Network Instruments Observer - Manual (Page 17)

Network Trending
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2. Check the “Turn on active Modes on Observer startup” checkbox under
Options > Observer General Options > General tab. Whenever the
network administrator starts their computer, it will start Observer and
bring up Network Trending, as well as any other active modes.
Generally, a network administrator will choose to set the data collection
period to 15 or 60 minutes; this offers a good granularity of information
and is a useful number for looking at days and weeks of data.
Figure 5: Network Trending
1. Click Trending > Network Trending , or click the icon on the Observer
toolbar to open Network Trending.
2. Click Mode Commands > Start Mode or the icon on the Network
Trending toolbar to start Network Trending.