Devices
The Windows GUI has a tab-like interface. Using the tabs you can navigate through various pages with information about your monitored objects, such as your network's status, monitoring results, etc., as well as access maps, reports, and settings.
Windows GUI Menu Tabs Bar
There is documentation for the following tabs:
The Devices tab will be your starting point for everyday use. The page is split into two parts. On the left hand side, it shows the tree-like device view which lists all probes, groups, devices, and the sensors on the devices in a hierarchical order. For more information see Object Hierarchy section. Next to each object you see an overview of the number of sensors, grouped by their current status.
On the right side you see details about the object selected on the left. The information is spread over several tabs.
Windows GUI Sub-Tabs on Devices Pages
Select Multiple Items in Device Tree
In the device tree shown on the left, you can select one or more objects. Hold down the Ctrl key to select more objects simultaneously. Usually, you will select more than one item in order to apply a command from the Windows Menu to several objects, or to view combined graphs.
When selecting multiple items, the sub-tabs on the right side will only show data for all selected items at a glace. For example, when selecting two sensors, you will see their tables next to each other. Graphs will actually be shown combined! This is a great way to instantly show one chart that contains all graphs of all selected objects. Each sensor channel will then be shown as one line. This aggregated view works for all kind of objects.
Underneath each graph a legend is shown. Hover an entry in the legend to display the according line in the graph above in bold.
Aggregated Graph View in Windows GUI
Note: You may need to enlarge the Windows GUI's window in order to see all tables and graphs.
The Overview tab shows general information about the selected object. Depending on the selected object, different information is displayed.
- For probes, groups, and devices, the table shows information in the Name section only, such as type and interval set, priority, and parent objects. On the right side, a geographical Map is shown, if enabled in your PRTG configuration as well as in the Windows GUI's View menu. For detailed information about geographical maps, please see Geo Maps section.
- For sensors, additional information is displayed in the Status and Channels sections, such as the results of the last sensor scan.
Devices—Live Graph, 2 days, 30 days, 365 days
These tabs are only available if the Large Single Graph (Ctrl+L) view is enabled in the Windows Menu (View). For Small Multiple Graphs view please see below.
Select one of the tabs Live Graph, 2 days, 30 days, or 365 days to display an object's monitoring data live (content available for sensors only), or for different time spans and in more or less detail.
Select one of the tabs to display an object's monitoring results as Live Graph (content available for sensors only), or for different time spans in more or less detail (2 days, 30 days, 365 days). In every tab, you will see graphs as well as data tables. Note: The days mentioned here are the default setting. You can change the detail of the different graphs any time in the PRTG System Administrator program. See section PRTG Server Administrator (Memory Usage) for more details.
This tab is only available if the Small Multiple Graphs (Ctrl+S) view is enabled in the Windows Menu (View). For Large Single Graphs view please see above. This will show an overview with single graphs and data tables for live data, 2 days, 30 days, and 365 days. It might be necessary to enlarge the window in order to display all graphs. Note: The days mentioned here are the default setting. You can change the detail of the different graphs any time in the PRTG System Administrator program. See section PRTG Server Administrator (Memory Usage) for more details.
Click on the Log tab to show a table list with all log information on this object. This is a subset of the entries available via the Logs menu tab.
In the list, one hundred entries are shown at a time. Use the arrow symbols above the list to show other items. You can jump to the beginning of the list, or browse through it hundred by hundred. If the list has more than one entry, you can also sort the items by the contents of a certain column. To sort, simply click once or twice on the header of the column you want to sort by.
In the Settings tab the currently selected object's settings are loaded from the web interface and displayed. View and functionality are the same as in the web interface. For every type of object and for every sensor, different options are available. For detailed information, please see the following sections (depending on the selected object):
Note: When accessing this page, PRTG opens an embedded Internet Explorer window, showing a part of the Ajax web interface. You might see an Internet Explorer security warning stating that the used certificate is invalid. In a standard setup, the connection to the web interface is SSL-encrypted, using a certificate that is automatically installed with PRTG. Although the connection is securely encrypted, it is not a "trusted" certificate issued by a known entity. That is why this message is displayed. Please confirm the warning in order to proceed. For more information on secure browser connections, please see the More section of the web interface documentation describing the login.
Settings for sensor channels and notification triggers can only be changed in the web interface. For detailed information, please see Object Settings section.
In the History tab all changes in the settings of an object are shown with a timestamp, the PRTG user which conducted the change, and a message.
In the device tree, you can also move probes, groups, and devices simply via drag and drop. Activate it in the Windows menu Edit | Drag & Drop Sorting and then drag your objects as you like.
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