Changing the chart appearance

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

Selecting the On option makes every data point for the objects of the current category: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. 

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.

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.

Select Show label markers. All data points for the objects of the current category:metric display the values associated with them.

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 and converts the series values into a weighted percentage out of 100 percent.

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.

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.

Select Custom Series Label check box and enter a custom format.

The Custom label must contain at least one filter variable to proceed to the next step. Using this option, you can customize your object labels for a metric. It supports special placeholders such as {filter1} to {filterN}, where N is the number of filters in the filter bar for a specific category or metric. 

Appropriate filter values are used to replace the corresponding filter placeholders, and the remaining format string is kept the same. Make sure that the filter placeholders are spelled correctly.

For example, if the default label is, ABC\PQR\XYZ\UVW and if you want to apply a custom format such as MyNewLabel: {filter2} - {filter4} then the updated label is MyNewLabel: PQR - UVW.

The Templates option lists all formats and the associated views where the format is applied for the given category:metric. You can click any format to apply to your current metric including the original default label format.

Select Exclude Aggregated Filters in Series Labels check box to exclude the aggregated filters values (Agg) from the series labels.

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.

Select the Use Maximum Value check box and use the arrow to set the value in the Axis Maximum Value field.

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.

Select Show label markers. All data points for the current object display the values associated with them.