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Before you begin

Display or create a view, as explained in Display views.

For general information about Monitoring Dashboard charts, see The Parts of a Chart.

When you create a chart, it is created with default visual and control properties. For example:

When you create a chart, a default name is assigned.
When you drag a metric onto a chart, a name is assigned to that metric by default that appears in the legend.
The Y-axis label is empty by default.
The chart has a default set of colors for labels, X- and Y-axis lines, text, background, and highlighting.

You can also set additional properties that control scaling behavior and thresholds to be used for highlighting metrics whose values fall outside a given range, or change the default display properties of individual metrics in a chart.

To change one or more of these properties for a chart:

To change the chart name:
1. Select the chart.
2. Select the chart edit tool.
3. Enter the new name in the chart name field.
To change the name of one or more metrics:
1. Select the chart.
2. Select the chart edit tool.
3. Enter the new name in the chart legend that corresponds to the metric.
You can also change a metric's name, or other display characteristics, by using the metric legend menu. For more information, see Customize metric display properties.
To change the Y-axis label:
1. Select the chart.
2. Select the chart edit tool.
3. Enter the new Y-axis name in the field below the chart title.
To set colors used in the chart:
1. Select the chart.
2. Select the chart menu and choose Properties.
  The Chart Properties dialog box is displayed.
3. Set color values for one or more of the following, as desired, by specifying the hexadecimal HTML color code:
  - Foreground — For text (labels, legend, chart title, and so on), X and Y axis lines, and gauge outlines
  - Background — For the chart background, where appropriate for the chart type
  - Highlight — For any metric that crosses a threshold. For time series charts, the threshold is highlighted by shading the background using this color. For gauges, this color is used for the metric value indicator.
  Note: If you set the background color to black or a very dark color, you will not be able to see the chart name.
4. Click OK.
To modify scaling behavior, see Set auto-scaling in charts and Change the scale of charts.
To set maximum and minimum threshold values, which cause a metric to become highlighted in the chart when a data point value falls outside a specific range, see Display thresholds in charts.
To set properties that are global to all charts in the Monitoring Dashboard, see Set global chart properties.

Result

The changes you make to an individual chart are persisted in the data archive so that they will be available the next time you launch the Monitoring Dashboard and display this chart. For more information about charts in the Monitoring Dashboard, see The Parts of a Chart.

Administration Console Online Help

Set individual chart properties