Message Plot

Figure: Memento Application – GUI Mode – Message Plot Area

The Message Plot area of the Memento GUI gives a time plot representation of a selected set of messages.

Horizontal Axis

The horizontal axis of the Message Plot represents the time.

The axis has a variable scale with adaptive major and minor divisions. The current time scale unit is displayed on the top left corner of the plot area:
  • The first line declares the time unit for the major divisions
  • The second line shows the number of display points in 1 major division
The left and the right bounds of the horizontal are controlled by selecting a message plot option in the contextual menu of a message displayed in the Message List or by selecting a recent time position in the Activity Plot

Vertical Axis

The vertical axis of the Trace Plot represents the severity level.

Message Symbols

A message is represented by a '='' symbol.

The symbol color uses the highlighting background color settings defined into the view filters.

Pan / Zoom Control

The following methods are available:

  • Hover mouse position in the Plot Area and use the mouse control wheel to zoom and the left button to pan.
  • Right-click on a selected a message in the Message List Area and select a plot option (from, to, view, all).

Time Measurement Tool

The time interval between two messages can be measured using the shift-key in combination with the left-button of the mouse.

Message Data

Hovering a message symbol shows up the message text and the corresponding time stamp.

CTRL-click on a message jumps to the message details in the Message List.