Metrics

Within the main Metamation work frame, displayed either from the home page or the "nodal display", the screen is initially divided into sections for different types of information including Alerts (actions you need to carry out), Documents, Nodes (document and data stores) and Data.

The Metrics area of the display shows metric information which has been marked for graphical analysis within the defined structured storage tables.

The graphs displayed will change depending on the tables that you have access to, the data held within the tables, the graphs defined and also you current view of the repository. As an example, where you drill into a specific node, the metric display will change to reflect the tables, data and starting view (node) selected.

Where graphs are displayed which cannot fit on the home page, a scroll bar will be available to display graphs down the display list.

Every graph can be selected to be expanded to show more detail of the information within the Metamation work area, or other facilities are available for control of the graphed information.

Control and selection of Graphs and Grids

Within the main Metamation work frame, displayed either from the home page or the "nodal display", Graphs of metric information can be controlled for each of the graphs displayed on screen.

For control of the graphs, the following options are available:

Mouse Hover
By moving your mouse over a graph, the graph values will be displayed. A hover window will appear showing the item being graphed (data type), the minimum value and the maximum value.

Right Hand Click Options
Further options can be found by right hand clicking on a graph or grid with the mouse pointer. A pop-up window is then presented with the following options:

Maximise
This will expand the selected graph or grid to fill the work frame.

Hide
This will hide the single graph from the display, allowing more room for other graphs. Graphs and grids can be restored by pressing the "Home" menu option on the navigation menu.

View Data
This option will display the raw data used to produce the graph or grid. Basic raw data can be displayed by expanding the graph (as detailed above) and changing the graph type to a data grid, but viewing the data shows all associated data for the grid.

View Definition
This option will display the definition of the table used to produce the graph (columns, data types and graph types).

Expansion of a single graph or grid

Within the main Metamation work frame, displayed either from the home page or the "nodal display", Graphs of metric information can be controlled for each of the graphs displayed on screen.

By right hand clicking on a single graph and selecting the "Maximize" option, the selected graph (or series of graphs) will be expanded in the Metamation work frame to display more information.

Once the graph has been expanded, above the graph(s), options will be available for controlling the graph type and for time based tables/graphs, the graph period as follows:

Graph Period
Where the graph is a time based graph (such as web hits for a given period), the time period displayed or graphed can be changed using the drop down list of available time periods.

Graph type
When you first expand the graph, the graph will be a larger version of the graph shown on the home page. However, the type of graph can be changed to a Bar chart, data grid, pie chart, line chart etc using the drop down selection list. In some situations, changing the chart to a pie chart will cause the information to be split into multiple charts (as pie charts cannot easily display 3D information).