Calculation Editor

Prerequisites

• Enable the Calculation plugin for devices on the New Device page and/or the Edit Device page.

• Define calculation object types and indicator types on the Object Types page.

Object Browser

The Object Browser section on the left displays a list of the devices for which you enable the Calculation plugin and for which you define calculation objects. As you define calculation objects, additional devices appear in the list.

1. If needed, click on a device in the list to display the calculation objects the Calculation plugin polls on the device.

2. Click Add Object or click to display the Add/Edit Object pop-up.

3. For a new object, click the Parent Device drop-down and select the device on which to discover and poll the object. This list displays all devices for which you enable the Calculation plugin. You cannot edit this field after you save an object.

4. For a new object, click the Object Type drop-down and select a Calculation plugin object type. To add an object type to the list, click to navigate to the Object Types page where you can manage the Calculation plugin object types. You cannot edit this field after you save an object.

5. In the Object Name field, enter the name of the Calculation plugin object. This name cannot begin or end with spaces and must include at least one character.

6. In the Object Description field, enter the object description.

7. In the Default Value field, enter a numeric value to use in the calculation should the object type not poll data for the time span of the report.

8. Click Save.

9. After you save your new object, the device that you added it to will appear in the Search field. Your new object is automatically selected in the Object Browser, making it easy to locate.

Variable Browser

Click on an object in the Object Browser list to display its variables in the Variable Browser section and expression in the Expression Browser section on the right.

1. Click Add Variable or click to display the Add/Edit Calculation Variable pop-up.

2. In the Variable Name field, enter the name of the variable for the object to use.

3. Click the Plugin drop-down and select the plugin that polls the object from which to calculate data.

4. Click the Device drop-down and select the device from which the data to calculate is polled.

5. Click the Object drop-down and select the object whose indicator data is to be calculated.

6. Click the Indicator drop-down and select the indicator whose data is to be used in the calculation.

7. Select the Default Value Null check box to make the value default to null if there is no poll data for the variable during the report time span. Leave clear and enter a value to use a specific value for time spans with no poll data.

8. Click Save.

Expression Browser

Click on an object in the Object Browser section to display its variables in the Variable Browser section and indicators in the Expression Browser section on the right.

1. Click Edit Indicator Types to navigate to the Object Types page where you can add and edit indicator types.

2. Click next to an indicator to display the Expression Editor pop-up.

3. In the Source Variable field, click a variable and drag it to the Indicator Expression field.

4. Enter applicable operators in the Indicator Expression field to formulate the calculation. See the Acceptable Operators section below.

5. Drag additional source variables and enter additional mathematical symbols to create the expression in the Indicator Expression field.

6. Repeat the previous steps in the Maximum Value Expression field to define a maximum value expression.

7. Click Save.