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Table 4-9. Individual Graph Icons (Continued)
Icon Description
Save a Chart Snapshot Downloads the current graph image as a PNG file, which you can display or save.
Save a Fullscreen Snapshot Downloads the current graph image as a full-page PNG file, which you can display or
save.
NOTE For both snapshots, the default file name contains the resource, attribute group,
and metric name.
Download tab-separated data Downloads the data points currently shown on the graph to a tab-separated CSV file. Each
file includes the resource name and metric name and, for each value, date and time of the
collected metric, the value, and the lower and upper bounds of dynamic thresholds. You
can open or save the file.
Move Down Moves the graph down one position.
Move Up Moves the graph up one position.
Close Removes the graph.
Configure the Metric Graph Widget
You can select the metrics that the Metric Graph widget shows by editing the widget configuration.
You can also configure other widgets to provide metric selections to the Metric Graph widget. See “Configure
Widget Interactions,” on page 56.
To define a fixed set of metrics for the widget to draw when you select a particular resource, see “Define Metric
Sets for a Widget,” on page 98.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task. Your vCenter Operations Manager
administrator can tell you which actions you can perform.
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Open the Edit Widget window for the Metric Graph widget. See “Edit a Widget Configuration,” on
page 52.
Procedure
1 Set Self Provider to On to define metric selections in the widget configuration.
2 (Optional) Select one or more tag values in the list to the left of the List pane to filter the resources that
appear in the List pane.
You can use icons on the toolbar at the top of the list to collapse, expand, and deselect all of the tags in the
list.
When you select more than one value for the same tag, the list includes resources that have either value.
When you select values for two or more tags, the list includes only resources that have all of the values
that you select. When you click the Invert Result icon, the list includes only resources that do not match
the tag values that you select.
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