Mark Lines

Overview

Add static mark lines to line charts for any metric on a dashboard. Mark lines help you see if metrics are within or outside your defined boundries.

This feature is available in the dashboard editor.

Adding a Mark Line

▶ To add a mark line

1. Click Monitoring in the left sidebar, and then select the dashboard to edit.

   The dashboard editor appears.

2. Click Author in the upper-right corner.

3. Click Card.

   The Card detail pane appears.

4. In Data, click the ellipsis (...) for the item that you want to a add mark line to, and then select Add mark line.

   The Mark line window appears.

5. Click + Line , and then set a value, color, and label.

   (Optional) Repeat this step to add multiple mark lines.

   Tip: Select the Color background area checkbox to shade the area beyond the mark line. The shading follows the direction of the value, that is, upwards for values with a greater than sign (>) and downwards for values with a less than sign (<).

6. Click the checkmark icon in the upper-right corner to apply your changes and close the Mark line window.

   The mark line appears on the line chart.

Example: Good vs. Bad

This image shows an example of how you can use mark lines:

As seen in this example, you can customize the mark line profiles with more than one line and more than one label.

As a reminder, since mark lines are per metric, they are unavailable in the Timeseries Options Modal.