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Line Plot

The line plot shows the attribute's sample path. The line plot control panel shows the minimum, maximum, number, mean, and standard deviation of the attribute that it is monitoring. This attribute can be named in a bucket that is dropped on the line plot or can be one of the states of a component that is dropped on the line plot. If a bucket is dropped on the line plot, then the bin controls for the line plot are those of the bucket. If a component is dropped on the line plot, then the bin controls are associated with the line plot and are accessible from the line plot control panel.

Figure 3.18: A Line Plot of Transaction Age

The line plot control panel has buttons to enable or disable automatic scaling, refresh the plot, raise the local bin controls, and to specify auxiliary controls. The latter two buttons apply if you drop a component on a line plot.

Figure 3.19: A Line Plot Control Panel

You can also drop line plots onto other line plots. This enables you to collect statistics on the minimum, maximum, mean, and standard deviations of the attribute. It is a type of batch means.