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Custom Area Chart with scale which can show 100% on "y" axis

Custom Area Chart with scale which can show 100% on "y" axis, at present when we have multiple interfaces to display as a chart the percentage utilization varies on each & the auto scaling

of the chart adjusts depending on the usage. It would be useful to with one standard "Y" Axis scaling so that when a manager/CIO looks at the chart it is uniform & any interface utilization

increase is reflected.

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raghav

Good Morning,

Is anyone else experiencing this issue, please let me know if there is a solution for this.

rschroeder

Another variation of this request might be to ask for an option to enable or disable auto-scaling of graph size. Perhaps allowing someone to select WHICH graphs should not be auto-scaled is called for. Like you, I have team mates and bosses who assume the top of the graph is always 100%, and when two graphs don't show that intuitive sameness between them, folks get confused with what's actually being displayed.

Your request seems reasonable, and I know I'd use such a feature when it comes to sharing reports.

tallyrich

I like this suggestion, the ability to customize based upon individual needs is important.

phillipscc

This would be HUGE. Having two graphs that show similar data with different scales throws off the visual impact. When a graph shows something running at 80 of 100% vs. 20% of 25% they should be reflective of the difference. These graphs when compared all look completely different in the comparison when you pay attention to the scale:

ecklerwr1

Good examples.

rschroeder

Also, if someone follow through with this, it is important to include any customized bandwidth information in the label of what actually constitutes 100%. NPM defaults all ports' bandwidth to 1000 Mb/s, but I adjust that to the actual contracted bandwidth for WAN uplinks. If I have a 30 Mb WAN link to a site, and a graph still references the original/default 1000 Mb/s, no one will get a clue about the site being unusable when it hits 3% of 1000 Mb.

There must be an automatic discovery featuresthat takes into account manual bandwidth settings on an NPM port.

planglois

Ideally, scale should be adjustable, a bit like gauges are. (minimum value, maximum value). Also, it would be nice to have warning and error thresholds, where that zone of the chart would have a specific color (like yellow and red) background.