10.4 Viewing Real-Time Events

  1. Access the Active Views tab.

    For more information, see Section 10.2, Accessing the Active Views Tab.

  2. In the menu, click Active Views > Create Active View.

  3. Use the following information to define the display properties:

    Event Attribute (Z Axis): In drop-down list, select the desired attribute.

    Filter: Specify the filter, or click the Browse button to select a defined filter.

    Display Events: Select where to display event.

  4. To customize additional settings, click Next, then continue with Step 5.

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    To use the default settings, click Finish. The following default values are selected:

    • A display interval and refresh rate of 30 seconds

    • Total display time of 15 minutes

    • Y-axis as the event count

    • A chart type of Stacked Bar 2D

  5. Define the statistical parameters:

    Display Interval: Select the display interval. This is the interval to display events.

    Refresh Rate: Select the refresh rate. This is the rate at which Active Views refresh.

    Total Display Time: Specify the amount of time to display the chart.

    Y-axis: Set the Y axis to be either the total event count or event count per second.

  6. Click Next.

  7. Select your chart type from the drop-down list:

    • Stacked Bar 2D

    • Bar 3D

    • Line

    • Ribbon

  8. Click Finish.

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

Lock Chart or Unlock Chart: Used when performing a drill-down, zoom in, zoom out, zoom to selection, and when saving a chart as an .html file. When you click the Lock button, you have additional options:

Increase Display Interval: Increases the display time interval for incoming events.

Decrease Display Interval: Decreases the display time interval for incoming events.

Increase Display Time: Increases the time interval along the x-axis.

Decrease Display Time: Decreases the time interval along the x-axis.