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 hostname, IP address, or custom label.
- . Monitor that experienced the state change.
- . Date and time of the state change.
- . 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.
- . Period the state remained unchanged.
- . Result message returned to WhatsUp Gold at the time of the poll.
Generate a report
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Choose one or more host devices you want State Change Timeline measurements for.
Use the Select Device dialog for one of the following:
Control
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Purpose
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Device 
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Browse and choose a single device.
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Single Interface 
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Choose an interface on a device.
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Device Group 
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Choose an existing group of one or more devices. You can also create custom or dynamic groups.
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: You can organize devices into custom or dynamic groups. For more information, see Grouping Devices.
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,
) Choose times for the State Change Timeline. (For recently observed measurements, select from the Date Range drop down list.)
Choose time constraints for data view
Control
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Purpose
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Date Range
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Choose or define an overall date range.
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Business hours
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- 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.
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Sort and remove columns, group rows based on specific column values, and remove unwanted information from the table.
Filter and pick by column
Click a report heading 
and use the following from the drop down list:
Control
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Purpose
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Sort. 
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Sort column in ascending or descending order.
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Columns. 
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Pick the columns you want to view. Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
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Group by this field.
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Group table into collapsible rows wherever the current column contains identical data ("field") values.
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Filters.
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Provide a keyword to view only rows that contain the keyword for this column.
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Edit report name using the dialog.
: 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 (
) from the Dashboard Options (
) menu. After the report has been expanded, select export (
) to access the following options:
Troubleshooting
Choose Device.