When an event affects your site’s performance, add an annotation to your
chart to note the change. Annotations provide important visual cues that you can use to
identify dates and times in comparison dashboards
Annotations appear in your
mPulse time series charts, and are created several ways such as through the mPulse Annotation API, when an alert is configured
to add an annotation when it fires, when a change is made to your Akamai property configuration, and manually
as discussed in this topic.Once you create an annotation, mPulse
saves it, places it in your charts, then posts a note on your Timeline in the corresponding
session. You can manage annotations in a chart with a simple point and
click.
Use these steps to add, modify, remove, or hide
an annotation:
How to
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In mPulse, click
Central.
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In the left pane, select
Dashboards.
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From the list,
double-click the dashboard that you want to add an annotation to or
create a custom dashboard.
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From the filter bar,
select a relative time or define a range of time where you’d like the
annotation to appear on the chart.
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In the right corner of
the chart, click the gear menu, click the
Annotations menu, then select
Add/Edit Annotations.
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At the bottom of the
Annotations dialog, click the plus sign to
create an annotation. Your user ID and the date and time of the first
data point appear in the dialog.
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In the Title field,
enter a descriptive name for the annotation, then click
Tab. mPulse saves the annotation. You can
enter a brief description if you want to.
Note: To move the annotation, click and drag the marker to the data
point. You can also click the date and time under your user ID
to select a different time or a range of time for the
annotation.
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To return to the
dashboard, click off the Annotations dialog. A marker for the
annotation appears at the bottom of the chart on the date set in the
Annotations dialog.
Tip: To see
the annotation details, hover over the marker on the chart. To
keep the annotation open in the chart, click the marker.
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To view annotations in
your Timeline, click Timeline on the main menu.
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To modify, delete, or hide an annotation from a chart:
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Modify: In the chart, place
the cursor on the marker, click the edit icon in the
dialog, make your changes, then click off the dialog to
return to the dashboard.
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Remove: In the chart, place
the cursor on the marker, click the edit icon in the
dialog, click Delete, click OK, then click off the
Annotation dialog to return to the dashboard.
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Hide: In the right corner of
the chart, click the gear menu, select the Annotations
menu, then click the Custom toggle. To hide alerts, click
the System toggle.