Example graphs for custom reports

This section includes three examples of graphs that you can create in custom reports. In addition, the fields that were used to create the graphs are included.

Review the examples to learn how the fields on the Graph Options dialog box correspond to completed graphs.

Figure: Example pie graph

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The example pie graph, titled Frequency of Alert Types, was created using the following:

Table: Example pie graph options

Graph option name	Fields selected
Graph Type	Pie
Graph title	Frequency of Alert Types
Category field	Event name
Data field	Event name
Aggregation function	Count

You can create a bar graph.

Figure: Example bar graph 1

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The example bar graph, titled Average Duration of Job per Device per Selection List, was created using the following:

Table: Example bar graph 1 options

Graph option name	Fields selected
Graph Type	Bar
Graph title	Average duration of job per device per selection list
Vertical axis title	Selection list
Series field	Device name
Category field	Selection list name
Data field	Job duration
Aggregation function	Average
Horizontal axis title	Average duration of a job (seconds)

Compare bar graph 2 with bar graph 1.

Figure: Example bar graph 2

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The example bar graph, titled Total Storage Per Device, was created using the following:

Table: Example bar graph 2 options

Graph option name	Fields selected
Graph Type	Bar
Graph title	Total Storage Per Device
Vertical axis title	Resource
Series field	Device name
Category field	Resource name
Data field	Total data size
Aggregation function	Sum
Horizontal axis title	Total Data Stored (MB)

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