HP Network Direr Software Products manual Showing Plot Points, Exporting a Graph

290CHAPTER 7: MONITORING THE NETWORK

Showing Plot Points

When the Show plot points option is enabled, which is the default, the graph highlights the values on the graph that represent the actual retrieved values from the device by drawing a symbol on each of these points. 3Com Network Director draws the complete graph by linking each of these points using straight lines.

In some cases, for example, if you have configured a large history period or if you have resized the detailed graph so that it is much smaller, the plot points may obscure the detail in the graph.Disabling this option hides the symbols on the plot points.

The difference in clarity can be seen below:

Figure 133 Show Plot Points

Showing Plot Points Not Showing Plot Points

Exporting a Graph

Right-clicking on a graph produces a pop-up menu, on which you can select the Save Graph As... menu option. This option allows you to save the graph as it is currently displayed as a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file.

Selecting this option launches a Save dialog box, from which you can enter a filename, and choose which directory to save the file to: