Matrix Table format

Each matrix cell displays information about a single metric or statistic value for a given resource.

A Matrix table can be displayed in two formats:

  1. The Numeric format, like an automobile map that shows distances between cities, shows for example, Inbound/Outbound Latency, as shown.

    Inbound/Outbound Latency showing numbers

    With the Numeric format:

    Cell Text
    • the cell text displays the metric/statistic values as numbers.
    • when a resource exists for a cell but the metric/statistic does not have a value a “-” is displayed.
    • when there is no resource to represent a cell no text is displayed.
    Cell Background Color
    • White is displayed for metric values that do not violate the threshold or if there is no value.
    • Orange is displayed for metric values that violate the threshold by less than X%.
    • Red is displayed for metric values that violate the threshold by X% or more.

  2. The Icons format is useful to display many sites and their status at a glance, as shown. Colored cells represent status of the metric with respect to the threshold.

    Inbound/Outbound Latency showing icons

With the Icons format:
  • The Green icon means that the metric value does not violate the threshold
  • The Orange/white icon means that the metric value violates the threshold by less than X%
  • The Red icon means that the metric value violates the threshold by X% or more
  • The X icon can mean that a resource exists for the cell but there are not any values for the defined metric. It can also mean that there is more than one resource that has the same source and destination, that is, represents the same path.
Note: These icons can be customized for viewing on the portal. However, unless this customization is carried out for all formats, different icons can be displayed in scheduled or PDF reports.
Both formats allow you to alter your view/information available in the DataView portal as follows:
  • Filter on warning and critical values
  • Sort by metric values or source name
  • Hover help is available on each cell to indicate the resource name, the formula and statistic being used, the metric value and the threshold values, that is, warning and critical.
  • drill down from a row or column to report on a subset of the resources. Typically the drill-down would lead to an RST report.
  • Drill down from a cell to report on the corresponding resource. Typically the drill-down would lead to a Time series report.

Flip a Matrix

A Matrix table is normally represented with the sources as the rows and the destinations as the columns. However, by using a design time parameter the table can be "flipped", that is, the destinations become the rows and the sources become the columns.

Flipping a Matrix Table can make it easier to see an asymmetric matrix, which typically has few sources and large number of destinations. For example, as with the hub-spoke network model.

Note: A parameter specified during design enables a Matrix Table to be flipped. It is not possible to flip a Matrix Table already displayed on the portal.

Asymmetric Matrix table:

Asymmetric Matrix table

Flipped Asymmetric Matrix table:

Flipped Asymmetric Matrix table