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Chart Control

Summary

Chart controls are used by graph views to render statistics as column, bar, or line graphs. The graph portion of the chart presents the relation between different system statistics selected by the user for comparison. The optional legend displays statistic values and active alerts.

Customize a Chart

Right-click the chart control to display a shortcut menu of customization commands:

Edit Alerts…	Opens the Edit Alert dialog so that you can change the parameters of alerts. This menu option is only enabled when the shortcut menu is opened by right-clicking on a statistic in the legend.
Add/Remove…	Opens statistic and parameter selection dialogs used by the view.
Chart options…	Opens the Chart Options dialog, so that you can change the general appearance of the graph. The items you can modify include the graph title, legend, and axis range information in the graph.
Show Labels	Toggles display of labels in the graph section.
Graph type	Displays a sub menu with the following options: Column graph: Displays a vertically oriented graph Bar graph: Displays a horizontally oriented graph Line graph (5 minutes): Displays a marquee type line graph which spans 5 minutes Line graph (30 minutes): Displays a marquee type line graph which spans 30 minutes Line graph (4 hours): Displays a marquee type line graph which spans 4 hours Line graph (8 hours): Displays a marquee type line graph which spans 8 hours Line graph (24 hours): Displays a marquee type line graph which spans 24 hours
Group By	Changes the axis used to display the chart. For example, a System Graph view allows grouping by workgroup or statistic. When grouped by statistic, the example chart looks like this:
Legend	Opens a submenu for setting options relating to the Legend section of the view: Show legend: Display/hide the legend Show values in legend: Show/hide the values in the legend Bottom: Position the legend on the bottom of the graph Left: Position the legend on the left of the graph Right: Position the legend on the right of graph

For more information about Chart control customization options, see Chart Options dialog.