As an administrator, use the Oracle Overview dashboard to view an overview of the Oracle instances in your system. You can view this dashboard only if you use the Oracle OEM knowledge module.
The following image shows the Oracle Overview dashboard:
To view the dashboard:
- In BMC Helix Dashboards from the navigation menu, click Dashboards.
- Click the Operations Management folder and click Oracle Overview.
Tip: To quickly open the dashboard from the home page, mark it as a favorite by using the star icon. Additionally, after you open a dashboard, it is available under Recently viewed dashboards on the home page. Type your information message here.
Panels in the Oracle Overview dashboard
| Panel | Description | Example |
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| Selection menu | The selection menu of the dashboard. Use this menu to select the following details about the Oracle instances that you want to view: - Environment
- Host
- Instance
- Node Host
- Node Instance
Use the main time filter of the Oracle Overview dashboard to select the time period that you want to view the information for. 
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| Collapsed panels | Expand the sections to view the following information: - Overview section: Displays an overview of the selected host during the selected time period. This section is expanded by default.
The following panels are available:- Host Status
- Health History
- Instance status
- RAC Node Instance Status
- Sessions
- OS Usage
- Top 5 Used (%) Tablespaces
- Events section: Displays an overview of the events generated on the selected host during the last 30 days. The following panels are available:
- Open Events by Severity
- Open Events Information
- Closed Events Information
- Instance section: Displays an overview of the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- Instance Status
- Instance Configuration Status
- RAC Node Instance section: Displays an overview of the selected RAC node instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- Fast Recovery Area section: Displays an overview of the Fast Recovery Area for the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- Used Space (%)
- Flash In
- Flash Reclaimable
- Flash Used In
- Nodes Availability section: Displays an overview of the nodes on the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- Node Connection State
- Number of Open Nodes
- Number of Not Open Nodes
- ASM Disk section: Displays an overview of the ASM Disk of the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- Read Requests
- Write Requests
- Read Requests Time
- Write Requests Time
- Read
- Written
- Read Request Errors
- Write Request Errors
- Hot Read Requests
- Hot Write Requests
- Hot Read
- Hot Written
- Cold Read Requests
- Cold Write Requests
- Cold Read
- Cold Written
- Oracle OS Usage section: Displays an overview of the Oracle OS usage on the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- Sessions
- Sessions Used (%)
- Processes
- Processes Used (%)
- Max Shared Servers
- Parallel Max Servers
- Transactions
- CPU Busy Time
- CPU User Time
- CPU Idle Time
- CPU Wait Time
- CPU Kernel Time
- Global Enqueue Service Processes
- Global Enqueue Service Resources
- Oracle OS Locks section: Displays an overview of the Oracle OS locks implemented on the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- DML Locks
- Temporary Table Locks
- Enqueue Locks
- Global Enqueue Service Locks
- Sort Segment Locks
- Services section: Displays an overview of the Oracle services on the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- Goodness
- User Calls per Second
- CPU Time per User Call
- Elapsed Time per User Call
- DB Time per Second
- DB Time per User Call
- Sessions section: Displays an overview of the user sessions on the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- User Total Sessions
- Background Total Sessions
- User Active Sessions
- Background Active Sessions
- User Inactive Sessions
- Background Inactive Sessions
- Lock Conflicts
- Tablespace section: Displays an overview of the tablespace on the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- Used Space
- Used Space (%)
- Free Space
- Free Space (%)
- Total Space
- Wait Events section: Displays an overview of the wait events on the selected instance during the selected time period. The following panels are available:
- Wait Count
- Time Waited
- Wait Count Foreground
- Time Waited Foreground
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