Using Custom Dashboards
Custom dashboards are personalized dashboards that users configure by selecting the widgets they want. Users can use custom dashboards to arrange monitoring information as they wish, and they can share the created custom dashboards with other users.
The content covered in Using Custom Dashboards is as follows.
Getting Started with Custom Dashboard
After creating a custom dashboard, the user can add desired widgets to view monitoring information.
Create a custom dashboard
To create a custom dashboard, follow these steps.
- From the top‑right menu, click Custom Dashboard Management. You will be taken to the Custom Dashboard Management page.
- Click Add Dashboard. The Add Dashboard popup window opens.
- Enter the dashboard name to create and click the Save button.
- The custom dashboard you created appears in the My Dashboard list.
Add widget
Custom dashboards provide widgets in various formats such as performance statistics, comparison charts, and event lists. Users can add the information they want to monitor as widgets and freely configure the custom dashboard.
- You can change the position and size of a created widget, or edit, copy, and delete its content. For more details, see Custom Widget Management.
To add a widget, follow these steps.
- From the top‑right menu, click Custom Dashboard Management. You will be taken to the Custom Dashboard Management page.
- From the My Dashboard list, select the custom dashboard to add a widget.
- Click the + button or the Add Widget button at the top right of the dashboard. The Add Widget popup window opens.
- Add Widget In the popup window, select the widget to use on the dashboard and add it.
- When you select a widget, detailed settings and a preview are displayed.
- For explanations and configuration methods for each chart, refer to Custom Widget.
- Click the Confirm button.
Custom widget
The types of widgets that can be added to a custom dashboard are as follows.
| Widget Name | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Title Box | Display the title box on the custom dashboard. |
| Event status | Displays the event that occurred. |
| Monitoring Status | Displays the number of monitoring targets and the monitoring status. |
| Top 5 Key Performance | Displays the top 5 monitoring targets with the highest utilization for a specific performance metric. |
| Event map | Displays the number of events per service by severity level. |
| Event History | Displays the count of events per date by severity. |
| time series graph | Displays the performance metrics of the selected monitoring target as a time-series graph. |
| Current status indicator | Displays the performance value statistics and risk levels of the selected monitoring targets. |
| Instance map | Displays the performance values of the selected monitoring targets using colors of varying intensity. |
Title Box
Displays a title box on the custom dashboard.
- You can create up to 10 title boxes.
- You can add multiple title boxes at the same time.
| Item | description |
|---|---|
| Title | Enter the text to display in the title box. |
| Add | Add a new text box. |
| Delete | Delete the corresponding text box. |
Event status
Displays the occurred event.
- You can configure it to display all events that have occurred, or only the active events.
| Item | description |
|---|---|
| Widget name | Enter the name of the widget. |
| Query range | Select the range of events to display in the widget
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Monitoring Status
Displays the number of monitoring targets and the monitoring status.
| Item | explanation |
|---|---|
| Widget name | Enter the name of the widget. |
Key Performance Top 5
Shows the top five monitoring targets with the highest usage rate for a specific performance metric within the Account.
| Item | description |
|---|---|
| Widget name | Enter the name of the widget. |
| Service | Select the service to check performance. |
| Performance metrics | Select the performance metric that serves as the basis for displaying the monitoring target
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Event map
Displays the number of events per service by severity level.
| Item | description |
|---|---|
| Widget name | Enter the name of the widget. |
Event History
Displays the number of events per date, grouped by severity.
| Item | description |
|---|---|
| Widget name | Enter the name of the widget. |
Time Series Graph
Displays the performance metrics of the selected monitoring target as a time-series graph.
- You can change the period displayed by the time series graph using the dashboard’s date range setting feature.
- When you place the mouse cursor over the graph, you can view the time and performance values for each target at that point.
| Item | description |
|---|---|
| Widget name | Enter the name of the widget. |
| Service | Select the service to check performance. |
| Monitoring target | Select the monitoring target to display as a graph. |
| Performance items | Select the performance metric to display as a graph. |
| Add option | You can display a danger zone.
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You can click the icon at the top right of the preview to change the graph type.
- Linear graph
- area chart
- stacked bar chart
- scatter plot
Current Indicator
Displays statistical figures and risk levels for the performance values of monitored entities.
In the monitoring dashboard, if you place the mouse cursor over a status indicator value, you can view detailed information for that item.
| Item | description |
|---|---|
| Widget name | Enter the name of the widget. |
| Service | Select the service to check performance. |
| Monitoring target | Select the monitoring target to display as a graph. |
| Performance metrics | Select the performance items to display as a graph. |
| Statistics | Select the statistical method to display the performance values of the monitoring target
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| Add option | You can display a danger zone.
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Instance Map
Display the performance values of monitoring targets using colors of varying intensity.
- When you position the mouse cursor over each heatmap, you can view detailed information about the item.
| Item | description |
|---|---|
| Widget name | Enter the name of the widget. |
| Service | Select the service to check performance. |
| Monitoring target | Select the monitoring target to display as a graph. |
| Performance metrics | Select the performance metric to display as a graph. |
Check Custom Dashboard
To view the custom dashboard, follow these steps.
- From the top‑right menu, click Custom Dashboard Management. You will be taken to the Custom Dashboard Management page.
- From the My Dashboard list, select the Custom Dashboard.
Item description Dashboard List Displays the list of custom dashboards. Click a list item to change the dashboard to view. - My Dashboards: Displays the list of dashboards you created yourself.
- Shared Dashboards: Displays the list of dashboards shared with you.
Dashboard name The name of the user dashboard is displayed. Dashboard Settings - Date/Time: Displays the reference date and time for the analysis information.
- Refresh: Refreshes to the current time.
- Stop/Start: Turns the automatic refresh feature off or on.
- Settings: You can set the data query period or change the automatic refresh interval. (See “Setting the query period” for reference)
Add widget Add a new widget to the dashboard. Dashboard editing You can edit the currently configured custom dashboard. - Dashboard Edit: Modify the name of the currently selected dashboard.
- Dashboard Copy: Copy the currently selected dashboard to create a custom dashboard with the same widgets.
- Dashboard Delete: Delete the currently selected dashboard.
- Dashboard Share: Share the dashboard so that specific users can view it. For more information, see Sharing Custom Dashboards.
Custom widget Displays the widgets that make up the dashboard. - You can change the widget’s position and size, or edit and delete it. For more information, see Managing Custom Widgets
- You can download graphic widgets as image files.
Table. Custom dashboard information
Download widget
Graphic widgets can be downloaded as image files (*.png).
When you hover the mouse over a graph widget, a download button appears in the upper right corner. Clicking the download button downloads the widget as an image file.
Share Custom Dashboard
You can share a custom dashboard and configure it so that other users can view it.
To share a custom dashboard, follow these steps.
- From the top‑right menu, click Custom Dashboard Management. You will be taken to the Custom Dashboard Management page.
- From the My Dashboard list, select the Custom Dashboard.
- Click Dashboard More at the top right, then click Dashboard Share. The Dashboard Share popup opens.
- After selecting the user to share the dashboard with, click the > button and verify that the selected user moves to the shared target.
- Click the Confirm button.
Managing Custom Dashboards
You can edit, copy, or delete a custom dashboard.
- From the top-right menu, click Custom Dashboard Management. You will be taken to the Custom Dashboard Management page.
- From the My Dashboard list, select the Custom Dashboard.
- Click the Dashboard top-right more button, then select the desired command.
- Edit Dashboard: Edit the dashboard name.
- Dashboard Copy: Copy the dashboard to create a new dashboard.
- Dashboard Sharing: Share the dashboard with other users.
- Delete Dashboard: Deletes the dashboard.
Managing custom widgets
You can change the widget’s position and size, or edit and duplicate the widget.
Change Widget Position
Click the widget’s name, then drag to change its position.
Changing Widget Size
To change the size of the widget, follow these steps.
- Place the mouse cursor over the widget. The size adjustment button appears in the lower right corner of the widget.
- Size Adjustment button, click and hold while dragging to adjust to the desired size.
Edit, copy, delete widget
To modify, copy, or delete a widget, follow these steps.
- Place the mouse cursor over the widget. The More button appears in the top right corner of the widget.
- After clicking the More button, click the desired command.
- Widget Edit: Modify the widget’s chart settings.
- Widget Copy: Copies the widget to create a widget with identical content.
- Delete Widget: Deletes the widget.