Field Configuration for Multiple Objects Per Line Chart, One Metric Per Chart
- This required field type supplies the category caption for the x-axis. Typically, a date field becomes the caption because line chart data is best represented over a time line. When you configure a date field as a caption, the field configuration automatically sets to .
- A numeric field can be configured as a line. One or more line fields can be included in a line chart report template. Select for the field type. In this multiple objects per chart scenario, a line represents a specific object. Note that line colors do not apply to this "multiple objects per chart" scenario. Line colors will be determined dynamically by the system, since the number of objects represented by the lines is unknown until run time.
- Use this setting to define how many points are represented by the line. For Line Chart report templates, if the template includes a field of type, , one field must have set to . This field should have unique values. For example, LUN names typically are duplicated in a storage environment, but the LUN ID uniquely identifies a LUN. In this example, a LUN ID should be included in a template as a Hidden field with a Column Break. Only one field in a template can have the Column Break set to Yes.
- If a date field is configured as a caption, the Group by Date setting is automatically set. However, if more than one date field is included in the template, you must select which date field should have the setting set to .