Set customized time ranges

Time range override guidelines

The following guidelines apply to customized time ranges for panels and a Dashboard Beta as a whole:

• A customized time range for a panel persists until you once again change the setting.
• A customized time range for a dashboard is only applied to panels that do not have customized time ranges. Panels with customized time ranges will maintain their customized setting.

Specify the time range for a panel

You can set the time range for a panel by selecting a predefined interval from a drop-down list, or by specifying custom dates and times for the interval. 

To select a predefined time interval for a panel, do the following:

1. Navigate to the dashboard in Sumo Logic.
2. In the panel you want to customize, click the time display next to the clock icon in the upper right corner. 

3. Select the desired time interval from the drop-down list. In our example, we selected 24 hours as the new time range.

The panel updates automatically to display the analytics for the newly specified time range.

To specify a custom time interval for a panel, do the following:

1. Navigate to the dashboard in Sumo Logic.
2. In the panel you want to customize, click the time display next to the clock icon in the upper right corner. 
3. Click the Custom tab in the dialog, select start and stop dates on the calendar, and then specify start and stop times.

Likewise, you can specify a custom time range for a single day.

4. Click Apply. 

The panel updates automatically to display the analytics for the newly specified time range.

Restore a time range to its previous state

If you modify a time range and then want to go back to previous time range, it's easy to return the time range to its previous state.

To return a time range to its previous state, do the following:

1. Select a new time range from the drop-down list.

In our example, the original time interval was 15 minutes and we chose a new time interval of 60 minutes.

2. To restore the time range to its previous value, select the time interval so that it highlights.

3. With the cursor still in the time range field, press Delete. The time range automatically reverts to the state prior to the last change.

4. Press Return to apply the previous time range.

Specify the time range for the dashboard

You can specify a time interval for a dashboard as a whole, and the changes are applied to all the panels on the dashboard that do not have customized time range settings.

To specify a dashboard-level time range setting, do the following:

1. In the upper right corner of your Sumo Logic dashboard, click the time display next to the clock icon.

2. Do one of the following:

• Select the desired time interval from the drop-down list. In our example, we selected 60 minutes as the new time range.
• Click the Custom tab in the dialog, select start and stop dates on the calendar, then specify start and stop times and click Apply.

Dashboard panels that do not have customized time intervals update to reflect the dashboard-level time range.

Delete a custom time range panel

This task shows you how easy it is to delete a custom time range panel that you no longer need.

To delete a custom time range panel, do the following:

1. Go to the dashboard in Sumo Logic that has the panel you want to delete.
2. Hover the cursor over the Details icon to display the pop-up menu.

3. Select Delete.