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Dashboard Views | Performance Monitoring
OMNM 6.5.2 User Guide 433
Component Type—Combo Box which specifies what type of component to create. These
include the following chart types, Line, Dial, Bar, To p Tal k er s (a line chart showing the
top [or bottom] n components for a specific attribute on a specific monitor) To p Sub-
components (a line chart showing the top [or bottom] n subcomponents belonging to a
specific device for a specific attribute. See
Other controls appear depending on the component type selected. These components
also have a Monitor control, a pick list where you can select from which monitor the
charted data originates. See Dial Chart Properties, Top Talkers Properties and Top
Subcomponents Properties below for specifics about those.
The line and bar components have two tabs under the general properties section:
Monitor Targets and Attributes. The Monitor Targets section lets you select the devices
that are sources of data. You can select any device or attribute in the previously selected
monitor. Click the Add button displays the monitor target selector.
6 The Attributes tab selects the attribute(s) that appear in the chart. If an attribute is a
composite, then its series appears in the Available Series listbox.
Select the desired series and click the right arrow to move them to the Selected Attributes
listbox.
If the attribute is not a composite, then nothing appears in the Available Series listbox. Here,
click the right arrow to move the attribute to the
Selected Attributes listbox.
You can also elect to
Show Title, Aggregate (show composite attributes), or Show Percentile
(display a line at the 95th percentile on the graph) by checking the checkboxes.
Dial Chart Properties
Dial charts have the following additional properties
Monitor —Select which monitor the charted data comes from in the pick list.
Attribute —The attribute to get data for. Note that for aggregate data, each attribute has a
minimum (min), maximum (max), and base attribute . If the period is set to Detail, then the
aggregate values will always be zero.
Min/Max Value —The minimum/maximum value on the dial.
Entity —The monitor target to get the data for. Clicking on the + button brings up the entity
selector.
Top Talkers Properties
Top Talkers components have the following properties.
Monitor —Select which monitor the charted data comes from in the pick list.