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HP 3PAR System Reporter Software User Manual

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5.59

Working with Excel Charts

System Reporter 2.8

3PAR System Reporter User’s Guide

For Excel 2003:

To create a custom chart with the Percent spare used column in Excel 2003:

1

On the Dly PDSpace (1) sheet, click and drag to select the Time column (header cell and

all data cells) and then

CTRL

+

CLICK

and drag to select the Percent spare used column.

2

On the Microsoft Excel 2003 main menu, click Insert and then Chart to bring up the

Chart Wizard.

3

Use the chart wizard to create a new chart.

a

In Step 1 of the wizard: under Chart type select XY and under Chart sub-type

select Scatter with data points connected by lines without markers and

then click Next.

b

In Step 2 and Step 3 of the wizard, click Next to accept the defaults.

c

In Step 4 of the wizard, click As new sheet and then click Finish.

A new chart appears on a new workbook sheet. This chart is associated with the custom

column on PDSpace Time Data sheet. This data sheet is tied to a query that can be

modified and refreshed using the user interface controls on the PD Space reporting tool

sheet.

For Excel 2007:

To create a custom chart with the Percent spare used column in Excel 2007:

1

On the Dly PDSpace (1) sheet, click and drag to select the Time column (header cell and

all data cells) and then

CTRL

+

CLICK

and drag to select the Percent spare used column

(header cell and all data cells).

2

On the Microsoft Excel main menu, click Insert -> Scatter -> Scatter with Straight line.

New chart will appear on the same sheet

3

Click on the Chart and from the Excel main menu select Layout to change desired chart

properties (Chart Title, Axis Titles, Axis properties, etc.).

NOTE: The following example uses the XY chart type, which works well for High-

Res, Daily, and Hourly resolutions (see

Sample Resolution

on page 5.6). Other

chart types may not work as expected.