Composing Charts
Use
You use the procedures below to create, edit, or delete your own charts. You create a chart from scratch, or elaborate on an existing predefined or custom chart.
When you create a chart, you group together various monitors.
You cannot delete a predefined chart or edit a predefined chart and save it under its original name. To create a chart based on a predefined one, you have to edit and save the modified preset chart under a new name.
When you create, edit or delete a chart, the changes you make become available:
● Only for the currently selected system
● For all users who work with Java System Reports
Prerequisites
You have started the Java System Reports.
Procedure
Creating and Editing Charts
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1. In the Instance dropdown box, choose an instance.
2. In the Cluster Node dropdown box, choose the server process to which you want to add monitors or choose All.
If in the Instance dropdown box you have selected All, in the Cluster Node dropdown box only the All option is available.
3. If you want to configure the display of data, the saving of history, or the auto refresh function, you can change additional settings.
More information: Changing Settings and Exporting History.
4. Choose the Charts tab, and then from the toolbar, choose Open Customization.
Below the tabstrip, new buttons appear.
5. To create a chart from scratch, choose New.
To create a chart based on a preset or a custom one, in the Chart dropdown box, choose a preset or a custom chart, and then choose Edit Mode.
6. To edit a chart, in the Chart dropdown box, choose a custom chart, and then choose Edit Mode.
7. In the Name and Description fields, enter a name and short description for the chart.
8. In the Selected Nodes screen area, add therequired performance or JARM monitors to your chart:
Task |
Procedure |
Adding Performance Monitors |
... 1. Choose Add Performance Monitor. In the Available Nodes screen area, the monitoring tree opens. 2. In the monitoring tree, expand a node, then choose a monitor, and then choose Add. You can add monitors one by one only. You cannot add a whole node of monitors at once. |
... Adding JARM Monitors |
... 1. Choose Add Jarm Monitor. The JARM Components screen area opens. 2. From the dropdown box, choose either Components, or Requests, or Users. 3. Use one of the following options to specifying a JARM monitor: ○ Enter Manually In Name field, specify the name of the JARM monitor. ○ Select from Current The system opens a list with the current top value JARM data. If the history option is switched on, the current data is refreshed with the newest top values every five minutes. Choose a JARM monitor from the list. ○ Select from History Lists all JARM data stored in history. If the history is switched off, the list remains empty. Choose a JARM monitor from the list. 4. Choose Add. The Attributes screen area appears. 5. For every JARM monitor you add, you need to specify which of its attributes you want to monitor. In the Attributes list, select one or more attributes. |
6. If you want to remove a monitor, in the Selected Nodes screen area, select the monitor and choose Remove. To remove all monitors, choose Remove All.
7. Depending on the type of chart, choose between the following:
○ If you created a chart from scratch, or edited a custom chart, choose Save.
○ If you created a chart based on an existing predefined or custom one, choose Save with New Name.
Deleting Charts
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1. Choose the Charts tab, and from the toolbar, choose Open Customization.
2. In the Chart dropdown box, choose a custom chart.
You cannot delete predefined charts.
3. Choose Delete.
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