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View and Investigate Metrics

You can view a metric on the Metrics panel related to resource use on your systems that you want to monitor. You can then investigate the metric directly from the Metrics panel or add it to your dashboard for further monitoring. When you add the metric to the dashboard, the larger view makes it easier to view the activity for the metric. To investigate the metric directly from the Metrics panel, click the applicable metric, and click Investigate.

You can manipulate the metrics in a metric group as follows:

• Hover over a metric to view the full metric name, value, and description.
• Move a metric anywhere in its group by dragging and dropping it where you want.
• Click the down arrow in a metric to investigate it or to view a larger graphical representation version of the metric on the dashboard.

Note: Hover over the panel controls to manage the Metrics panel.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the metric you want to investigate, and select Add to Dashboard.

   The metric appears on the dashboard in a larger view for monitoring. The metric group name and metric name appear in the header of the graph. You can hover over the graph to see the value (time, metric value) at any point. Use the slider control to adjust time and to see data during the changed time. The slider control refreshes when the graph is updated.

2. Click Actions, Investigate.

   The Investigator opens at the source of the metric data. You can now review the data source to identify dependencies and relationships.