Use the following procedure for setting a time span:
1.Expand the following Navigator items by clicking on the plus (+) sign by each subsequent item until you get to the Windows(R) OS.
a.Enterprise
b.Windows System
c.<system you are monitoring>
d.Windows OS
2.Click System in the Navigator view.
3.Click Time Span. It is located under the Monitored Logs menu title on the right side of the window.
4.Click Custom.
5.Click Use detailed data in the Custom parameters section:
6.Specify an exact Start Time and End Time:
a.For Start Time and End Time, click the adjacent list box to open the date editor.
b.Click the arrows next to the element to change (hour, minute, second or AM/PM) to adjust up or down.
c.Day is set to the current day. Click the current day or another day in the calendar, which also closes the editor.
If you close the date editor without clicking the day of the month, the changes you just made do not take effect.
7.Select Apply to all views associated with this view's query to apply the time span to all views associated with this view's query (set of attributes).
When Apply to all views associated with this view's query is enabled. Because the query is modified to include the time span set here, any other views using this query report the same time range.
8.Click OK.
The view shows data from earlier samplings for the period specified.
9.To keep the time span settings for this view, click File -> Save Workspace.
Note:
Even if data collection was started, you cannot use the time span feature if the query for the chart or table includes any column functions. In that case, you can select or create another query to activate the Time Span feature.
Use the following procedure to set your historical view back to showing only current data samplings:
1.Expand the following Navigator items by clicking on the plus (+) sign by each subsequent item until you get to the Windows OS.
a.Enterprise
b.Windows System
c.<system you are monitoring>
d.Windows OS
2.Click System in the Navigator view.
3.Click Time Span. It is located under the Monitored Logs menu title on the right side of the window.
4.Select Real time and click OK.
The view now shows data from the current sampling only. The exception is views of attribute groups that are normally historical, such as the Situation Status and the Windows Event Log. By selecting Real time, you enable these attribute groups to show all data they have collected, up to 2000 of the most recent entries.
5.To keep the time span settings for this view, click File -> Save Workspace.