Graphs

Graphs consist of the following components:

Sliders The sliders in StatCon control the horizontal and vertical axes of the graph where the vertical axis is the value of the data (in whatever units the graph is in) and the horizontal axis is time. Each graph has an attached horizontal and vertical slider. The horizontal slider specifies the timeline of the data displayed and the vertical slider specifies the bounds of the data displayed.

Indicators Each graph's attached vertical slider contains an indicator for that graph. At runtime, the rightmost edge of the graph data (commonly the most recent data) is displayed by the indicator (the bar on the slider colored the same as the graph). When looking at old data, left-clicking on a horizontal slider causes a vertical black line to appear. This black line defines the point of data the indicators display.

Graph Table

The graph table is a summary of the graph information and allows easy configuration of the graph. Each graph takes up a single row in the table.

• Name - the name of the graph
• Description - the description of the graph
• Color - the color of the graph (click to select a new color)
• Line Width - the thickness of the graph (click to choose a new thickness)
• Line Style - the style of the graph line plotted (e.g. solid, dot, dash etc - click to choose a new style)
• Multiplier - an arbitrary multiplier to apply to a graph (click to change)
• Horizontal Slider - the horizontal slider to attach this graph to
• Vertical Slider - the vertical slider to attach this graph to

Controls table

Controls in the statistical model are shown in the Control table. Each control takes up a single row in the table.

• Name - the name of the control
• Description - the description of the control
• Image - an image representing this control (if one was found)
• Slider - the vertical slider to show this control on (this only applies if the control is specified as having a slider bar)
• Value - this is the current value of this control (click to edit the value and exercise the control)

Common Base Event Log table

Any Common Base Event messages stored within a Trace Agent appear in the Common Base Event Log. Only the following information is written to the log:

• message time (shortened to time of day)
• message severity (info / warning / error etc)
• message component and subcomponent
• message text

Common Base Event messages can be saved as a text log using the save button on the left of the log. If at run-time messages are coming in too fast to read, the lock button on the left of the log can be used to temporarily block new messages and show a static log.

Related concepts
Statistical Console

Related tasks
Creating a performance trace
Configuring performance objects
Starting and stopping a trace
Viewing statistical models
Creating a new statcon file for performance trace

Related reference
Statistical Console graphs and tables  

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