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Custom chart creation

The MobileFirst Analytics Console offers the ability to create custom charts. We can extend and supplement the existing default charts that are provided in the MobileFirst Analytics Console.

Create a custom chart

We can create custom charts for the following event types.

• App Session
• Network Transactions
• Push Notifications
• Client Logs
• Server Logs
• Custom Data

The custom charts creation builder takes you through four main stages. To begin the custom charts creation process, click Create Chart on the Custom Charts page of the Dashboard section in the MobileFirst Analytics Console.

General Settings

The General Settings tab contains three fields.

• Chart Title - the title for the chart (defaults to Untitled Chart).
• Event Type - the event type to be visualized.
• Chart Type - the chart type. For more information, see Chart types.

After you select the Event Type and Chart Type, the Chart Definition tab appears.

Chart Definition

Use the Chart Definition tab to define the chart for the specified chart type that you selected in the General Settings tab. After you define the chart, we can set the chart filters and chart properties.

Chart Filters

Use Chart Filters to fine-tune your custom chart. For example, if you are interested in seeing the average app session duration for a particular app, we can specify the following options.

• On the Chart Filters tab, select Application Name for Property.
• Select Equals for Operator.
• Select the name of your app for Value.
• Click Add Filter.

The app name filter is added to the table of filters for our chart. Multiple filters can be defined for any chart.

Chart Properties

Chart properties are available for the Table, Bar Graph, and Line Graph chart types. The goal of chart properties is to enhance how the data is presented so that the visualization is more effective.

If you created a Table chart, the chart properties can be set to define the table page size, the field on which to sort, and the sort order of the field.

If you created a Bar Graph or Line Graph chart, the chart properties can be set to label threshold lines to add a frame of reference for anyone who is monitoring the chart.

Parent topic: Custom charts