Changing the chart appearance

This topic describes how to change the appearance of a chart. 


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To change the chart appearance of a metric

Click the More Actions option corresponding to a category : metric. 

All metrics with the same unit value, regardless of the category, appear on the same chart axis and are affected by axis-related changes.

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The More Actions includes the following tabs:

The following table describes the tasks that you can perform on the Appearance tab: 

Purpose

Action

Turn on or off the axis grid in the chart

Click Show axis grid. By default, the Show axis grid is selected. 

Change the color of the grid

Click Axis Color. From the color picker, change the color of the grid.

The color picker shows the recently used colors. In the Recently used section, the currently selected color is indicated with a checkmark. The original color for the axis is the first item to the left of the current axis color, and the recently used colors are displayed to the right.

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Make every data point for the current category or metric appear as a bullet point

From the Show value markers menu, select On, Off, or Auto. The default value is Off.

Important

  • Enabling value markers for large amounts of data can impact chart rendering performance.
  • Enabling or disabling this option at the metric level affects the value markers for all objects under that metric.
  • Enabling or disabling this option at the object level affects only the value markers for that object.

Selecting the On option makes every data point for the current category or metric appear as a bullet point. 

Selecting the Auto option lets the chart decide when to show the markers. If there are too many data points to show the markers clearly, the chart disables the markers until you zoom in to a point where they can be displayed. 

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To see the data points of a particular section of a chart, click and drag the cursor to select that section. The chart zooms in to show the value markers in that section.

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To select a marker style for the bullet points, select one of the following options from the Marker Style list: Circle, Square, Diamond, Triangle, or Triangle-down.

Label the data points

Select Show label markers. All data points for the category or metric now display the values associated with them.

Important

  • Enabling value markers for large amounts of data can impact chart rendering performance.
  • Enabling or disabling this option at the metric level affects the data labels for all the objects under that metric.
  • Enabling or disabling this option at the object level affects only the data labels for that object.

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Change the chart type at the metric level

Select the relevant chart type from the Series Type list:

  • Line—generate a line chart
  • Area—generate an area chart
  • Column—generate a column chart

Stack all series for a given metric

From the Stack Series list, select one of the following to stack or unstack all series for a given metric:

  • Unstacked—(Default) Unstacks all series for a given metric.
  • Stacked—Stacks all series for a given metric.
  • 100%—Stacks all series for a given metric up to 100 percent.

Stack charts by object or by metric

From the Stack Options, select:

  • Per metric by object: (Default) Creates one stack of objects per metric for each interval. For example, totaling LPAR utilization % or MIPS.
  • Per object by metric: Creates one stack of metrics per object for each interval (metrics must be from the same category instance and have the same unit value).  For example, totaling different response time metrics.

Manage display of total instances value 

From the Show total menu, select:

  • On: Displays the total line in the legend
  • Off: Does not show the total line for the metric
  • Auto: Displays the total line only if there is more than one object

The default is Auto.

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 the Axis Maximum Value field.

Important

Selecting the Use Minimum Value or Use Maximum Value check boxes overrides the charts default minimum and maximum values. Clear the boxes to allow the chart to calculate the minimum and maximum value for the metric axis.

Save the changes

Click Apply to save the changes.

To change the chart appearance for a single object

Click More Actions under the Actions column. 

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The More Actions panel is displayed.

The following table describes the tasks that you can perform in the More Actions panel:

Purpose

Action

Change the color of the object

Select the Series Color check box. Use the color picker to 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. 

The color picker displays the recently used colors. The original color for the series is the first item from left, the recently used colors are displayed to the right and the color that is currently in use is marked as checked.

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Make every data point for the current object appear as a bullet point

Select one of the following options from the Show value markers list:

  • (Default) Off
  • On
  • Auto

For more information, see Show value marker.

Change marker style

Select one of the following options from the Marker Style list: Circle, Square, Diamond, Triangle, and Triangle-down.

The Marker Style is enabled when the Show marker value is set to On or Auto. 

Showing label markers

Select Show label markers. All data points for the current object now display the values associated with them.image2021-11-24_14-38-41.png

Save the changes

Click Apply to save the changes.

 

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