Customizing the List of Metric Charts and Columns on the Control System

Explains how to customize the list of metric charts and columns on the Control System.

About this task

You can customize the list of table metric charts and columns that you see on the Control System.

Creating a Custom Board for the Charts

About this task

To view a custom set of charts on the Control System, you can create a custom board. To create a board:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Control System and go to one of the following pages:
  2. Select Create new Board from the Boards drop-down list to display the Create New Chart Board window.
  3. Enter a unique name for the new Board in the Board Name field.
  4. Select the charts from the Available list of charts and click to move selection to Selected charts to display on page.
    You can select up to six charts to display at a time on the page.
  5. (Optional) Click and/or down arrows to sort the order of charts.
  6. Click Create and Apply to create a new Board and view the selected charts in the Board.

Editing a Chart Board

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You can modify an existing chart Board to add or remove charts from the board:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Control System and go to one of the following pages to view the board to modify:
  2. Click associated with the Board to modify from the Boards drop-down list.
    The Edit Chart Board window displays.
  3. You can make the following changes:
    1. Modify the Board name.
    2. Select the charts from the:
      • Selected list of charts and click to remove selected charts.
      • Available list of charts and click to move selection to Selected charts to display on page.
      You can select up to six charts to display at a time on the page.
    3. Click and/or down arrows to sort the order of charts.
  4. Click Save and Apply for the changes to take effect.

Removing a Chart Board

About this task

To remove charts from a Board, see Editing a Chart Board. To remove a chart Board, do the following:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Control System and go to one of the following pages to view the list of Boards:
  2. Click associated with the Board to remove from the Boards drop-down list.
    The Delete Board window displays.
  3. Click Submit to remove the Board.

Adding and Removing Columns from the List View

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Control System and do one of the following:
    • Go to the Metrics tab of the node details page and select Activity by Tables from the drop-down menu to view the metrics for all table-related activities on the node.
    • Go to the Metrics tab of the table information page and select:
      • Activity by Nodes (default selection) from the drop-down menu to view the metrics for table activity across nodes.
      • Activity by Indexes from the drop-down menu to view metrics for all index-related activity on the table.
    • Go to the Metrics tab of the secondary index details page and select Activity by Nodes to view metrics for index-related activity across nodes.
  2. Click to switch to a list view.
  3. Click to display the Customize Columns window.
    In the Customize Columns window, the:
    • Available list displays the columns available, but currently not displayed.
    • Selected list displays the columns currently displayed in the page.
  4. Select the columns from the:
    1. Selected list of columns and click to remove selected columns from the view.
    2. Available list of columns and click to move selection to Selected columns (for display).
      For the list of metrics that can be viewed in the columns, see Viewing Table Metrics in the Control System
  5. (Optional) Click and/or down arrows to sort the order of columns.
  6. Click Save to view the selected columns.