Graphing

Instantaneous data - such as that from the Incident Browser - is suitable for viewing the current status of an entity, but when you need to find out background information on an anomoly or just need to view historical data, then graphs are the best tool to use. Lithium Console has a built in graphing engine to help make viewing historical information easier.

To open up a graphing window click on File -> New -> Metric Graph Window <Command + Alt + G>.

The Graph Window is broken into three components:

A Toolbar

The Main View

Metric and Graph Information

Toolbar

Icon	Button	Description
	Refresh Graph	Refreshes the graph with current data
	Zoom In	Zooms in closer on the graph, showing more detail
	Zoom Out	Zooms farther out of the graph, showing less detail, but greater range
	Zoom To Fit	Sets the Zoom level of the graph so it fits in the window
	Reference Date	Sets the date of refernece for the Graph
	Graph Period	The Timeframe for the graph can be: Last 48hrs, Day, Week, Month or Year
	Trend Analysis	Analyse the trends for the current metrics
	Metric History	Show the Historic values of this Metric.

Main View

The main view displays the graphical data for the entities listed in the metric/graph Information component (see below)

The X-axis (Horizontal) displays the time period, as determined by the graph reference.

The Y-axis (Vertical) displays the value of the metric.

Below the graph is the key. Most metrics will contain a Minimum, Average, and Maximum value.  Beside the key, the Minimum, Average and Maximum values for the reference timeframe are displayed. 

Metric Information

This section lists all of the metrics that are currently being graphed.

Column	Description
Site	The name of the site the graphed entity belongs to.
Device	The name of the site the graphed entity belongs to.
Entity	The actual entity that is being graphed

Populating the Graph

There are many ways to populate a graph, depending on what you are currently viewing. You may choose to open a new graph window (option + command + g), and then drag and drop the required metric from the Browser, to Incident manager. You can also use the "Graph Selected..." item from the context (right click) menu of certain items.

Dragging an incident into the Graph Window

Dragging an Entity into the Graph Window

You can add up to 8 individual metrics to each graph. That way you can view related incidents on the one graph. If there are other metrics that affect (or are affected by) an device that have not triggered an incident, those metrics can be located in the Entity Browser and dragged into the graph window.