Neoview Management Dashboard Client Guide for Database Administrators (R2.3)

Use Value Graph Value Option
The Use Value Graph Value option indicates that attribute state information is determined directly
by the value of that attribute. This value is graphed.
Entities can have metrics that provide both value and state information in ordered pairs of
numbers; for example, Busy and BusyState. The metric portion is the actual value of the attribute,
and the state portion is the entity agent’s state determination objective associated with the metric.
When you select the Use Value Graph Value option, the metric value is graphed, and that value
is also used to directly specify the state of the object. The state variable associated with the metric
is ignored.
Use State Graph Value Option
The Use State Graph Value option indicates that attribute state information is determined by the
state variable associated with that attribute. The attribute value is graphed.
Entities can have metrics that provide both value and state information in ordered pairs of
numbers; for example, Busy and BusyState. The metric portion is the actual value of the attribute,
and the state portion is the entity agent’s state determination objective associated with the metric.
When you select the Use State Graph Value option, the actual metric value is graphed, but the
objective state of the value is determined by the state variable associated with the metric value.
Use State Graph State Option
The Use State Graph State option indicates that attribute state information is determined by the
state variable associated with that attribute, and that state value should also be graphed. Because
larger state values indicate higher alert levels, this option is useful for drawing your attention
to the most significant alerts.
Entities can have metrics that provide value and state information in ordered pairs of numbers;
for example, Busy and BusyState. The metric portion is the actual value of the performance
attribute. The state portion is the entity agent’s state determination objective associated with the
metric. When you select the Use State Graph State option, the state value is graphed and used
to determine the state of the metric.
When you select this option, the value of the state is graphed, but the actual metric value appears
in all numeric fields such as the grid portion of the Browse window, pop-up captions in the
graph, and the OEM context fields. This option is useful if you want the relative size of graph
elements to indicate alert levels. For example, larger graph elements can indicate larger or higher
alert levels.
You can use this option in several ways:
• It displays the states of metrics for entities that have host-defined performance or availability
objectives associated with them. These states are visible in the Dashboard Client, the
OEM/OIL, and any OEM adapter-enabled Enterprise Management framework.
• It can display the state of an attribute in relation to host-defined availability objectives.
• It is used for entities that have a Status attribute representing the operational state of the
object. Each Status attribute has a state named Op associated with it. The value of Op
represents the numeric state of the object; for example, 2 (up), 6 (warning), 7 (critical), and
8 (down). When the Status attribute is graphed and the Use State Graph State option is
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