Measurement User Interface
Contents List
User Interface
The User Interface is divided in 3 areas:
- Ribbon bar
- View area
- Status bar
The ribbon bar is subdivided into groups of controls dedicated to a specific task - ribbon groups. The View Ribbon Group for example allows configuring the display of, opening of, and switching between views.
Analyzer allows Performance Logs to be viewed from different vantage points (views). Each view abstracts from the total amount of data and information to allow the user to easier concentrate on and find the information he searches.
The following views are supported and described in the subsequent sections:
- Performance Dashboard View: An overview of key performance indicators
- Graph View: A view of the trajectories of all value recordings
- Time Bars View: A chronological as well as hierarchical view of all recordings
- Grid Views: Views in table form
> Flat View: A flat view on all recordings
> Hierarchical View: A hierarchical (nested) view on all recordings - Treemap View: A nested view of the timing recorders Access to opening and switching between views, as well as configuration of views is provided by the View Ribbon Group.
Application Menu
Configuration
The display of performance logs can be configured using the Performance Log Configuration dialog. The dialog can be opened from the "View" Ribbon Group.
The configuration dialog (depicted in Figure 4) allows the configuration of recording appearances in views as well as how the recordings are interpreted.
On the left side of the dialog, there is a list of all recorder names used. The recorder names displayed are fully qualified, consisting of the recorder class as prefix and the display name of the recorder. On the right side, the properties of the currently selected recorder are displayed and can be changed.
Changeable for all recorders are the following properties:
- Name: The name of the recorder displayed in all views
- Foreground color: Text color for recordings in Time Bars View
- Background color: Background color for recordings in Time Bars View, Color for trajectory of recordings in Chart View
Changeable properties for value recorders are:
- Data values are signed: The displayed values are treated as signed values
- Value relationship:
> Unrelated: Recorded values are unrelated
> Differential: The recorded values are only the difference from the last recorded value, not the total (absolute) value.
> Absolute: The values recorded are always equal to the absolute values.
Performance Log Export
Export of Performance Log
The export of the currently open performance log is available via the application menu.
Currently, exporting of performance log data is supported in the following formats:
- Microsoft Excel 2007 (XLSX)
- Comma Separated Values (CSV)
Since Excel worksheets allow only a limited number of rows, data is distributed over several worksheets. Using this approach, a theoretical total number of 65000x255 rows can be stored in one Excel file. The export of data takes some time, so please be patient.
Sampling
The figure shows the Ribbon Group for sampling. All sampling functionality is available via these controls.
Usage of sampling requires two steps:
- Configuration of sampling for a given view. The sampling configuration dialog can be opened via the "Configure" button.
- Enabling of sampling for the view. Sampling can be enabled via the "enable" checkbox
