Creating Live Event Graphs

You can create live event graphs using either data monitors or active lists.

Using a Data Monitor

Where: Navigator > Resources > Dashboard > Data Monitors > event graph or geographic event graph data monitor

• Right-click the data monitor and select Add to Dashboard As>Geographic Graph or Graph.

• Alternatively:

  1. Right-click your personal Data Monitors folder in the Navigator and select New Data Monitor. A Data Monitor Editor panel opens.

  2. In the Data Monitor Type drop-down list, select Event Graph or Geographic Event Graph.

  3. Define the graphic data monitor as described in Creating a Data Monitor.

The Data Monitor Editor has certain attributes for these types:

Attribute	Usage
Max Event Count	The number of most-recent events to show. Events older than this are discarded.
Event Node Identifier	The fields that are available to use to uniquely identify the event type in a transaction.
Availability Interval	The number of seconds for the interval between updates to the graphic.
Show Source-Target Nodes as	See Configuring Event Graphs.
Source Node Identifier	See Configuring Event Graphs.
Target Node Identifier	See Configuring Event Graphs.
Show Event Nodes	See Configuring Event Graphs.

For geographic event graphs:

Geographic Event Attributes

Attribute	Usage
Max Event Count	The number of most-recent events to show. Events older than this are discarded.
Availability Interval	The number of seconds for the interval between updates to the graphic.

Using an Active List

Where: Navigator > Resources > Lists > Active Lists

1. Right-click the appropriate active list, and select Show Entries.
2. On the Details tab, select one or more events.
3. Right-click the selected events, and select Event Graph.
4. Configure the Event Graph window settings. For information on each of the settings, see Configuring Event Graphs.
5. Click OK.