Annotations

 

Annotations allow you to mark the anomalies in the timeseries during the data analysis within the selected time interval in Trends dashboard and Compare. Also, it enables you to add comments making it a collaboration tool.

You can add and save the annotations in the following two levels:

  • Metric: Annotation is visible for selected metric across all dashboards.

  • Dashboard: Annotation is visible for all metrics across all dashboards.

Enable / Disable Annotations

To enable or disable annotations in Trends, click the toggle button next to the time picker and then toggle Annotations. When enabled, annotations appear for the time series on Trends. When disabled, annotations are hidden.

Add Annotation

Following steps provide the details to add the annotation to the timeseries.

  1. Select Annotate from the Action drop-down.

  2. Click on the diagnostics metric widget to see the Annotations pop-up.

  3. Configure the annotations:

    1. Add a comment to the annotation. This is a mandatory field.

      Note:  Special Characters and emojis are not supported in this field.

    2. To make the annotation public, select the checkbox. The annotation is visible to all users accessing the account. From the dropdown list, select the option This metric or All metrics.

      Note: By default, annotations are private and visible only to the user who created them.

    3. Click Add to display the annotation on the timeseries.

Add Comments

To add the comments for the existing annotation, follow the below steps.

  1. Click the existing annotation to see the Annotations screen.

  2. Add the comment in the comment box and click Add, to see the comment in the display section.

    Note: You cannot delete the first comment in the annotation and the comments that other users add. Only the comment initiator can delete the comment.

Delete Annotation

To delete the annotation, follow the below steps.

  1. Click the existing annotation to see the Annotations screen.

  2. Click the Kebab icon, to see the Delete option.

  3. Click Delete to remove the selected annotation.

 

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