Histogram Widget
Histogram widgets can be used to display a distribution of customized numerical data directly on the Dashboard. The results of this graph are updated on the widget every time the Dashboard is refreshed.
Configure a Histogram Widget
When configuring the histogram widget, the following specifications are available.
| Option | Description | |
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| Saved Search | (Optional.) Open the drop-list and select a Saved Search to use as the data distribution for the histogram. | |
| Primary Metric | Open the drop-list and select a value to show on the horizontal axis of the histogram. This value will always be a number (for example, size of a log). The default X-Axis value is Raw Message Size. | |
| Display blank values | Check this option to include blank values in the widget results. By default, blank values are not displayed in widget results. This option is also available for the Submetric. | |
| Submetric | (Optional.) Open the drop-list and select a value to show on the vertical axis of the histogram. This value is almost always a count (for example, how many logs or signals). | |
| Scale Type | Select one of the following scales to determine how data is displayed on the Y-Axis. | |
| Linear | The Y-Axis values are displayed with equal distance between each plotted point. For example, in the following histogram, the data is shown with a gap of 500 between each value. When the counted values are small, this can sometimes result in an unreadable graph, like the one in the example.
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| Logarithmic | The Y-Axis values are displayed with exponential distance between each plotted point. This can allow for better visibility, as it creates a "taller" chart. For example, in the following histogram, the same data as above is shown with exponentially increasing values on the Y-Axis. | |
| Display Type | Select one of the following display types to determine how data is depicted in the histogram. | |
| Bar | The data is displayed as bars superimposed over each other for each X-Axis value with data. For example, shown below is the same data from the previous example displayed in bar chart form.
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| Line | The data is displayed as parabolic lines visualizing the fluctuations in data. | |
| Title | Enter a title for the widget. By default, the title is <X-Axis field> Distribution. | |
To finish customizing the widget, click Apply.