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The Precise bar enables you to keep track of where you have been and provides various controls. The following table describes the function of each of the toolbar buttons

Table 2- 1 Precise bar functions

Icon	Name	Description
Image Modified	Back	During a work session, Precise products keep track of where you have navigated to. The Back button enables you to navigate between previously visited views. The Back control displays your previous view.
Image Modified	Forward	Enables you to navigate to the next view. This button is only enabled if you clicked Back or if you chose a history option.
Image Modified	AdminPoint	Opens Precise AdminPoint.
Image Modified	Home	Navigates to the highest level entity, usually the instance or Tier (all instances). The time frame settings remain the same.
Image Modified	Stop	Stops a request for information from the server.
Image Modified	Refresh	Updates the data currently displayed.
Image Modified	Favorites	Enables you to add or remove favorites in your Favorites list.
Image Modified	Send	Opens a new email message in your email program with the link to the current application in context.
Image Modified	Settings	Opens the General Settings and Time Frame Settings dialog boxes.
Image Modified	Help	Opens the online help in context.

About the Main area

The Main area displays general information on the selected entity. The structure of this area depends on the selected entity and tab. Information can be displayed as follows:

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In some tabs, you can filter the contents of the view by clicking the Filter button. See “Filtering data” on page 19 Filtering data.

About the Association area

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The following icons are used to indicate which format information is displayed.

Icon	Description
Image Modified	Displays the information in numerical format.
Image Modified	Displays the information in a bar graph.
Image Modified	Displays the information as a stacked bar graph.
Image Modified	Displays the information in percentage format.

The Association area lets you drill down to another entity by clicking a row. The information displayed in both the Main area and the Association area will change to reflect your selection. See “Filtering data” on page 19 or “Associating Filtering data or Associating entities with data that meets specific criteria” on page 19criteria.

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About drilling down in context

The term '"in-context' " means that you can display additional information on a selected item by drilling down to another tab or view. The filter settings you defined (for example, the selected time frame you chose) and the entity you selected are carried over to the other view or tab, to allow you to continue analyzing your subject from a different perspective. This concept takes on slightly different meanings depending upon where you are attempting to drill down in context from.

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Or, when viewing a list of alerts for your product in Alerts, you can open your product in context and continue investigating the factors that led the system to issue that alert. In short, the information displayed when drilling down in context is always related to your original selection’s selection's settings.

How a drill down affects the Tab heading

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The following tasks are commonly performed in most tabs:

• Switching to a different tab
• Selecting a time frame
• Selecting an entity
• Filtering data
• Associating entities with data that meets specific criteria
• Focusing on information in overtime graphs
• Sending an email message
• Determining which table columns to display
• Copying data to the clipboard
• Exporting to Precise Custom Portal
• Exporting to Precise Custom Portal
• Adding, viewing, and deleting Favorites

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Switching to a different tab

You can easily switch between the different tabs using the Tab Selection bar. When you start your Precise product, the Dashboard tab opens by default. The tab of the selected tab is displayed in blue.

To select a tab, click a tab on the Tab Selection bar to display information on the selected entity in a different tab.

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Selecting a time frame

You can configure Precise for DB2 to display transaction performance data for a specific time frame using the predefined time frame options or calendar icons.

Selecting a predefined time frame from the toolbar displays transaction performance data for the selected time period up to the current time. See “Selecting Selecting a predefined time frame from the Precise for DB2 toolbar” on page 18toolbar.

Selecting the time frame using the calendar icon, you can choose to define a time range independent of the current time, or to define a time range up to the current time. See “Selecting Selecting a time frame using the calendar icon” on page 18icon.

The predefined time frame options are:

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The time frame selected affects all information displayed in Precise for DB2. Only data that falls within the selected time frame is shown in these areas.

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Selecting a predefined time frame from the Precise for DB2 toolbar

To select a predefined time frame, from the Precise for DB2 toolbar, select one of the predefined time frames.

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Selecting a time frame using the calendar icon

To select a time frame

1. Click the calendar icon. In the dialog box that is displayed perform one of the following:
   1. To define a time frame independent from the current time, select the ‘Time Range’ option and Time Range, and then select the Start and End dates and times.
   2. To define a time frame up to the current time, select the ‘Last’ option Last, and then enter the desired time frame.
   3. To use one of the three previously used time frames, select the ‘Recently used’ option and from the drop- down menu Recently used, and then select the desired time frame.
   4. To use a previously saved time frame, select Use a previously saved time frame and from the drop-down menu , and then select the desired time frame.
2. To save your settings for future access, select Save these definitions for future use as:, and then enter a name in the corresponding field.
3. Click OK.

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Selecting an entity

You can select the entity that you want to examine in more detail. To select an entity, on the Main area of the tab, select the entity you want to examine.

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Filtering data

You can focus on specific contents of the Activity tab by showing a subset of the information. This shows the contribution of entities such as programs and users.

You can define flexible selection criteria in the Filter dialog box. To open the dialog box, you need to click the Filter Off icon next to the Time Frame selector. Filter On or Filter Off indicates the current state of the filtering mechanism. Filter Off means all information is shown; Filter On means a subset of information is shown.

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1. Click Filter is Off/Filter is On.
2. In the Filter dialog box, do the following for each entity you want to filter:
   • From the left drop-down list, select an entity.
   • From the middle drop-down list, select an operator such as Like, < >, Not Like, In, or Not In.
   • In the text box, type the criteria (case-sensitive) for the selected entity. If you select the operator Like or Not Like, you can use the % wildcard character to represent 0 or more characters and the _ wildcard character to represent exactly one character. If you select the operator In or Not In, type a comma to separate values.
3. Click OK.

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Associating entities with data that meets specific criteria

You can associate the displayed entity with specific data to focus your analysis.

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1. Click the arrow located to the left of the Association controls and select More... (applies to Current and Objects tabs only).
2. In the Associate With dialog box, on the Entries tab, select the entity you want to associate data with from the Populate table with list.
3. In the Sort entries by list, determine according to which criteria you want the information to be sorted and in which order.
4. From the Display top list, select the number of rows to display.
5. On the Criteria tab, do the following for each entity you want to associate data with:

   • From the left drop-down list, select an entity.

   • From the middle drop-down list, select an operator, such as, Like, < >, Not Like, In, or Not In.

   • In the text box, type the criteria (case-sensitive) for the selected entity. If you select the operator Like or Not Like, you can use the % wildcard character to represent 0 or more characters, and the _ wildcard character to represent exactly one character. If you select the operator In or Not In, type a comma to separate values.

6. Click OK.

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Focusing on information in overtime graphs

Some entities display an overtime graph. The overtime graph displays entity statistics over a specified time period. Depending on the number of points displayed in the graph, you may need to zoom in or out. The text displayed on the x-axis varies according to the time frame. If there is a year or day change, x-axis labels will display accordingly.

To focus on information in overtime graphs, select the desired time frame on the overtime graph, click and drag the left or right handle to increase or decrease the time range. The small zoom (spyglass) icon will display on the upper right of the selected time range, and above the overtime graph legend. Click the zoom icon to zoom in according to the selected time frame.

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Sending an email message

You can send an email message to one or more recipients from the Precise toolbar. The default subject for the message will be “Link is, "Link to a Precise application”application."

The email will include a link to the Precise product in the current context (time frame and selected entries).

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1. Click the email icon on the Precise toolbar. The default email program opens.
2. Fill in the required fields and click Send.

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Determining which table columns to display

Tables are used to display information about a set of related entities in the Main and Association areas. It is possible to determine which columns to display in the Association area tables.

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1. Click the Table icon on the upper right-hand side of a table and select Column Chooser.
2. In the Table columns dialog box, click the arrows to move the names of the columns that you want to display to the Visible box and the ones that you do not want to display to the Invisible box.
3. Click OK.

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Copying data to the clipboard

At times you may want to save data displayed in the table area in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for further analysis or save an image of a graph to the clipboard.

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You can now paste the image into any application that works with the clipboard.

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Exporting to Precise Custom Portal

The Export to Precise Custom Portal Portlet feature enables you to export the view of the chosen table or graph and generate a portlet with that view in Precise Custom Portal, so that it will provide you with another way of monitoring your application.

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1. Right-click the graph.
2. Select Export to Precise Custom Portal Portlet.
3. Insert a name in the name field that clearly describes the graph view.
4. Click OK.

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Adding, viewing, and deleting Favorites

The Favorites feature allows you to save a specific location in your application and to retrieve the same location later without having to navigate to it.

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This URL provides secure access to the StartPoint using authorized roles. From here, you can open all Precise products. It gives you a quick overview of the status of your applications and access to the AdminPoint, where you can perform various management tasks (see the Precise Administration Guide for details).

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1. Type the address of the StartPoint user interface into the Address bar of your browser and click Enter. The Precise login page opens. The login page provides secure access to Precise and to your specific product.
2. Specify your authorized role name and password. By default, both role name and password are admin. For more information about role names, see the the Precise Administration Guide.
3. Click Login. The StartPoint page opens. This is the Precise home page.
4. On the Product Selection bar, from the drop-down list, select the product you want to open.

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