Administering Resource Manager dashboards

Creating a new dashboard

A default administration dashboard is created when you launch Resource Manager. Administrators can customize this dashboard. However, the default dashboard cannot be deleted.

Users that are not administrators initially see a read-only version of the default administration dashboard. Non-administrators can create dashboards that display distinctive information or are targeted to a specific type of user or to only themselves. To customize a dashboard, select who can view it, and select and customize portlets to display the most important information. The number of customized dashboards is not limited.

To create a dashboard:

1. From the Add icon on the dashboard controls, select New Dashboard.

   

2. Use the following table to complete the fields in the dialog box.

   Field	Description
   Dashboard Name	A name for the dashboard. In the dashboard list, the name the user who creates a dashboard is displayed next to the dashboard name.
   Who can view this Dashboard?	The name of the user account or user group that can view the dashboard. To specify a user group, you must be logged in as a member of the group to add.
   Number of Columns	The number of columns to display in the dashboard. The default is 3.
   Clone from dashboard	Create a dashboard with no portlets (the default) or copy the portlets of the current dashboard.

3. Click Create.

Adding a portlet to a dashboard

You can customize a dashboard by adding portlets. A dashboard can display multiple instance of the same portlet type. For example, several Device Chart portlets showing different device classes.

To add a portlet to a dashboard:

1. Select the dashboard to which you wish to add a portlet.

2. From the Add icon on the dashboard controls, and select Add portlet.

   

3. In the Portlet field, select a portlet. The dialog box adds fields for configuring the selected portlet.

4. Edit the fields as appropriate for the selected portlet.
5. Click Add. The portlet is added at the top of the dashboard.

Editing dashboard settings

Customize a dashboard to display a different number of columns or limit access to the dashboard.

1. On the upper-right side of the dashboard, click the Action icon.

   

2. Use the following table to update the fields in the dialog box.

   Field	Description
   Dashboard Name	A name for the dashboard. In the dashboard list, the name the user who creates a dashboard is displayed next to the dashboard name.
   Who can view this Dashboard?	The name of the user account or user group that can view the dashboard. To specify a user group, you must be logged in as a member of the group to add.
   Number of Columns	The number of columns to display in the dashboard.
   Audit logs?	Update the audit log when changes are made to the dashboard.
   Lock from updates?	Prevent unauthorized edits of the dashboard.

3. Click Save.

Moving portlets in a dashboard

To arrange portlets, click the portlet header and drag the portlet to any location on the dashboard. The other portlets move to accommodate the moved portlet's position.

Portlets

Use the following buttons to control how a portlet is displayed.

Button	Description
Collapse	Shrink the portlet so that only the title appears on the dashboard.
Pop Out	Expand the portlet to occupy the entire browser window.
Edit	Edit portlet settings.
Close	Remove the portlet from the current dashboard.

In tabular portlets, you can control the display by sorting columns as well as adding and hiding columns.

• To sort based on a column, hover over the column header and click the arrow to display the sort and display options.
• To add or hide columns, hover over the Columns entry and check or clear the boxes of the columns to add or hide.

List of available portlets

Daemon Processes Down

Contains system self-monitoring information.

Device Chart

Allows the display of a graph of multiple data points for a selected device class.

Device Issues

Displays a list of devices associated with color-coded events of critical, error, or warning severity levels. To view details, click a device name. To go to the event console for the device, click an event.

Event View

Displays a list of events similar to the view on the Event console. Event management buttons are not provided in the Event View portlet.

Google Maps

Shows configured device locations and network connections.

HTML Portlet

Displays HTML content. You must use HTML markup in this portlet. If you want to populate a portlet with content from a specific URL, use the Site Window portlet instead.

Multi-Graph Report

Displays an existing Multi-Graph Report (created by using the Reports page). You can choose a specific graph group from the multi-graph report and select the time range for the portlet.

Network Map

Displays a network map for a defined network that is being monitored. You can define the refresh interval and level of depth of the map.

Open Events Chart

Displays a bar graph of the number of open events, grouped by severity. You can define the event class to be display and the number of days for which to show events.

Organizers

Choose the root organizer (devices, locations, systems, groups) and then child organizer options are enabled.

Past Events Line Chart

Displays a line chart of past events grouped by severity. You can define the event class to be used and the number of past days for which to show events.

Production States

Shows devices assigned to a particular production state. If needed, you can define multiple production states to display.

Site Window

Initially provides links to resources such as product guides, forums, and training events.

You can customize the portlet to display any web page. However, Zenoss recommends that you keep a portlet with the default URL so that you can stay up-to-date with Zenoss training and product updates.

Watch List

Allows the display of high-level status of device classes, groups, systems, event classes, and locations that you select.