespan in the Modify Report View panel. |
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Custom legend | Each entry in the custom legend shows the Category and the Metric. In the example, Service Class Activity is the category and Workload CPU Utilization is the metric. You can scroll the custom legend to look at the data returned for each category-metric entry. To expand an entry, click |
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Instance ID and Value columns | The Instance ID column displays the objects that were found in the data based on your selections in the filter options. The object's value is also displayed. |
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Visible | To hide or display a particular object on the chart, click the Visible button. |
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Highlight | To highlight a particular object on the chart, click the Highlight button. For line and area charts, the line becomes thicker. For column charts, the column borders become black. |
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Ghost | To ghost a particular object on the chart, click the Ghost button. Ghosted objects become more transparent, allowing you to see other objects on the chart more easily. |
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Banding | The Banding option hides or displays the upper and lower statistical boundaries for a given object. For more information, see Banding-option. |
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Value column | Every object has a corresponding value in the Value column. The values shown here change when the interval marker is moved on the chart. If there is more than one object under a given metric, you can scroll down to see the total value. |
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Metric Description | To see the metric description, click Metric Description. A side panel opens and the description is displayed. The description comes from the BMC CDB data dictionary. It cannot be modified. |
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Using More Actions option
Using the More Actions option, you can work with series color, value markers, marker style, label markers, and make changes in the axis grid.
To work with More Actions for all objects, click the More Actions option corresponding to a category : metric. The More Actions panel is displayed on the right side.
To work with more actions for a particular object, click the More Actions option. The More Actions panel is displayed on the right side.
The following table describes the tasks that you can perform in the More Actions panel. Click Apply after each action.
Purpose | Action |
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Turn on or off the axis grid in the chart | Click Show axis grid button. By default the Show axis grid is selected. |
Change the color of the object | Select the Series Color check box. Using the color picker change the color of the object. The bullet next to the object changes to the new color. The line, area, or column representing that object also changes to the new color. |
Change the color of the grid | Click on Axis Color box. From the color picker, change the color of the grid. |
Show value markers make every data point on the chart appear as bullet points. | Click Show value markers. The Show value markers option makes every data point on the chart to appear as bullet points. It has three options: On, Off, and Auto. The default is Off. The Auto option of the marker lets the chart decide when to show the markers. If there are too many data points to show the markers clearly, the chart will disable markers until you zoom in to a point where they can be displayed.
To see the data points of a particular section of a chart, click and drag the cursor on that section. The chart zooms in to show the value markers in that section.
You can set the marker styles of the bullet points by using the Marker Style option. To select a marker style, click the Marker Style list, and select from the available options. You can select your marker style as circle, square, diamond, triangle, and triangle-down. |
Label the data points | Select Show label markers. All data points now display the values associated with them.
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Change the chart type at the metric level | Select the relevant chart type from the Series Type list:
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Stack the charts | From the Stack Series list, select an option to stack all series for a given metric. You can also stack all series for a given metric up to 100 percent. By default, all series for a given metric are unstacked. |
Set the minimum value of the axis | Select the Use Minimum Value check box and use the arrow to set the value in the Axis Minimum Value field. |
Set the maximum value of the axis | Select the Use Maximum Value check box and use the arrow to set the value in Axis Maximum Value field. |
Additional information about chart axis
Each category or metric appears on its axis in the chart. When you modify the axis related options, the modification will only affect the category : metric that you select. It may be necessary to modify multiple category or metric options to get the desired results.
Workflow Builder combines the metrics with same unit value (as determined by the CDB Data Dictionary) into a single axis on the chart. These metrics will still appear as separate category or metric entries in the custom legend. In this case, the stacking feature will still stack only objects in the same category : metric.