Sept 17, 2025

Here's something that's kind of neat to configure. It's a bit tricky the first time through. If I could do it, so can you! It was fun to set up and run.

It's the "IBM Navigator for i - Custom Charts".                                                                                        The page for it can be found here.  

Note: The IBM page shows a current date but only lists out V7R3, V7R4. Since it is "Nav for i", this will probably work on V7R5, V7R6 as well. 

Keep in mind: In the steps IBM walks you through, there is mention of the following:  "If for some reason a metric is not displaying correctly or is not retrieved, the icon in the upper right for that chart shows an error condition. To review the list of errors, under the main actions button click the "View Chart Errors" action.  

When I built a chart to see how the process played out, the chart I built did not show up. I knew it was right so I checked the error log as IBM instructed. What I found out was, I had to open ACS, click on the "Tools" tab and click on "Navigator Requests". That will open up a dialog box showing your partition(s). Highlight the partition the chart is being built for and start the request. That action will force your new chart to be displayed.