6.2 Understanding Data Collection for Charts, Graphs, and Reports

When you run a Knowledge Script that collects data, each time the Knowledge Script runs, it collects an individual data point and stores the information in the AppManager repository. Once AppManager stores the information in the repository, you can:

  • Display it in real-time charts and graphs using the Operator Console, Control Center console, or Chart Console. Real-time charts represent active data streams that AppManager visually updates as it receives new data points.

  • View it in static HTML reports, generated using report Knowledge Script templates, using the Report Viewer. Generated reports represent a snapshot of data from the repository for the period of time you specify. Generated reports can include charts, but the charts are static and specific to the report period you define.

By default, AppManager keeps the data points that Knowledge Script jobs collect for a given day in a data table for immediate display in real‑time charts and graphs for 30 days, and each day removes any data tables that are more than 30 days old. One way to think of this is that every day the oldest data points “expire” and are no longer available for real-time charting and graphing.