# Create Statistics Sections

You can save a section you have customized in one Overview as a Statistics Section. Saving allows you to create the same type of section with the same settings in other Overviews.

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After you create a Statistics Section, you can add the new section to other Overviews.

For more details about the product and how to configure features, click Help or press F1.

## Steps

1. Select Overviews and an Overview.
2. Right-click any section in the Overview, then select Save As New Section.
3. Define the basic section properties on the General tab of the Section Properties dialog box.
4. Select the diagram settings in the Visualization tab.
5. Select the diagram type.
   Note: You can change this selection when you include the section in an Overview. The options available depend on the diagram settings you made in the previous step. If available, enter the number of items to be included in the Top Limit field. If you selected Progress as the diagram type, you can select Graph per sender or Scale per Second.
6. (Optional) Click the Items tab, then select or remove statistics items for the section.
7. (Optional) Click the Senders tab, then select which elements are shown in the section.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Save or select Tools > Save As.

## Report Section Properties dialog box

Use this dialog box to view or define the properties of a Report Section.

Option | Definition
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General tab
Name | Specifies the section name.
Comment (Optional) | A comment for your own reference.
Filter | Shows the filter selected for the Report Section. Click Select to select a filter.
Log Type | Specifies the Log Data Context to define with type of log data is used in the section.
Related Element (Optional) | Specifies the elements for which data is generated in the section. Used mainly in System Reports.
Export | All — Exports the report with data presented in tables and diagrams. Diagram — Exports the report with data presented in diagrams. Table — Exports the report with data presented in tables.
Traffic Unit | Defines the traffic unit for the data in charts and tables.

Option | Definition
--- | ---
Visualization tab
Diagram Settings | Select how you want the report data to be visualized. Progress — Generates a chart or table that shows the progress of items as time passes. Top Rate — Generates a chart or table highlighting the values with the highest number of occurrences. Drill-down Top Rate — Preprocesses the data and then generates a chart or table from it. Summary Table — Generates a table with all values from items included in the report. System Information — Generates a table with information about current system status.
Chart Type | Specifies the appropriate chart type. You can change the selected when you start the report generation manually. The options available depend on the Diagram Settings that you have selected.
Top Limit | Enabled when Progress, Top Rate, or Drill-down Top Rate are selected. Enter the number of items to include.
Graph per Sender (Optional) | When selected, displays a separate graph for each sender. This option is only available for Progress items.
Scale per Second | Enables scaling per second. This option is only available for Progress items.

Option | Definition
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Items tab
Items | Shows the selected statistical items for the Report Section. Click Add to add an element to the list, or Remove to remove the selected element.

Option | Definition
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Senders tab
Add | Opens the Select Element dialog box that allows you to add sender elements to the Report Design. Log data is included from the selected senders.
Remove | Removes the selected sender.