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Change the Time Frame for a Dashboard

You can change the time frame for a dashboard or Interface page that you are viewing. Change the time frame to see data from an earlier time of day or from another date, for example

Changing the time frame is useful for troubleshooting performance issues. For example, if data from the past day contains an anomaly, you can change the time frame to show data from the last seven days. The time frame helps you determine whether the issue occurs repeatedly.

When you change the time frame for a dashboard or Interface page, it is applied to all views on the page, and to all dashboards in that window. You can view dashboards in multiple windows and can apply a different time frame to each dashboard, however.

Follow these steps:

1. Select a dashboard from the Dashboards tab or navigate to an Interface page.
2. (Optional) Click to select any of the following time and date options at the top of the page:

   Time period drop-down list

   Lets you select a predefined time frame for the data.

   Default: Last Hour.

   Back button

   Shifts the time frame for the data back by one increment of the present interval (such as Last Day or Last Hour).

   Date and Calendar drop-down lists

   Let you select a start and end date for the data from a calendar view.

   Time of Day drop-down lists

   Let you select a start and end time from a list of 15-minute time intervals in the 24-hour format.

   Forward button

   Shifts the time frame for the data forward by one increment of the present interval (such as Last Day or Last Hour).

3. (Optional) Define a custom time frame:
   1. Complete one or more of the following steps
      • Click the start date and select a new start date from the calendar that opens.
      • Click the end date and select a new end date from the calendar that opens.
      • Click the start hour or minute and select a new hour or minute from the drop-down menu.
      • Click the end hour or minute and select a new hour or minute from the drop-down menu.
   2. Click Set.

      The data in the views reflects the new time frame.

4. (Optional) Scroll backward or forward in time. Use the Back and Forward buttons on either side of the timestamp to shift the time frame by one increment of the present interval.

   If you are viewing data for the last day, click the left arrow to scroll back in time by one day. Or click Latest to see the most recently collected data.