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About the Measurement Explorer Page

To access this page, click Observability > Active Assurance > Measurement Explorer.

Measurements are the fundamental unit of configuration that defines how network traffic is generated and evaluated. It specifies the behavior of a Test Agent by defining which plug-in to run, what parameters to use, and what traffic to generate. For more information, see Measurements Overview.

The Measurement Explorer provides a centralized view of all measurements in your organization. A Measurement represents the process of evaluating a network path between a Test Agent interface and an endpoint. The type of endpoint depends on the Plug-in that you select to run measurements. You can configure a measurement to define parameters and evaluation criteria used to collect performance data.

Tasks You Can Perform

You can perform the following tasks on the Measurement Explorer GUI:

  • View details of Measurements—You can view the list of all Measurements in your network. Table 1 describes the details on the Measurements page.

  • View details of a selected Measurement—You can also view details of a Measurement you have selected. To view the details of Measurement, click Measurement-Name. The Measurement-Name appears displaying the details for analysis. For more information, see View Stream Details

  • View details of Test Agent—You can view details of Test Agents on which you have run a measurement. Click Test-Agent-Name. The Test-Agent-Name page appears displaying the Overview, Interfaces, and Download & Run details of the selected Test Agent.

  • Hide Deconfigured Measurements—You can hide deconfigured measurements by selecting the Hide Deconfigured Measurements check box. Deconfigured Measurements are the measurements that were previously configured but are no longer active. When you select this check box, you can focus on viewing only the active Measurements.

  • Add Measurements—You can create measurements by clicking the Add Measurements button on top-right of the page. You are then navigated to the Measurements Designer page (Observability > Active Assurance > Measurement Designer).

    You can create a measurement directly through Tests or Monitors, or as a standalone measurement created through an API instance.

  • You can also perform the following tasks on this page:

    • Sort, resize, or re-arrange columns in a table (grid).

    • Show or hide columns in the table or reset page preferences, using the vertical ellipsis menu.

    • Filter the data displayed in the table—Click the filter icon (funnel) and select whether you want to show or hide advanced filters. You can then add or remove filter criteria, save criteria as a filter, apply or clear filters, and so on. The filtered results are displayed on the same page.

    • Reset Preferences—Click Reset Preferences to restore all table-related default settings.

Table 1: Details on the Measurement Explorer Page
Fields Descriptions

Name

The unique identifier of the Measurement.

Click Measurement-Name to view the details of selected measurement on a new tab.

Plugin

The Plug-in used for the Measurement.

Click Plugin-Name to view the details of selected plug-in on a new tab.

Status

The current status of the Measurement.

The available statuses are:

  • Configuring

  • Deconfigured

  • Deconfiguring

  • Error

  • Running

Parent

The parent of the selected Measurement.

Indicates whether the selected Measurement was created by a Monitor, a Test, or as a standalone measurement created through an API instance.

You can click Parent-Name to view the details of selected Parent.

Tags

The tags you have configured in the key:value format.

A tag is a key-value pair in which the key signifies a category for which you configure a value. The value is an identifier for the category.

Created

 The time when the measurement was created. For example, a day ago, 7 days ago.

You can click Created-Time to change the current format. The timestamp is changed to the following format: Month DD, YYYY, HH:MM:SS AM/PM.

You can also sort the Measurements in ascending and descending order based on the created time.

Test Agent

The Test Agent that executed the measurement.

Click Test-Agent-Name to view details of the associated Test Agent on a new tab.

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