Using the WebLogic Diagnostic Framework Console Extension

Introduction and Roadmap

What Is the WebLogic Diagnostic Framework Console Extension?

Document Scope and Audience

Guide to This Document

Related Documentation

New and Changed Features in this Release

Installing and Displaying the WLDF Console Extension

Installing the WLDF Console Extension

Prerequisites

Installing the Java Plug-in

Installing the WLDF Console Extension

Removing the WLDF Console Extension

Displaying the WLDF Console Extension

Overview of the WLDF Console Extension

View Panel Overview

Tabs Panel Overview

Toolbar and Scrollbar Overview

Displaying Tooltips for Controls, Views, Graphs, and Charts

Basic Steps for Creating Views, Graphs, and Charts

Alternative Ways to Manipulate Objects

Understanding How Data Is Collected and Presented

How Metrics Data Is Collected and Presented

How Instrumentation Data Is Collected and Presented

Working with Views

Displaying and Modifying an Existing View

Creating a New View

Creating a View Based on an Existing View (Cloning)

Changing the Name of a View

Saving A Custom View

Deleting a View

Starting and Stopping a View

Creating and Modifying Charts and Graphs

Working with Both Types of Charts and Graphs

The Parts of a Chart

Adding Charts to Views

Adding Graphs to Existing Charts

Repositioning a Chart

Merging Charts

Moving a Graph to a Different Chart or to a New Chart

Starting and Stopping Data Collection for Charts in a View

Scrolling and Zooming the Data Displayed in a Chart

Deleting a Graph from a Chart

Deleting a Chart

Setting Chart Properties

Changing a Chart's Name

Creating a Y-Axis Label for a Chart

Setting a Chart's Graphing Style

Turning a Chart's Legend On and Off

Turning a Chart's Scrollbar On and Off

Changing a Chart's Foreground and Background Colors

Setting Graph Properties

Changing a Graph's Name

Changing a Graph's Scaling Factor

Changing a Graph's Colors

Working with Metrics Charts and Graphs

Contents of the MBean Tree in the Metrics Tab

Displaying Items in the Metrics tab

Displaying Details About MBean Instances and Attributes in the Metrics Tab

Displaying Details About Metrics Charts and Graphs

Working with Method Performance Charts and Graphs

Selecting a Server

Displaying Requests and Methods in the Requests Tab

Displaying Details About Requests

Displaying Details About Instrumentation Events

Displaying Details about Requests and Methods in the Requests Tab

Selecting a Time Interval for a Method Performance Graph

Displaying Details About Method Performance Charts

Setting Global Polling and View Scrolling Properties

Keyboard Access

Terminology

Keyboard Reference