DesktopProfile Quickstart Guide

This online Quickstart Guide was designed to step you through the initial installation and running of DesktopProfile. Advanced topics are covered in the DesktopProfile Reference Manual.

Throughout this tutorial the '<<<<' or '>>>>' arrows indicate an action that you must perform to continue to the next step.

Step 1. Starting the setup menu to define the IP addresses

Defining the IP address

Step 2. Starting the Hosts and Groups dialog to enter the IP addresses.

Defining the IP address

Clicking the 'setup' button has started the setup floating toolbar menu. This menu is used to accomplish a number of configuration tasks. In Step 2. The IP addresses to be monitored will be defined. The Host/Group editor dialog is used to enter the IP addresses.

Step 3. Starting the Host Editor dialog to enter the IP addresses.

Defining the IP address

Clicking the 'Host/Group' button has started the Host/Group dialog (see below).

Note: For security the first time any configuration item is selected the user will be prompted for the configuration password. The default password is 'hello'.

Step 4. Adding the IP addresses or Domain names.

Defining the IP address

Clicking the 'Editor' button has started the Host Editor dialog (see below), this dialog is used to enter IP addresses or Domain names.

Step 5. Starting the Group Editor dialog to create a folder for the new IP addresses.

Defining the IP address

Closing the Host Editor dialog has returned you to the Hosts and Groups dialog with the new IP addresses and/or Domain Names listed in the hosts panel on the right (see below).

Step 6. Adding the IP addresses or Domain names to a new Group folder

Defining the IP address

Clicking the 'Add' group button has started the Group Editor dialog (see below), this dialog is used to create group folders and allocate IP addresses or Domain names to them.

Step 7. Completing the process.

Defining the IP address

Clicking the 'Add' button has added the selected IP addresses and/or Domain names to the Hosts in Group panel..

Step 8. Completing the IP inventory definition process.

Defining the IP address to be monitored

Closing the Host Editor dialog has returned you to the Hosts and Groups dialog with the new IP addresses and/or Domain Names listed in the hosts panel on the right (see below)

Step 9. Starting the "Tests" dialog to define what data to collect from the defined IP devices.

Defining the data collection

Closing the Hosts and Groups dialog returns you to the original desktop floating toolbars. The data collection definition process is started by clicking the "Tests" button on the 'Setup' toolbar.

Step 10. Starting the "Configure Tests" dialog to define the data to be collected.

Defining the data collection

Clicking the 'Tests' button has started the Configure Tests dialog (see below). This dialog allows you to Add or Edit a VisualProfile Test. A VisualProfile Test is the process that collects data from an IP device.

Step 11. Starting the "Host Editor" dialog to enter the IP addresses.

Defining the data collection

Step 12. Completing the Test definition process.

Defining the data collection

Clicking the 'OK' button has added the defined test to the Tests dialog (see below).

Step 13. Starting the "Reports" dialog to define what data to collect from the IP devices.

Defining Reports

Closing the Configure Tests dialog returns you to the original desktop floating toolbars. The reporting definition process is accomplished by clicking the "Reports" button on the 'Home' toolbar.

Step 14. Starting the "Load Data" dialog to select the data to report in the Grid View.

Defining Grid View Reports

Clicking the 'Reports' button has started the reports floating toolbar menu. The Reports menu is used to accomplish a number of reporting tasks one of which is the Grid View report.

Step 15. Defining the "Load Data" selection for the Grid View.

Defining Grid View Reports

Clicking the 'Grid View' button has started the "load Data" dialog to allow you to select the time period and the summarization granulation for the Grid View report.

Step 16. Using the "Grid View" report.

Using Grid View Report

Clicking 'ok' on the select data dialog extracts the data from the database and generates the initial Grid View.

Step 17. Using the "Grid View" to launch a plot view.

Using Grid View To Plot

Right clicking on a cell in the the 'Grid View' button displays a context menu of available options. TIP: Right clicking in any view always produces a context menu.

Step 18. Using the "Plot View" to correlate data.

Using Grid View To Plot

Selecting the Plot Availability Test item generates a plot view of the data. The plot view is dynamic and allows the scales and granulation to be changed by simply clicking and holding the left mouse button on the scale axis and dragging the mouse either left or right. You may also click on the granulation interval top right of the actual plot view panel and move the mouse up or down to increase or decrease the granulation interval.

Step 19. Using the "Plot View" to correlate data.

Using Plot View to Correlate

Right clicking on the plot window shows a context menu of available options. Select AutoCorrelate for the plot variable (see below).

TIP: Right clicking in any view always produces a context menu

Step 20. Starting the Correlation process.

Using Plot View to Correlate

Selecting the AutoCorrelate option for the plot variable will start the 'Select Correlation Results' dialog. (see below)

Step 21. Plotting the correlation results.

The AutoCorrelate Results dialog lists all the variables that either correlate with the selected metric (positive number) or correlate away from the selected metric (negative number). See below:

Final Step. Correlation plotted results.

The AutoCorrelate Results allows the user to generate a view which shows the relationship between correlating metrics. See the plot view below which shows just the additional max and min values as this is the only data we have collected in this tutorial. Right clicking on the plot and selecting view from the context menu allows you to choose from a range of plot views (see examples below).