Views
View Types
- Display chart details.
- Edit a chart.
- Copy a chart, make any modifications you want, and then save back to the same view or save back to a new view.
- Remove a chart.
When you first display a page containing charts it has a Custom view containing the same charts as the Default view.
Configuring Views
You can change the time scale of a view, switch between the Default and Custom views, and reset the Custom view.
Setting the Time Scale of a View
By default the time scale of a view is one day. To change the
time scale, click a duration link at the top-right of the view.
Setting the View Type

- Custom - displays the Custom view.
- Default - displays the Default view.
- Reset - resets the Custom view to the predefined set of charts, discarding any customizations.
Saving Charts to Views
You can save the charts and their configurations (type, dimension, and y-axis minimum and maximum) as a new view or to an existing view.
If your tsquery statement resulted in multiple charts, those charts are saved as a unit (either to a new or existing view). You cannot edit the individual plots in that set of charts, but you can edit the set as a whole. A single edit button appears for the set that you saved — typically on the last chart in the set.
You can edit a copy of the individual charts in the set, but the edited copy does not change the original chart in the view from which it was copied.
Saving Charts as a New View
- Optionally modify the chart properties.
- If the chart is returned from a search, optionally type a name for the chart in the Title field.
- Click the Save as View... button.
- Enter a view name.
- Click OK The new view appears on the menu under the top-level Charts tab.
Saving a Chart to an Existing View
- Optionally modify the chart properties.
- If the chart is returned from a search, optionally type a name for the chart in the Title field.
- Click the down arrow at the right of the Save as View... button to pull down a menu of existing views.
- Do one of the following:
- Select a view name from the menu.
- Click
More... to display a longer list of views.
- Select a view name in the Name drop-down.
- Click OK.
Adding a New Chart to the Home Page Custom View
- Click
and select Add From Charts Search - displays the Add Chart To View page, with variables preset for the specific cluster where you want to add the view.
- Select a metric from the List of Metrics, type a metric name or description into the Basic text field, or type a query into the Advanced field.
- Click Search. The charts that result from your query are displayed, and you can modify their chart type, combine them using facets, change their size and so on.
- Click Add.
Adding a New Chart to the Custom View
From the Custom view under the Status tab of a service, host, or role, you can add new charts to the view.
- Click
and select one of the following:
- Add From Charts Library - displays the charts
page.
- Select one or more charts.
- Add From Charts Search
- displays the Add Chart
To
View page,
with variables preset for the specific service, role, or host where
you want to add the view.
- Select a metric from the List of Metrics, type a metric name or description into the Basic text field, or type a query into the Advanced field.
- Click Search. The charts that result from your query are displayed, and you can modify their chart type, combine them using facets, change their size and so on.
- Add From Charts Library - displays the charts
page.
- Click Add.

Removing a Chart from the Custom View
- Move the cursor over the chart, and click the blue
down arrow icon
at the top right.
- Click
Remove.
Managing Views
- Export - exports the specifications for the view as a JSON file.
- Import - reads an exported JSON file and recreates the view.
- Remove - deletes the view.