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Use Filters to Customize Data in the Display Area

Multi-Port Monitor offers several methods for narrowing the scope of session-level metrics shown in the Display area of the Analysis page. The following options can be applied to the data displayed from a selected analysis.

Data views

You can select different data views to focus on the network aspect that makes the most sense for the current troubleshooting task. For example, if an application has slow response time, select the Server IP view or the Application view to see the associated metrics.

Use analysis filters to filter the data in a view.

Note: Analysis filters are distinct from the Hardware filters you apply to captured data. Hardware filters affect the capture of data. Analysis filters affect the display of data.

Context-specific filtering

• Select a row or a series of rows in the data table. Right-click and select Apply As Filter to narrow the scope of data in the current analysis. To highlight multiple rows, use Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click.
• Use the mouse pointer to select a specific section of the chart. Release the mouse pointer and click Set. The chart refreshes to focus on a narrower segment, such as a spike in the line graph indicating exceptions to baseline metrics.

Drill-down filtering

• Double-click a row in the data table to drill one level down to the next view in the analysis.
• Drill down from an APM defect to view associated data on the Analysis page. An analysis filter is automatically created based on the context of the defect.
• Click Session Analysis in a CA Application Delivery Analysis report to view associated data on the Analysis page. Global filters on the Analysis page are based on the context of the CA Application Delivery Analysis report.

Zoom filtering

Line graphs provide more filtering options. The Zoom In and Zoom Out links let you focus more closely on the performance metrics from a smaller segment of captured data.

• Zoom In reduces the current time frame so that a smaller segment of data is charted.
• Zoom Out restores the time frame to a broader segment of data.

Time frame filtering

The Summary Trend chart, Line Trend chart, and Stacked Trend chart formats include a time-navigation component above the Display area. The default time frame is 15 minutes. The Time Period Selector enables precise selection of another time frame.

• The Backward and Forward buttons let you move forward or backward in time through the captured data. This type of time navigation lets you view trend data and follow each trend as it proceeds.
• The date, hour, and minutes are menus from which you can select other date and time parameters.
• The date is a graphical calendar menu with forward and backward navigation.
• The Timeframe link provides quick access to larger time segments, from "Last 15 Minutes" to "Last 180 Minutes."

More information:

Using Hardware Filters to Manage Data

Data Views