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Change the Time Frame for a Dashboard

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

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 same issue is occurring regularly.

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

Follow these steps:

1. Select a dashboard from the Dashboards tab.
2. Click to select some of the following time and date options on the toolbar:

   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. To define a custom time frame, take one or more of the following steps:
   • Click the start date and select a new start date from the calendar that appears.
   • Click the end date and select a new end date from the calendar that appears.
   • 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.
4. Click Set.

   The page is refreshed, and the data displayed in the views reflects the new time frame.

5. (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.