System Reporter 2.8

3PAR System Reporter User’s Guide

5.3.5Time Selection

5.3.5.1Reload After (mins)

If you enter a number into the Reload After (mins) field, the browser will recompute and reload the report periodically after the specified number of minutes.

NOTE: Reloading the report is not equivalent to periodically clicking Submit Query. The report will be reloaded with the parameter values that were set at the time Submit Query was clicked.

5.3.5.2 Begin/At Time

For Versus Time or Histogram Versus Time reports this control selects the beginning of the time span of the report. For At Time or Histogram At Time reports this control selects the

sample that is used in the report.

Table 5-9.Begin/At Time

OptionPurpose

earliest

Begin with the earliest sample available.

a list of specific time values

Begin at the specified time value. The values in the menu are populated based on the actual samples in the selected data table.

a list of relative time values

Begin at the specified time before the current time.

NOTE: Since the Summary Report requires data from both Space and Performance samples, the Begin/At Time control will only include times that have both space and performance samples.

5.3.5.3 End Time

The End Time control specifies the end of the time range. It is only valid for Versus Time or Histogram Versus Time reports.

Creating Custom Reports

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