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Meter Parts

The Meter Parts Definition dialog lets you specify the following attributes:

Title String

Set the toggle button to display a title. Enter a title in the text entry box.

Data Name

Set the toggle button to specify the title to be the metric name, overriding any supplied string.

Title Font

The Font Selection dialog lets you specify the following font characteristics:

• Family
• Size
• Weight
• Slant

Font options not available on your server will be disabled.

Metric Type

Specifies a list of instances of one metric or a list of metrics.

For example, to show the CPU Utilization for multiple processes on the system, use the List of Instances option.

To show a CPU mode (Interrupt, Kernel, Supervisor, and so forth) for the system, choose the List of Metrics option since each metric has only one value associated with it.

Number of List Entries

Specifies the number of meters to be displayed.

Label Fonts

The Font Selection dialog lets you specify label font characteristics.

Data labels: width (in characters)

Specifies the space available for the data labels, based on the characteristics of the font you have selected.

Metric fields: width (in characters)

Specifies the space available for the meter, based on the characteristics of the font you have selected.

Units label: width (in characters)

Specifies the space available for the units label, based on the characteristics of the font you have selected.

Set the toggle button to include a units label for the meters. Specify the space for the units label in characters.