[Orca-dev] Re: Mapping live_rules state to numerical value

[Blair Zajac]

Thanks.  We're limited by the plotting interface that only supports plotting
(x,y) = (time, value) style data and we can change the colors and the values.
Take a look at

http://www.getnet.net/~rustyc/o_m1_gauge_State_D,__State_N,__State_n,__State_s,__State_r,__State_k,__State_c,__State_m,__State_d,__State_i,__State_t-daily.png

Hence the question of mapping color to number.

The idea is that one look at the plot shows over time the subsystems that
need work by looking for the subsystems with the largest values.

Blair

Adrian Cockcroft wrote:
> 
> I implemented this in java once (percol) as colored bars, one bar per subsystem
> so use color not number if you can...
> 
> Adrian
> 
> Blair Zajac wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > In the Orca group we're working on a single plot to show how each subsystem
> > is performing using the live_rules.se class.  These are the states shown in
> >
> >         http://www.sun.com/950901/columns/adrian/column1.html
> >
> > To map state to number I'm thinking of something exponential like:
> >
> >         WHITE   =>       0
> >         BLUE    =>       1
> >         GREEN   =>       2
> >         AMBER   =>       4
> >         RED     =>       8
> >         BLACK   =>      16
> >
> > Is this mapping representative of the severity, or would people suggest a
> > different mapping, such as linear?
> >
> > Best,
> > Blair