Honeycomb Chart¶

Introduction¶

Display data under different groups, which can be used for monitoring assets and infrastructure.

Use Case¶

The cellular graph of the guance is used to show the data under different groupings. For example, you can see the CPU usage of different hosts.

Chart Query¶

Chart query supports 「simple query」, 「expression query」 and 「DQL query」, please click chart-query for detailed explanation of chart query conditions. You can add multiple queries, but the Tag of by (grouping) must be the same, modify one, and the other will be modified automatically.

The chart query matches colors by metric values, as described below.

Options	Description
Metrics	When adding multiple metric queries, you can set the main metric to be displayed. "Metric" is the metric that determines the gradient color of the color block

Chart Linking¶

Links can help you jump from the current chart to the target page, support adding internal links and external links to the platform, and support modifying the corresponding variable values in the links through template variables to transfer the data information to complete the data linkage. Please click chart-link to view the related settings.

Chart Style¶

Options	Description
Chart Title	Set the title name for the chart, after setting, it will be shown on the top left of the chart, support hide
Show legend	The color grade range is displayed in the lower right corner of the chart
Color	1. Gradient color system: gradient color of the color block. After selecting the color, the system will use the selected color as the base to generate the selected number of levels of color blocks 2.Gradient interval. Automatic: the default is divided into 5 intervals equally according to the maximum and minimum values of the current data, and supports customizing the maximum and minimum values. Customization: Support customizing the gradient color level, i.e. the level setting of the honeycomb map area range. By default, the system divides the maximum and minimum values of the selected metric into 5 gradient levels, and supports customizing the number of levels (up to 10), the range of levels and the display color

Chart Setup¶

Basic Settings¶

Options Description

Unit 1. Support setting units for query results.
1）If the queried data has no unit, after setting the unit in the chart, it will be displayed on the chart according to the set unit
2）If the query data comes with its own units, or if you are in [Metric Management] (.../.../metrics/dictionary.md), and you set the units for the metrics in the chart, the units set in the chart will be displayed on the chart.
3）If the query data has no units and no units are set in the chart, the chart Y-axis values are automatically calculated according to scientific notation; the original values are displayed on the chart in the format [thousandths] (chart-query.md#thousand).
Scientific counting instructions
Default query result value is automatically converted to units, display follows 「scientific notation K, M, B」 (1 thousand = 1K, 1 million = 1M, 1 billion = 1B), retaining two decimal points; RMB is automatically converted to units 「yuan, million, billion」, retaining two decimal points
For example, if the unit of time interval is selected as ns, then according to the size of the data, the query result will only automatically convert the unit effect as follows, and so on：
1000000ns: chart query data results are displayed as 1ms
1000000000ns: chart query data results are displayed as 1s
10000000000ns: chart query data results are displayed as 1m

2. Support for query results preset units, manual input format: aggregation function (metrics), such as last(usage_idle)

Advanced Settings¶

Options	Description
Time slice	When time slicing is turned on, the original data will be aggregated in segments at certain time intervals, and then the aggregated data set will be aggregated a second time to get the result value, which is turned off by default. For details, please refer to time slicing description
Lock time	Support locking the time range of chart query data, not limited by the global time component. The time set by the user will appear in the upper right corner of the chart after successful setup, e.g. 【xx minutes】, 【xx hours】, 【xx days】. If the time interval is locked at 30 minutes, then when adjusting the time component, no matter what time range view is queried, only the last 30 minutes of data will be displayed.
Time interval	If the time slice is off, there is no time interval option, if the time slice is on, the time interval option is as follows： Original interval: default query to display data according to the time range of the time component Auto-alignment: When turned on, the query will be dynamically adjusted according to the selected time range and aggregation interval, rounded up according to the calculated time interval. (For example, if the automatic aggregation algorithm calculates the time interval to be 50 seconds, then the actual query will be launched according to the time interval of 1 minute) The system presets 1 ms, 10 ms, 50 ms, 100 ms, 500 ms, 1 second, 5 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and many time interval. Custom time interval: When 【Lock time】 is selected, according to the length of lock time, different optional time intervals will be automatically matched to query the displayed data. (For example, if you select 1 minute as the time interval, the query will actually be launched at 1 minute interval)
Field Mapping	The object mapping function with view variables is off by default, if object mapping is configured in the view variables： When field mapping is enabled, the chart displays the 「grouped fields」 of the query and the corresponding 「mapped fields」, and the grouped fields without specified mapping are not displayed. When field mapping is turned off, the chart is displayed normally, without the mapped fields
Chart Description	Add description information to the chart, after setting the chart title will appear behind the 【i】 prompt, do not set it will not be displayed
Workspace	A list of authorized workspaces, which can be queried and displayed via charts after selection

Example Graph¶

The following graph shows the CPU usage of different hosts for the last 15 minutes.