3.4 Viewing Real-Time Events

  1. Click the Active Views tab.

  2. Click Active Views > Create Active View or click the Create Active View icon .

  3. In the Event Visualization Wizard window, click the down-arrows to select your Event Attribute (Z Axis), Filter, and to Display Events (Yes or No).

    In the Filter Selection window, you can build your own filter or select one of the already built filters. Selecting the All filter allows all events to display in your window. When you are creating an Active View, if the filter assigned to the Active View is changed or deleted after creation of the Active View, the Active View is unaffected.

    After making your selection, you can click Next or Finish. If you select Finish, the following default values are selected:

    • Display Interval and Refresh rate of 30 seconds

    • Total Display Time of 15 minutes

    • Y-axis as Event Count

    • Chart type of Stacked Bar 2D

  4. If you click Next, click the down-arrows and fill in the fields:

    • Display Interval and Refresh rate:  

      • Display Interval is the time interval to display events.

      • Refresh Rate is the rate at which Active Views should refresh.

    • Total Display Time: Amount of time to display the chart.

    • Y-axis: Either the total Event Count or Event Count per Second.

  5. Click Next.

  6. Select your chart type from the drop-down list and click Finish.

    Your graph looks similar to:

    The five buttons to the left of the chart perform the following functions:

    Table 3-2 Functions of the Buttons

    Buttons

    Description

    Lock/Unlock the Chart

    Used when performing a drill-down, zoom in, zoom out, and zoom to selection, and saving a chart as an HTML file.

    Increase Display Interval

    Increases the display time interval for the incoming events.

    Decrease Display Interval

    Decreases the display time interval for the incoming events.

    Increase Display Time

    Increases the time interval along the x-axis.

    Decrease Display Time

    Decreases the time interval along the x-axis.

    When you click the Lock button, additional available buttons are the following:

    Table 3-3 Additional Buttons

    Buttons

    Description

    Lock/Unlock the Chart

    Used when performing a drill-down, zoom in, zoom out, and zoom to selection, and saving a chart as an HTML file.

    Zoom In

    Zooms in without changing any of the time settings of the chart.

    Zoom Out

    Zooms out without changing any of the time settings of the chart.

    Zoom to Selection

    Zooms in on a selection of time intervals of events.

    Snapshot Active View

    Save as an HTML file with chart as images and events in a tabular format.

3.4.1 Resetting the Parameters and Chart Type of an Active View

When viewing an Active View, you can reset your chart parameters and change your chart type.

  1. Within an Active View displaying a chart, right-click and select Properties.

  2. Under the Parameters tab, set the following options:

    • Display Interval: Time between each interval.

    • Refresh Rate: Number of seconds for the event rate to be updated.

    • Total Display Time: Amount of time to display the chart.

    • Y-axis: Either total Event Count or Event Count per Second.

  3. Under the Chart Types tab, set your chart to Stacked Bar2D, Bar 3D, Line, or Ribbon.

3.4.2 Rotating a 3D Bar or Ribbon Chart

  1. Click anywhere on the chart and hold the mouse button.

  2. Reposition the chart as desired by moving the mouse and holding the button.