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1.4.7 Combination Report window

The Combination Report window displays combination reports. To display the window, do one of the following:

The Combination Report window consists of the following three pages:

The following describes each page.

Organization of this subsection

(1) View report page

This page displays the specified combination report. The page displays performance data collected by each agent as a report in graph or table format.

The following figure shows the Combination Report window (View report page).

Figure 1‒44: Combination Report window (View report page)

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The following describes the items displayed on this page:

Close

Closes the Combination Report window.

Registered report selection list:

Enables you to select a registered report from a pull-down menu. This item displays all the reports that are registered as combination bookmark destinations. When you move the mouse pointer to the selection list, the name of the currently selected registered report appears in the tool tips, allowing you to check the complete report name if it is too long to fit in the selection list box.

Link menu:
Display Reports

When a registered report is selected in the registered report selection list, click this item to display the View Report window as a separate window.

Refresh

Acquires data again and refreshes the display.

Print

Displays the Print Reports window as a new window.

For details about the Print Reports window, see 1.4.6 Print Reports window.

Button for changing the report display period:

For a historical report, you can move data of the same period of time as that in the currently displayed report forward or backward by using any of the buttons below. Note that on the Show Options page, you can change the setting for the report display period in finer detail.

[Figure] button

Displays a report after moving the period backward for the same period of time as the currently displayed period.

[Figure] button

Displays a report after moving the period backward by one-half the time of the currently displayed period.

[Figure] button

Displays a report after moving the period forward by one-half the time of the currently displayed period.

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Displays a report after moving the period forward for the same period of time as the currently displayed period.

Graph display area:

Area for displaying graphs.

Zoom

Zooms the display. Available magnifications are 100%, 200%, 400%, 600%, and 800%.

Legend area:

Displays the legend for a graph for each series group.

The series group name appears as series-group-name.

For a registered report, registered-report-name:record-name:instance-identifier:field-name#1 appears.

For a baseline, Baseline:baseline-name:instance-identifier#2:field-name#1 appears.

If display data is not acquired or there is no data to be displayed, a legend is not displayed.

#1

The display name appears if the display name of the field is set. If the display name of the field is not set, the default field name appears.

#2

An instance identifier consists of ODBC key fields separated by angle brackets (< >). A blank appears if no instance identifier exists.

(2) Properties page

This page displays the definition of the combination report that is displayed on the View report page. The page displays the settings that were specified in the Edit Combination Bookmarks window.

The following figure shows the Combination Report window (Properties page).

Figure 1‒45: Combination Report window (Properties page)

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For details about the display items in each area, see 1.6.3 Edit window.

The following describes the items displayed on this page:

Close

Closes the Combination Report window.

Settings for the report display period

Enables you to specify a period and a display interval for the report.

Graph display settings

Displays the title of the graph, the character string to be displayed as the label for the X axis of the report, and the graph options.

Series group settings

A series group indicates a collection of reports that are registered as combination bookmark destinations and grouped based on the display formats of the graphs in the reports.

(3) Show Options page

You can specify the display settings for the combination report displayed on the View report page.

The following figure shows the Combination Report window (Show Options page).

Figure 1‒46: Combination Report window (Show Options page)

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The following describes the items displayed on this page:

Close

Closes the Combination Report window.

OK button

Accepts the specified settings and returns to the View report page. The View report page displays the combination reports with the specified display conditions.

Cancel button

Discards the specified settings and returns to the View report page.

Settings for the report display period

Enables you to specify a period and a display interval for the report.

Date range

From the pull-down menu, select the display period for the report.

Available values are as follows:

  • Specify when displayed

  • Within the past hour

  • Within the past 24 hours

  • Within the past 7 days

  • Within the past month

  • Within the past year

When you select an option other than Specify when displayed, the time and date for Start time and End time are automatically set.

Start time and End time

When you select Specify when displayed in Date range, you need to set the start time and date, and the end time and date period for displaying events.

Specify Start time and End time in YYYY MM DD hh:mm format (YYYY = year, MM = month, DD = day, hh = hour, mm = minute).

The specifiable range is from 00:00 on January 1, 1971 to 23:59 on December 31, 2035. For End time, specify a time and date later than Start time.

Note that the format specified for Start time and End time differs depending on Report interval. Accordingly, follow the entry format displayed on the right. When you select an option other than Specify when displayed, the corresponding time and date are set automatically. If you change the time and date that are displayed automatically, the setting of Date range becomes Specify when displayed.

Report interval

Sets the display interval for reports. The value specified for this item is applied to all the records of the PI record type that are contained in combination reports.

When you specify this item, averaged (summarized) values within the specified period appear in the reports.

Available values are as follows:

  • Minute: Displays reports at 1-minute intervals.

  • Hour: Displays reports at 1-hour intervals.

  • Day: Displays reports at 1-day intervals.

  • Week: Displays reports at 1-week intervals.

  • Month: Displays reports at 1-month intervals.

  • Year: Displays reports at 1-year intervals.

The Peak time specification in the report definition is enabled only when you select Hour.

When you change Report interval, Start time and End time are set automatically to match the change.

Display the start time data and Display the end time data

Switches between displaying and hiding the data that matches the date and time you specified in Start time or End time for the data that will be displayed in a report. By default, these check boxes are selected. You can set the default selection status in excludeTerminalData (under the <vsa> tag) of the initialization file (config.xml). For details about the initialization file (config.xml), see Initialization file (config.xml).

If both check boxes are selected, data that matches the date and time you specified in Start time or End time is displayed.

If both check boxes are cleared, data that matches the date and time you specified in Start time or End time is not displayed.

Settings for the baseline display period
Start time

Sets the start time and date for the baseline.

Specify Start time in YYYY MM DD hh:mm format (YYYY = year, MM = month, DD = day, hh = hour, mm = minute).

When you change Date range, Start time changes accordingly.