Setting Preferences for Charts

Theme: Configure
Who Is It For? System Administrator, Automation Engineer

What Is It?

Use this procedure to set Preferences for Charts in the Enterprise Manager.

note

Close and re-open the charts for changes in this section to take effect.

Open Chart Preferences

To open the chart preferences and configure general chart display options, complete the following steps:

1. Open the Enterprise Manager application
2. Use menu path: EnterpriseManager > Preferences. The Preferences dialog displays
3. Select the arrow () next to Enterprise Manager in the Preferences tree to expand the list
4. Select Charts. The Charts settings display to the right
5. (Optional) Select the Show Legend option to show the legend on the charts. (Checked by default.)
6. (Optional) Select the Use Transparency option to show the charts with transparency
7. (Optional) Select the Use Depth option to show 3-D charts
8. (Optional) Select the Beep and Notify for failed jobs option to send a notification and beep three times when a job fails in chart view. (Checked by default.)
9. Select Apply to save the changes in this window

Configure Bar Chart Settings

To configure bar chart display settings, complete the following steps:

1. Select the arrow () next to Charts in the Preferences tree to expand the list
2. Select Bar Chart in the Preferences tree. The Bar Chart settings display to the right
3. (Optional) Select the Oldest date on top option to show the oldest date at the top when viewing all dates
4. (Optional) Select the Tube option to show tubes instead of rectangles. (Selected by default.)
5. (Optional) Select the Transposed option to view bars horizontally. (Checked by default.) Clear the option to view bars vertically
6. (Optional) Set the value in the Minimum height before scroll (pixels) text box (default: 500; valid range: 100–5000)
7. (Optional) Set the value in the Minimum width (pixels) text box (default: 16; valid range: 8–90)
8. Select Apply if any changes were made

Configure Pie Chart Settings

To configure pie chart display settings, complete the following steps:

1. Select Pie Chart in the Preferences tree. The Pie Chart settings display to the right
2. (Optional) Set the value in the Space between slices (pixels) text box (default: 10; valid range: 0–50)
3. (Optional) Set the value in the Minimum width before scroll (pixels) text box (default: 150)
4. (Optional) Set the value in the Minimum height before scroll (pixels) text box (default: 150)
5. (Optional) Clear the Show labels option to remove job count labels from each pie section
6. (Optional) Set the value in the Ratio text box (default: 10)
7. (Optional) Set the value in the Rotation text box (default: 0)
8. Select Apply if any changes were made

Configure Workload Chart Settings

To configure workload chart display settings and save all preferences, complete the following steps:

1. Select Workload Chart in the Preferences tree. The Workload Chart settings display to the right
2. (Optional) Select the Show labels option to display labels on the Workload Chart. (Checked by default.)
3. (Optional) Set the value in the Minimum width before scroll (pixels) text box (default: 200)
4. (Optional) Set the value in the Minimum height before scroll (pixels) text box (default: 200)
5. (Optional) Set the value in the End value for Alert zone (%) text box (default: 150)
6. (Optional) Set the value in the End value for Warning zone (%) text box (default: 200)
7. Select Apply to save the changes in this dialog
8. Select OK to save the changes and close the Preferences dialog

Configuration Options

Setting	What It Does	Default	Notes

FAQs

Q: How many steps does the Setting Preferences for Charts procedure involve?

The Setting Preferences for Charts procedure is divided into four phases: general chart settings, bar chart settings, pie chart settings, and workload chart settings. Complete all relevant phases and select OK to save your changes.

Glossary

Enterprise Manager (EM): OpCon's rich client graphical user interface for Windows and Linux, used to define schedules and jobs, manage automation data, and perform operational tasks.

Notification: A message sent by the SMA Notify Handler when a Machine, Schedule, or Job changes to a specific status. Notifications can be delivered as emails, text messages, Windows Event Log entries, SNMP traps, or other formats.

Resource: A numeric variable in OpCon representing a finite pool. Jobs can be configured to require a set number of resource units to run, limiting concurrent executions and preventing resource contention.

Job: The fundamental unit of work in OpCon. A job defines what to run, on which machine, when to start, and what conditions must be met. Job results are tracked and can trigger events and notifications.