🚀 PRTG Trending & Baselining Tool

Enables powerful trending insights in your PRTG Network Monitor.

  • Capacity management for any PRTG sensor
  • Integrated with PRTG Maps and Reports
  • Visual GUI views for NOC operators

📊 Overview

PRTGPluginsGUI complements our PRTGPlugins suite with advanced Baselining and Trending capabilities using data from any PRTG sensor.

The tool helps anticipate resource saturation based on configurable measurement periods:

  • Long term: 1, 3, 6 months
  • Short term: 7 days, 2 weeks, 1 month
These help predict saturation dates and trends, allowing early action to avoid performance bottlenecks.

 

🔧 Operation Modes

  • Dash Board Mode – Visualize live and historical data using predefined views. Works with read-only PRTG access.
  • Map Integration Mode – Use the trending graphics directly inside PRTG Maps for enhanced visibility.
  • Reporting Integration Mode – Add trend graphics and data into native PRTG reports (7d/30d templates provided).

🖥 System Requirements & Setup

  • Install on a dedicated PRTG Remote Probe (not internet-facing)
  • .NET Framework 4.5+ required (3.5 also recommended for full compatibility)
  • PRTGPluginsGUI should be placed in: Custom Sensors\EXEXML
  • Create a .ini configuration file to define your trending views
  • Ensure file permissions for PRTGProbe (e.g., access to \Webroot\mapobjects) for reporting & maps

📁 View Configuration Parameters

  • Sensor ID: Unique ID of the PRTG sensor (from browser URL)
  • View Type: e.g., 0 = Baseline, 7/14/30/90 = Trend days
  • Polling Interval: Refresh time in minutes
  • Include / Exclude Channels: Comma-separated channel names
  • Y-Axis / X-Axis Titles: Customize chart labeling
  • Trend Lines / Show Legend: On/Off options per view

📊 Sensor Output Interpretation

Each data channel includes 3 values:

  • 0-ChannelName: Starting value (past)
  • 1-ChannelName: Current trend value (today)
  • 2-ChannelName: Projected value (future)

This gives a full backward and forward-looking view within a single sensor.

🗺 PRTG Map & Report Integration

  • Create a Custom EXE/Script Advanced Sensor in PRTG
  • Use parameters like: 
    -i:"C:\path\to\your.ini" -v:0 -o:30 -s:%sensorname -mp
  • Enable report integration by including these sensors in the default or custom templates

⚠️ Limitations

  • Max 16 channels per view (up to 32 lines visualized)
  • Max 50 views per INI file
  • Grouped views in PRTG only supported in Baseline mode (no historic data)

📥 How to Get It

Status: Beta – most bugs have been fixed.

  1. Download Admin Guide from Documentation
  2. Download Setup Files from Tools files
  3. Download Reporting Templates from the same page

Request a 2-day trial license – instantly sent via email. Can be requested repeatedly.

👥 Target Audiences

  • NOC teams: Real-time baseline views on big screens
  • IT managers: Long-term service monitoring and planning

🧭 Use Modes

1. Graphical Views for Trending

Ideal for NOC dashboards and management trend forecasting:

Big Screen Example

Example 1: PRTG 30-day native view

VMware original view

Example 2: PRTGPluginsGUI 30-day view without trend lines

GUI trend no lines

Example 3: Same with trend lines

GUI trend with lines

Sensor Channels

Collected Data View

Trend with lines

Trend without legend

2. Loop-Back Data to PRTG

Send calculated trend data back to PRTG for historical reporting and dashboards:

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Example: Looping 7 and 14 day data to PRTG from a different view type:

Looped Back Trends

3. Online Graphics for PRTG Maps

Feature under development – coming soon.

4. 📺 Video Demonstrations