Configuring the Donut charts template

To configure a view using the Donut charts template

After you create a custom view, or add a page to a custom view, using the Donut charts template, perform the following steps to configure it.   

1. Open the view page with the Donut charts template:
   • For a new view, add a view and select Donut charts as the template. For detailed steps, see Adding-and-managing-views.
   • For a new page in an existing view, add a page and select Donut charts as the template. For detailed steps, see To add a page to an existing custom view.
2. In the view page, specify the following information:
   • Title: Type a title for the page
   • All elements label: Type a name in the box that indicates the total number of elements in the page. 
   • Favorites elements label: Type a name in the box that indicates the number of favorite elements in the page.
   • Data mart: Select an existing data mart from the list to show data on the page. In addition you can add a new data mart according to your requirements. For more details, see Creating-a-SQL-based-data-mart-for-a-custom-view.

   • Add filter: Select a column from the drop-down list. The list displays the columns from the data mart that you selected.

     You can configure a maximum of 20 filters on a page.

3. To edit the indicators component, click .

   In the edit box at  the bottom, fill in the following properties:

   • Column for box title: Select an option from the list.
   • Select drill down page to enable a link on the title of the box: Select the page to display when you click the title of the box.

   • Indicators: By default, three indicator boxes are displayed. Select an indicator for each box from the list.

     You can add more indicators by clicking + Add indicator. You can also delete an indicator by clicking X at the top-right of that indicator box.

     1. After you select an indicator from the available list, click the Edit parameters link to configure it further.

     2. In the Edit IndicatorName parameters section, specify the threshold values for that indicator. You can specify Good threshold and Warn threshold and Max value.

        You can select from the available threshold values in the list, or directly type a value.

     3. After you complete editing parameters for that column, click Done to return to the previous section. You can edit the parameters for the remaining columns and then click Done again to return to the previous edit screen.

   • Click Apply. The changes are updated dynamically in the view, and you continue to be in the edit mode.

     Note

     Clicking Apply displays a live preview of your configuration, without saving the changes. This live update helps you to review your changes, and if required, quickly make further changes as you continue to be in the edit mode.

4. (Optional) To add custom text, click Add custom text. To update an existing custom text, click Change in the custom text panel. You can add descriptions, instructions, links, or any other textual information for the users of the view page. Use markdown tags to format the content of custom text and to add images, links, and tables. For example, add a description such as “Displays performance metrics for Payroll application”, or a label such as "NY Datacenter - Capacity Metrics".
   • Title: Type the required title for the custom text.
   • Always expand custom text: Select to display the custom text as expanded or collapsed.
   • Editor: Type the required content and format it by using markdown tags such as * to create an unordered list and # to increase the font size. A preview of the formatted content is displayed in the Preview section.
   • Insert image: Enable you to add an image. The selected image is displayed in the Preview section. 
   The following image illustrates the preview of the commonly-used standard markdown language tags. For more information about markdown tags, see Showdown's Markdown syntax.

5. If you are satisfied with the changes, and do not want to edit the page further, click Save.

   The custom view page is created with the defined configuration.

Example of a view page with the Donut charts template