Selecting KPIs and Their Instances for Comparison

About this task

You can select a KPI and compare the performance of its instances (up to a maximum of five) over a specified time period. You can also select up to five instances of different KPIs and compare their performance over a specified time period.

To select KPI instances for comparison

Procedure

Select up to five KPI instances for display in the KPI performance chart by clicking the check box beside the name of the KPI instance.

The KPI performance chart displays a performance line for each selected KPI instance. By default, the graph covers the most recent four hours of data.

Until you click an event flag, performance line in the graph area, or instance name in the legend, the Event list contains up to ten of the most recent events (rule violations).

Perform any of the actions that are listed in the following table.

If you want to	Do this
Specify a time period for the KPI performance chart.	Go to Specifying the Comparison Period below.
View details about a KPI instance.	Click . For more information, see Using the KPI Instance Detail Page.
View details about one or more rules.	Click . For more information about interpreting rule details, see Viewing Information About Rules.
View details about one or more rules that have been violated.	Click . For more information about interpreting rule violations, see Viewing Information About Rules.