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View Options in CA NetQoS Performance Center

This topic describes some of the view options in the CA NetQoS Performance Center Console.

Many views offer a search feature and other settings that you can change to modify the view. In addition to filtering and time frame options, the following options are available for most views:

• Editing view settings , such as changing the view title or data direction.
• Increasing or decreasing the number of items on a table "page" by using the Max Per Page option.
• Changing the context, so that the view data is restricted to a particular group

  Note: Users with the 'Persist Shared View Edits' role right can save view modifications to their own user account, but other users cannot see the changes. The changes persist after logout.

Many view options are specific to the selected view. The available options depend on the view format and data source.

Table View Options

In table views, you can drill down to detailed data for individual items. Use the page feature to see metrics from a longer list of items. Increase the Max Per Page value to increase the size of the view and the number of table rows per page.

You can click a table column to sort the table data by the values in the column.

Browser View Options

The browser view is a unique view type that lets you add a URL to a selected report page. You can use this view to compare external factors alongside your network performance views. Also, the browser view lets you update internal and external data dynamically. The URL must be for a web page that supports embedded iframes.

Multiple external factors can affect the performance of your network and servers, such as world events and adverse weather conditions. The ability to view a weather map and news headlines alongside performance data views on a single report page can help you better understand patterns in network performance.

View In Option

Some Interface page views allow you go directly to the data source to see detailed data. Click the arrow ( ) and select the 'View in' option. The option opens the view in the NFA console, for example.

Change the View Settings

You can change several settings for an enterprise-wide view or an interface-specific view. The available settings depend on the view.

For example, some views have settings for data direction--so you can display inbound data, outbound data, or all data. Other views have settings for the type of measurement--so you can set the view to display data rates, data volumes, or interface capacity utilization.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the dashboard that contains the view that you want to modify.
2. (Optional) Change the time frame, if necessary.
3. Open the dialog for editing the view settings:
   • (CA PC) Click the Edit icon in the view title bar and select Edit from the menu.
   • (NPC) Click the View icon next to the view name and select Edit from the menu.

     The settings dialog opens.

4. (Optional) Edit the Title to change the name in the view title bar.
5. (Optional) If the view has Measurement Settings, select the type of measurement to show in the report:
   • Rate: Rate of traffic, expressed in Mbps.
   • Bytes: Volume of traffic.
   • Utilization: Percentage of total capacity used by the traffic.
6. (Optional) If the view has Direction settings, select the direction of the data on the selected interface:
   • Out: Outbound traffic on the interface.
   • In: Inbound traffic on the interface.
   • From: Traffic on the interface that comes from the host (Host view) or the source host (Conversation view).
   • To: Traffic on the interface that goes to the host (Host view) or the destination host (Conversation view).
   • Total: All traffic on the interface.
7. (Optional) (CA PC) For an enterprise-wide view or interface-specific view, change the interface for the view: Select a different interface from the Context Settings table.

   For example, to restrict the interface set to a domain, select the domain from the IP Domains list.

   Note: You can change the context for a view on some custom dashboards in the CA Performance Center Console. You cannot change the context for built-in views or for interface context pages.

   To re-sort the table, click a column heading. Click the arrow to sort in the opposite direction.

   (CA PC) To change the columns that are included in the table, display the Columns list: Click near the right edge of a column heading, then click the white arrow and select Columns.

8. (Optional) Specify which users are affected by the setting changes: Select a value from the Apply Changes list:
   • For All Tenant Users: (CA PC) Saves the changes so that they apply to all users.
   • My User Account: Saves the changes to your user account as the default setting for this view.
   • My Current Session: Reverts the changes when you log out.

   Note: The availability of these options depends on your user account role rights.

9. Click Save (CA PC) or OK (NPC) to save your changes.

   The settings dialog closes. The view reflects your changes.

Note: You can also change the context for a dashboard in the CA Performance Center Console. In this case the context change applies the selected group or managed item as a filter to all views on the page.