Consolidating data views with dashboards
Dashboards provide consolidated and customized views of your environment. The Dashboards page contains a list of your dashboards and a list of dashboards that were created and shared by other users on the system. Unless you specify otherwise, the Dashboards page is displayed when you log on to the Operations Management Console.
You can use one of the following methods to create new dashboards:
This topic provides the following information about dashboards:
Personal and shared dashboards
Although dashboards are private by default, you can share dashboards with other users. Anyone can view or copy a shared dashboard, but only you can edit or delete a dashboard that you created.
1 | Tabs that enable you to access and view personal or shared dashboards. Each tab shows the number of dashboards in each list. |
2 | Action menu that enables you to perform the following actions:
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3 | Shows the shared status of your dashboards and enables you to change the status by clicking the icon |
4 | Action menu that enables you to perform the following actions:
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Dashboards page activities
From the Dashboards page, you can perform the following activities:
- View a dashboard
- Add a dashboard
- Copy a dashboard
- Refresh the list of shared or personal dashboards
- Share a dashboard 1
- Delete a dashboard 1
1 Not available when viewing shared dashboards
Dashboard viewing options
After selecting a dashboard from My Dashboards or Shared Dashboards, you can view the entire dashboard, view a single dashlet in full-screen mode, or use a dashlet as an entry point for investigating the root cause of a problem.
1 | Arrow that displays the Dashboards page |
2 | Action menu that enables you to perform the following actions on the current dashboard:
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3 | Available for each dashlet, presents actions that you can perform on a single dashlet |
Dashboard activities
When viewing a dashboard, you can perform the following actions:
- Investigate problems
- Refresh the content of the dashlet
- View a selected dashlet in full-screen mode
- Edit the dashboard
- Copy the dashboard
- Delete the dashboard 2
2 Not available when viewing a shared dashboard
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