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4 In Metric Selector With Resource Selection pane, select the metrics to show in the widget.
Option Action
Select a specific resource
Double-click the metric.
Select multiple metrics
a Press Ctrl-click to select multiple metrics or Shift-click to select a range
of metrics.
b Click the Perform Multi-Select icon on the toolbar at the top of the
Metric Selector With Resource Selection pane.
List the metrics that are common to
multiple selected resources
Click the Show Common Metrics icon on the toolbar at the top of the Metric
Selector With Resource Selection pane.
The metrics that you select appear in the Selected Metrics pane.
5 (Optional) Manage the metrics in the Selected Metrics pane.
Option Action
Change the order of a metric in the
list
Select the metric and drag and drop it to another position in the list.
Remove a metric from the list
Select the metric and click the Remove Selected Metrics icon on the toolbar
at the top of the Selected Metrics pane.
Select all of the metrics in the list
Click the Select All icon on the toolbar at the top of the Selected Metrics
pane.
Remove all of the metrics from the
list
Click the Clear Selections icon on the toolbar at the top of the Selected
Metrics pane.
6 Click OK to save the widget configuration.
Metric Graph (Rolling View) Widget
The Metric Graph (Rolling View) widget shows a full chart for one selected metric at a time. Miniature graphs
for the other selected metrics appear at the bottom of the widget. You can click a miniature graph to see the
full graph for that metric, or set the widget to rotate through all selected metrics at an interval that you define.
The key in the graph indicates the maximum and minimum points on the line chart.
Figure 3-14. Metric Graph (Rolling View) Widget
The toolbar at the top of the Metric Graph (Rolling View) widget contains icons that you can use to change the
view of the graphs.
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