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Chart Overview

Consider the following points while working with charts and dashboards:

• Place your cursor over a chart to display informational text
• Summary Table
  • Includes typical table functionality (paging and column sorting)
  • Some charts have a Drill Down header in the first column
    • If you select an object in the column, you drill down into another chart that is based on the information in that column
    • The same drill down action occurs if you click on the corresponding item in the chart in the top half of the frame.
    • Breadcrumb trail takes you back to original chart
    • Configurable options for drill down chart vary from the original chart
    • Any filter that was applied on original chart is propagated to the underlying chart
    • Some charts may have multiple drill downs (that is, multiple nested charts)
    • Some charts have more than one drill down option available. In this case, the column header includes a drop‑down list where you can control which chart your mouse click drills into
  • Some rows may include links in one or both columns
    • Links take you into Management pages with context-sensitive filters (breadcrumbs to take you back to chart)
• Chart configuration opens in an independent window
  • You can make edits and click Apply to determine their impact on the chart
  • When this windows is open, you cannot perform drill-down or link actions on the chart (the configuration window will flash)
• When you change the filter criteria, the meaning of the chart may vary dramatically. You may want to change the name of the chart title as it is displayed in the dashboard (by design, this does not change the chart name on the left side)