Importing a Capacity Manager Template v8
Selecting the Import Capacity Manager Template
from the Manage Charts
tab's Quick Links
section opens the Create Chart
dialog, allowing you to select from your saved Capacity Manager templates. When the dialog opens, use the Import capacity template
drop-down listbox to select the template you would like to use for your chart.
Use the fields on the Create Chart
dialog to provide information about the chart:
- Specify the name of the chart in the
Name
field. - Use the drop-down listbox in the
Category
field to specify the category in which this chart will be displayed. When adding a custom chart to a custom dashboard, the chart will be displayed for selection in theCategory
specified. - Use the radio buttons in the
Type
field to specify if the chart will be aLine chart
or aTable
. - Provide a description of the chart in the
Description
field. The description will be displayed to the user viewing the chart (on a custom dashboard) when they click the information icon.
Click Next
to continue to the Select Metrics
window.
The Select Metrics
window displays details about the metrics that are used by the template. When you've reviewed the metrics, click Next
to continue to the Set Options
window.
Use the fields on the Set Options
window to specify display options for your chart:
Use the
Auto Refresh
field to specify the number of minutes between chart updates - choose a value from 1 to 999. The default auto refresh rate is 2 minutes.Use the fields in the
Data extrapolation
box to specify the time period covered by the chart. You can either:- click the
Historical days and extrapolated days
label and:- specify the number of days of historical data that should be charted in the
Historical
field. - specify the number of projected days that should be charted in the
Extrapolated
field.
- specify the number of days of historical data that should be charted in the
- or, click the
Historical days and threshold
label and:- provide the number of days of historical data that should be charted in the
Historical
field. - use the threshold selection fields to specify the threshold value at which the chart will end.
- provide the number of days of historical data that should be charted in the
- click the
When you've completed the Set Options
window, click Next
to continue.
After making any required modifications to the chart definition, click Finish
to save your edits. PEM will open a popup, confirming that the edits have been saved:
Exporting or Importing a Chart
From PEM 8.3 onwards, you can export or import the charts to another PEM Server.
To Export
the Chart, select any chart from the Charts
tab and then select the Export
icon in the upper-right corner of the table. Select Save File
option and then select ok
, it will generate the JSON
file.
To Import
the Chart, go to the Charts
tab and then select the Import
icon in the upper-right corner.
Click on the Browse
button to select the JSON
file with the code to be imported and then click Import
.
After selecting the file to import, you can select the following checkboxes:
skip exiting
- If you select this checkbox then it will skip the chart if it already exists.skip existing dependent probe
- The charts are dependent on probes. If you select this checkbox then it will skip the dependent probe if it already exists.
If both the checkboxes are selected and the chart already exists, then it skips importing the chart with below message:
If the skip existing
checkbox is not selected and skip dependent probe
is selected and the chart already exists, then it will import the chart successfully as below:
If both the checkboxes are not selected and the chart does not exist, then it will successfully import the chart as below:
Deleting an Chart
To delete an chart, select the template name in the charts table, and click the Delete
icon (located to the upper-right corner of the table). The alert history will persist for the length of time specified on the History Retention
field in the template definition.
- On this page
- Exporting or Importing a Chart
- Deleting an Chart