Managing Dashboard and Widgets
You can create and manage a dashboard to monitor the resources of the services being used in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
Creating a dashboard
You can create a dashboard of ServiceWatch.
To create a dashboard, follow the next procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. Move to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the Create Dashboard button.
- Please enter the name of the dashboard.
- The name of the dashboard should be entered within 34 characters using English, numbers, and special characters (
-_).
- Add a widget to compose the dashboard. A corresponding popup window opens according to the method of adding a widget.
- Add individual widgets: You can add a single widget combined with metrics and resources. When you click the button, the Add individual widgets popup window opens.
| Classification | Necessity | Detailed Description |
|---|---|---|
| metric list area | required | list of metrics that can be monitored in ServiceWatch
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| search filter area | selection | namespace-dimension name, metric name, resource name, resource ID, tag-key are set, and then filter apply button is clicked to filter the metric list
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| Selected Metric Area | - | Monitoring Chart for the Selected Metric in the Metric List Area
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- Multiple Widget Addition: You can add multiple widgets at once by selecting the desired resources by metric unit. When you click the button, the Multiple Widget Addition popup window opens.
| Classification | Necessity | Detailed Description |
|---|---|---|
| Service and Resource List | Required | Select resources to add metrics
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| selection metric | essential | displays the list of metrics selected from the service and resource list
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| Selected Resources | Required | Selected Metrics list, add resources to the selected metrics
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| Statistics | Required | Select the statistical criteria for the metric value
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| Accumulation period | Required | Select the unit of accumulation period for the metric value
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- Dashboard Import: You can import widgets from the dashboard registered in ServiceWatch. When you click the button, the Dashboard Import popup window opens.
| Classification | Necessity | Detailed Description |
|---|---|---|
| dashboard | required | Displays a list of dashboards registered in ServiceWatch
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| Preview | Required | Displays widgets applied to the dashboard selected in the dashboard list
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- Click the Complete button on the widget add popup window. The widget will be added to the dashboard on the dashboard creation page.
- After checking the added widget, click the Complete button. A pop-up window announcing the creation of the dashboard will open.
- Confirm button should be clicked. Dashboard creation will be completed.
Check the dashboard
Dashboard List page where you can check the information of the selected dashboard.
To check the dashboard, follow the next procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. Move to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard to check the detailed information. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
| Classification | Detailed Description |
|---|---|
| Dashboard Name | Name of the dashboard display
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| Period Setting Area | Period selection applied to widgets in the dashboard |
| Time zone setting area | Select the time zone to which the period setting is applied |
| Initialization Button | Initialize all operations or settings made on the dashboard detail screen |
| Refresh settings area | Select the refresh cycle of widget information
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| Edit | Modify the name of the dashboard or manage widgets
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| More | Displays additional work items for managing the dashboard
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| Widget Area | Display widgets for monitoring each resource
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Managing Dashboard
Dashboard Details page where you can modify or manage dashboard information and widgets.
Modifying the dashboard
You can modify the name of the dashboard or change the widget composition.
To modify the dashboard, follow the following procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. Move to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard to check the detailed information. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
- Dashboard Details page’s top right Edit button is clicked. It moves to the Dashboard Edit page.
- After modifying the information or widgets on the dashboard, click the Save button.
Classification Detailed Description Dashboard Name The name of the dashboard can be modified - Enter within 3~40 characters using English, numbers, and special characters (
-_)
- Cannot use the existing registered dashboard name
Widget Name Widget Name Editable - Use English, numbers, spaces, and special characters (
-_.|) to enter within 3 ~ 255 characters
Widget Management When the mouse cursor is placed on the widget, the management button is displayed on the right side of the widget border - Edit: Widget modification is possible in the Widget Edit popup window, where you can modify the widget’s metrics and resources
- For more information on widget editing, see Individual Widget Editing in Widget Management
- Duplicate: Duplicate the current widget and add it to the dashboard
- Delete: Delete the current widget from the dashboard
- Expand: Expand the size of the current widget to display
- Shrink: If expanded, clicking again will shrink the widget size
Add Widget Add a new widget to the dashboard - Add Individual Widget: Add a single widget combined with metrics and resources
- Add Multiple Widgets: Select the desired resources by metric unit to add multiple widgets at once
- Load Dashboard: Load widgets from other dashboards and add them
- For more information on how to add widgets, see Create a Widget
Table. Dashboard Modification Items - Enter within 3~40 characters using English, numbers, and special characters (
Check detailed dashboard information
You can check detailed information about the dashboard.
To check the detailed information of the dashboard, please follow the following procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. It moves to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard to check the detailed information. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
- Dashboard Details page’s upper right corner More > Details button click. Dashboard Details popup window opens.
| Classification | Detailed Description |
|---|---|
| Service | Service Name |
| Resource Type | Resource Type |
| SRN | unique resource ID in Samsung Cloud Platform
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| Resource Name | Resource Name
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| Resource ID | Unique resource ID in the service |
| Creator | The user who created the service |
| Creation Time | The time when the service was created |
| Editor | User who modified the service information |
| Revision Time | Time when service information was revised |
Check the dashboard source code
You can check the source code of the dashboard.
To check the source code of the dashboard, follow the next procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. It moves to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard to check the detailed information. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
- Dashboard Details page’s upper right corner click the More > View Source button. Dashboard Source View popup window opens.
| Classification | Detailed Description |
|---|---|
| Source Information | Display dashboard source code in JSON format |
| code copy | copy source code to clipboard |
Dashboard duplication
You can currently replicate a widget on the dashboard and add it to another dashboard.
To replicate the dashboard, user permissions are required.
- User: {email}
- Action: iam:CreatGroup
- On resource: {SRN}
- Context: no identity-based policy allows the action
To replicate the dashboard, follow the following procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. It moves to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard to check the detailed information. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
- Dashboard Details page’s upper right corner More > Duplicate button, click. Dashboard Duplicate popup window opens.
- Select the dashboard replication method and enter the required information. The required information varies depending on the replication method.
| Classification | Necessity | Detailed Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clone target | - | Name of the dashboard to be cloned |
| Replication Method | Required | After replicating the widget on the dashboard, select the dashboard to add
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| Dashboard Name | Required | Enter the name of the new dashboard to be created
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| dashboard selection | required | select a dashboard to add a replicated widget among the existing created dashboards
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- When the essential information input is complete, click the completed button. A popup window announcing the dashboard replication will open.
- Click the Confirm button on the popup window. The dashboard replication task will be completed.
Delete Dashboard
You can delete the dashboard that is not used.
To delete the dashboard, follow the following procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. Move to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, select the checkbox of the dashboard to be deleted, and then click the Delete button. A popup window announcing the deletion of the dashboard will open.
- You can delete multiple dashboards at the same time.
- Dashboard Details page’s top right corner has More > Delete button to delete individually.
- Enter delete in the delete confirmation input area, then click the confirm button. The dashboard will be deleted.
Managing widgets
Dashboard Details page where you can modify or manage widgets.
Modifying widgets
You can modify the widget’s metrics and resources.
To modify the widget, follow the following procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu, click. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. Move to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard you want to modify the widget. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
- Dashboard Details page, click the More > Edit Widget button located at the top right of the widget you want to modify. The Edit Widget popup window opens.
- After modifying the widget’s metrics and resources, click the Confirm button. The widget modification will be completed.
| Classification | Necessity | Detailed Description |
|---|---|---|
| Metric List Area | Required | List of metrics that can be monitored in ServiceWatch
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| search filter area | selection | namespace-dimension name, metric name, resource name, resource ID, tag-key are set, and then filter apply button is clicked to filter the metric list
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| Selected metric area | - | Monitoring chart for the selected metric in the metric list area
|
Widget duplication
You can copy the widget and add it to another dashboard.
To replicate the dashboard, user permissions are required.
- User: {email}
- Action: iam:CreatGroup
- On resource: {SRN}
- Context: no identity-based policy allows the action
To replicate a widget, follow the following procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. Move to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard to replicate. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
- Dashboard Details page, click the More > Widget Duplicate button located at the top right of the widget to be duplicated. The Widget Duplicate popup window opens.
- Select the widget replication method and enter the required information. The required information varies depending on the replication method.
| Classification | Necessity | Detailed Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clone Target | - | Name of the dashboard to be cloned |
| Replication method | Required | After replicating the widget, select the dashboard to add
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| dashboard selection | required | select a dashboard to add a replicated widget among the existing created dashboards
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| Dashboard Name | Required | Enter the name of the new dashboard to be created
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| Widget Name | Required | Enter the name of the widget when adding it to the dashboard
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- When the required information input is complete, click the completed button. A popup window announcing the addition of a widget will open.
- Click the Confirm button on the popup window. The widget will be replicated and added to the corresponding dashboard.
Downloading widget files
You can download widget information in the form of a file.
To download widget information, follow the next procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu, click. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. Move to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard to download widget information. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
- Dashboard Details page, click the More > File Download button located at the top right of the widget to download the widget information. The File Download popup window opens.
- Select the file download method, then click the Confirm button. The download will start.
- The download methods can be selected simultaneously.
| Classification | Detailed Description |
|---|---|
| CSV | widget’s metrics and monitoring data are converted to an Excel (*.csv) file for download |
| PNG | widget chart is converted to an image (*.png) file and downloaded |
Widget Metric Details
Widget’s resource and metric information can be checked on the metric page
To view the widget metrics on the metrics page, follow these procedures.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. Move to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard to check the widget metrics. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
- Dashboard Details page, click the More > View Metrics button located at the top right of the widget to be checked on the Metrics page. It moves to the Metrics page.
- The resource and metric information of the selected widget is automatically set and displayed on the Metrics page.
Widget source information
You can check the source code of the dashboard.
To check the source code of the dashboard, follow the following procedure.
- All services > Management > ServiceWatch menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page.
- Service Home page, click the Dashboard > Dashboard List menu. Move to the Dashboard List page.
- Dashboard List page, click the dashboard to check the detailed information. It moves to the Dashboard Details page.
- Dashboard Details page, click the More > View Source button located at the top right of the widget to check the source code. The Widget Source View popup window opens.
| Classification | Detailed Description |
|---|---|
| Source Information | Displays widget source code in JSON format |
| code copy | copy source code to clipboard |