Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Note: When viewing information for devices running Microsoft Windows, information
gathered via WMI is displayed in real time. Information gathered by SNMP, however, may
reflect a delay of one minute or more. This delay is caused by a limitation in how often
Microsoft Windows updates SNMP values.
To configure this dashboard report in WhatsUp Gold:
1 In the title bar of the dashboard report pane, select Menu > Configure. The Configure
Report dialog appears.
2 Enter or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
Report name. Enter a title for the dashboard report. This name appears in the title bar
of the dashboard report pane.
Device. Select a device for the report by clicking the browse (...) button.
Width. Specify how wide, in pixels, the graph or chart should appear.
Height. Specify how tall, in pixels, the graph or chart should appear.
Vertical Axis Scale. Select how you want the vertical axis, or Y axis, of this graph to
display.
Auto Scale adjusts the axis value based on the minimum and maximum values of
the data being displayed.
Fixed Scale shows the data on the scale you enter in the Min and Max boxes.
Tip: Auto scale is the best option when the minimum and maximum chart values are
unknown.
Graph Type. Select the type of graph you would like to display. To learn about the
various types of graphs available, please see Graph Types (on page 610).
Trend Type. Select the type of trend line you want to see on the report. This line
shows the average value of data for the duration the graph is displayed in the Web
browser. Choose None, Line, or Curve.
Dimensions. Select the dimension in which you would like the graph to display.
Select 3D or 2D to change the dimensions of the lines/bars in your charts.
Refresh interval (seconds). Enter an amount of time (in seconds) for how often you
would like the graph to refresh. Essentially, when the graph refreshes, it is polling for
more data and then displaying that new data.
Note: The faster the refresh interval, the more granular the chart data will be. Slower poll
intervals will result in data that is more normalized and will have less detail.
Data interval (seconds). Enter an amount of time (in seconds) for how long you
would like the data in the graph to be displayed. Think of this as the X axis for the
graph.
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