Introduction

Sometimes called a hexagonal chart or hexbin map, a honeycomb chart provides for more efficient data aggregation when binning data and is the most efficient division of 2D data space. It can also help eliminate data biases, such as the Alaska effect.

Example:

Honeycomb

HONEYCOMB visualization for Metric Tile

Text value display for resource and service availability

For the system_resource_availability_state and system_service_map_availability_state metrics, the status is displayed as both label (text) and numeric value. The following are the values:

  • Up
  • Down
  • Unknown
  • Degraded

By default, the status is shown as a text value. To view the status as a numeric value, clear the Show as label selection in the Visualization tab.

Show as Label Option

The text status display option is available for List, Gauge, and Honeycomb visualizations only.

system_resource_availability_state

The system_resource_availability_state metric monitors the availability of the resources and displays the status as a numeric or text value. The following are the available values:

  • 1 - Unknown
  • 3 - Down
  • 4 - Up

Sample Illustrations
The following are the sample illustrations for each visualization and its respective dashboard view:

The following is the HONEYCOMB visualization:

Service Map Availability Honeycomb View

HONEYCOMB dashboard view
The following is the HONEYCOMB dashboard view:

Service Map Availability Honeycomb Dashboard View

The following is the HONEYCOMB visualization:

Resource Availability Honeycomb View

HONEYCOMB dashboard view
The following is the HONEYCOMB dashboard view:

Resource Availability Honeycomb Dashboard View

HONEYCOMB visualization

The following is the HONEYCOMB visualization with the inputs:

  • Metric = system_os_uptime
Honeycomb Chart View

HONEYCOMB dashboard view

The following is the HONEYCOMB dashboard view:

Honeycomb Dashboard View