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VPLOT Command-Plot Usage in Vertical Columns

The VPLOT command plots resource usage in vertical columns. The horizontal axis of the plot represents time.

This command has the following syntax:

VPLOT variable [options] [SCALE({n},{mX})] [STACK=id] [CHAR1(x)]
      [HDR1(text)] [HDR2(text)] [HDR(text)]

variable

Indicates any Report Writer variable.

options

Specifies any valid variable options or ID options. Each ID option you specify must include at least one identifier.

SCALE(n) or SCALE(mX) or SCALE(n,mX)

Overrides the default maximum plot scale.

By default, the highest value of the vertical axis of a plot equals the highest value reached by a variable in the plot. Or, for variables representing percentages, 100 percent.

To override this dynamic scale, specify n as the maximum value. If the variable that you use produces integers, n must be an integer.

You can also widen each plot column by using the multiplier mX, where m is an integer.

STACK=id

Replaces the plot character with the identifiers being plotted, from most active to least active starting at the bottom of the plot. You can specify the mX option of the SCALE operand to print more characters of each identifier.

Note: For an example using the STACK operand, see the VPLOT command in the chapter “Plot Reports.”

CHAR1(x)

Specifies the plot character. Replace x with any valid EBCDIC character.

HDR1(text)

Overrides the default top heading for the scale to the left of the plot. Replace text with the new heading. To remove the header, replace text with a null string, as in HDR1( ).

HDR2(text)

Overrides the default bottom heading for the scale to the left of the plot. Replace text with the new heading. To remove the header, replace text with a null string, as in HDR2( ).

HDR(text)

Overrides the default description next to the SYMBOLS heading that describes the plotted variable. Replace text with the new description, not to exceed 30 characters.

Example: VPLOT Command

The following commands plot transaction use against time using the letter T as the plot character:

VPLOT TRANSACTION USE CHAR1(T)
END
RUN