Consoles in BMC Dashboards for BSM

BMC Dashboards for BSM provides administrator and user access through the consoles discussed in this section.

The product is administered and used through the following consoles:

• The executive console displays the dashboards and pods, and it allows executive users to review multiple types of data at the same time.
• The administrator console enables the following configuration and creation activities:
  • Configuring connections to the following data sources:
    • BMC Remedy Action Request System (BMC Remedy AR System)
    • BMC Service Impact Manager (BMC SIM)
    • BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management
    • BMC Transaction Management Application Response Time (BMC TM ART)

  • Importing custom pods stored in Dashboard archive (DAR) files
    
    

    Warning

    If the database used to create the pod contained in the DAR file is different from the database type used in your environment (that is, if the DBMS type is different), the table names and column names used in the schema into which you are importing must match (case included) the table names and column names used in the data source used to create the pod. In addition, the column datatypes must be compatible. For more information, see the BMC Dashboards for BSM online Help.

  • Configuring the list of companies that can appear in the users’ pods
  • Configuring users and roles
  • Creating and configuring custom data sources, data views, and pods
  • Configuring installed pods
  • Creating and configuring user dashboards and dashboard templates

For more information about  the consoles and additional procedures for their use, see the BMC Dashboards for BSM online Help.