State Change Timeline

State Change Timeline report reveals the timeline of when a monitor on a device, or all monitors on all devices in a group, changed from one state to another during a selected time period.

Device. Device hostname, IP address, or custom label.
Monitor. Monitor that experienced the state change.
Start Time. Date and time of the state change.
State. State of the condition at the time of the poll. The thin gray bar on a state indicator color block means that the device state change has not been acknowledged.
Duration. Period the state remained unchanged.
Message. Result message returned to WhatsUp Gold at the time of the poll.

Generate a report

Choose Device. Choose one or more host devices you want State Change Timeline measurements for.

Choose time constraints. (,) Choose times for the State Change Timeline. (For recently observed measurements, select Last Polled from the Date Range drop down list.)

Filter and reduce by row and by column. Sort and remove columns, group rows based on specific column values, and remove unwanted information from the table.

Rename Report. Edit report name using the Report Settings dialog.

Note: This report only returns State Change Timeline metrics for devices that already have the appropriate WMI or SNMP credentials. For more information, see Using Credentials.

Share, export, and save as PDF

Most generated State Change Timeline report data can be printed, shared, and exported when selecting Expand () from the Dashboard Options () menu. After the report has been expanded, select export () to access the following options:

Export to PDF. Save grid and chart views as PDF.
Export Data. Export State Change Timeline data and leverage outside of WhatsUp Gold.
Schedule Export. Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.

Control	Purpose
Device	Browse and choose a single device.
Single Interface	Choose an interface on a device.
Device Group	Choose an existing group of one or more devices. You can also create custom or dynamic groups.

Control	Purpose
Date Range	Choose or define an overall date range.
Business hours	Focus on specific days of the week and periods within each day. Reveal trends that are sensitive to business hours, time zones, and other periodic attributes in the observed data.

Control	Purpose
Sort.	Sort column in ascending or descending order.
Columns.	Pick the columns you want to view. Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
Group by this field.	Group table into collapsible rows wherever the current column contains identical data ("field") values.
Filters.	Provide a keyword to view only rows that contain the keyword for this column.

State Change Timeline

Generate a report

Choose time constraints for data view

Filter and pick by column

Share, export, and save as PDF