Trend

The Trend feature lets you display small, inline charts of database-related statistics (nodes experiencing outages, unacknowledged alarms, and so on). Click Status  Trend in the top menu bar to view them.

You can also configure these charts to be displayed on the Meridian home page. To do this, modify the org.opennms.web.console.centerUrl parameter to include /trend/trend-box.htm.

Meridian UI displaying an example trend chart.
Figure 1. Example of a trend chart

You can define and configure trend charts in ${OPENNMS_HOME}/etc/trend-configuration.xml.

The following code defines a trend chart that displays nodes that are experiencing ongoing outages:

<trend-definition name="nodes">
    <title>Nodes</title> (1)
    <subtitle>w/ Outages</subtitle> (2)
    <visible>true</visible> (3)
    <icon>fa-fire</icon> (4)
    <trend-attributes> (5)
        <trend-attribute key="sparkWidth" value="100%"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkHeight" value="35"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkChartRangeMin" value="0"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkLineColor" value="white"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkLineWidth" value="1.5"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkFillColor" value="#88BB55"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkSpotColor" value="white"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkMinSpotColor" value="white"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkMaxSpotColor" value="white"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkSpotRadius" value="3"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkHighlightSpotColor" value="white"/>
        <trend-attribute key="sparkHighlightLineColor" value="white"/>
    </trend-attributes>
    <descriptionLink>outage/list.htm?outtype=current</descriptionLink> (6)
    <description>${intValue[23]} NODES WITH OUTAGE(S)</description> (7)
    <query> (8)
        <![CDATA[
            select (
                select
                    count(distinct nodeid)
                from
                    outages o, events e
                where
                    e.eventid = o.svclosteventid
                    and iflostservice < E
                    and (ifregainedservice is null
                        or ifregainedservice > E)
            ) from (
                select
                    now() - interval '1 hour' * (O + 1) AS S,
                    now() - interval '1 hour' * O as E
                from
                    generateseries(0, 23) as O
            ) I order by S;
        ]]>
    </query>
</trend-definition>
1 The title of the trend chart. See below for supported variable substitutions.
2 Subtitle of the trend chart. See below for supported variable substitutions.
3 The visible flag. This defines whether the chart is visible by default.
4 The icon for the chart. See Icons for options.
5 Attributes defining the inline chart. See jQuery Sparklines for options.
6 The description link.
7 The description text. See below for supported variable substitutions.
8 The SQL statement that queries the chart’s values.
Don’t forget to limit the SQL query’s return values! Setting the query to fetch an unlimited number of results can increase its run time significantly.

You can use individual or aggregated values in the title, subtitle, and description fields. The following table describes available variable substitutions:

Name Description Type

${intmax}

Integer maximum value

Integer

${doublemax}

Double maximum value

Double

${intmin}

Integer minimum value

integer

${doublemin}

Double minimum value

Double

${intavg}

Integer average value

Integer

${doubleavg}

Double average value

Double

${intsum}

Integer sum of values

Integer

${doublesum}

Double sum of values

Double

${intValue[]}

An array of integer result values for the given SQL query.

Integer array

{doubleValue[]}

An array of double result values for the given SQL query.

Double array

${intValueChange[]}

An array of integer value changes for the given SQL query.

Integer array

${doubleValueChange[]}

An array of double value changes for the given SQL query.

Double array

${intlastvalue}

The last integer value

Integer

${doublelastvalue}

The last double value

Double

${intlastvaluechange}

The last integer value change.

Integer

${doublelastvaluechange}

The last double value change.

Double

You can also display a single graph in your JSP files by including /trend/single-trend-box.jsp and specifying the name parameter.

Sample JSP snippet: include a single trend chart named example
<jsp:include page="/trend/single-trend-box.jsp" flush="false">
    <jsp:param name="name" value="example"/>
</jsp:include>