Using a dashboard viewer

This topic describes how to use a dashboard viewer.

To use a stand-alone dashboard viewer

1. On a stand-alone dashboard viewer, click Calendar ()and select a date.
   When you open the calendar, it automatically selects the latest export date. In the calendar, the dates you have exported the dashboards are enabled whereas the other dates are disabled. 
   
   
2. Click Open Dashboard and from the Dashboard published to me list, select a dashboard and again click Open Dashboard.
   Or, you can select a dashboard from the Recent Dashboards list. The dashboards in this list display latest exported data. For example, if you are exporting XYZ dashboard every day for a week, the XYZ dashboard shows the data of the latest date. 

3. Click on a workflow to see the details. 

   
   
   You can perform the following actions on a dashboard in a stand-alone dashboard viewer:

   Calendar	Select a date and click OK to open a dashboard exported on that date.  In an open dashboard, the calendar has only those dates enabled for which the selected dashboard's data are available, all other dates are disabled.
   Open Dashboard	Click Open Dashboard from the left panel to open a different dashboard.
   Workflow Alert Overview	Click to see the workflow and the alerts in each report view.
   Chart Options	Select to perform the following actions:  Toggle Legend: Hides or displays the custom legend in a chart. Toggle Calendar Events: Hides or displays the calendar events. If the Date Timespan does not contain any calendar events, this option will not be available. Toggle Data Table: Displays the chart data in a tabular view. Toggle Interval Marker: Hides or displays the interval marker. Toggle Tool Tips: Hides or displays the tooltip. Reset Zoom: Restores the chart to its full extent. If the chart has projected data, the Zoom Actual Data and Zoom Projected Data options are available. Expand All Metrics: Expands all metric items in the chart legend. Collapse All Metrics: Collapses all metric items in the chart legend. Download: Downloads the charts in JPEG, PNG, CSV, or PDF format.
   Description	Provides description of the dashboard.
   Alert Summary	Provides alert summary for a dashboard.
   Save Workflow Chart Settings	Click to save the changes in the workflow such as changes in chart appearance.
   Reset to Workflow Chart Settings	Click to reset the chart appearance to original settings.
   Custom legend	Click to see the custom legend. Each entry shows the category, metric, and the list of objects for that metric. The legend is organized by category:metric.  For example, Special Processors-1: zIIP Management Time (%).
   Visible, Highlight, Ghost, Metric Description, Banding, Min/Max, More Actions	Visible: Click to hide or display a particular object on the chart. If you select Visible for a metric, the dashboard viewer selects the Visible option for all objects and the chart hides or displays the objects accordingly. Highlight: Click to highlight a particular object on the chart. For line and area charts, the line becomes thicker. For column charts, the column borders become black. If you select Highlight for a metric, the dashboard viewer selects the Highlight option for all objects and the chart highlights the objects accordingly. Ghost: Click to ghost a particular object on the chart to make it more transparent. When there are multiple objects in a chart, this option makes the chart easy to view. If you select Ghost for a metric, the dashboard viewer selects the Ghost option for all objects and the chart ghosts the objects accordingly. Metric Description:  Click to see the metric description. If you have selected an advanced metric, the Metric Description displays the badge next to it. The description comes from the BMC AMI Capacity Database Web Services data dictionary. It cannot be modified. Banding: Click to analyze a series. When you use banding on a series, the upper and lower statistical boundaries for a given metric and object are displayed in the chart. The width of the band is defined by the standard deviation and median calculated for a given object/metric taking into account its weekly shift activity.  The Banding option is available only when you select the Measured option in the Data-Granularity field. Min/Max: Click to see the minimum and maximum values on a chart. The Min/Max option is available only when you select any Measured as option in the Data-Granularity field.  More Actions: Use this option to change the series color, value markers, marker style, label markers, axis grid, and various other options.  You can also use it for data grouping. You can use More Actions for all objects in a category or for a single object of a metric in that category.

To manage stored data in a stand-alone dashboard viewer

The Dashboard Viewer uses browser's local storage to store product settings and other product related data. To create storage for new data, you can clear the stored data from your browser. 

1. To clear your browser, click User Profile > Manage Stored Data.
   
2. On the Clear Stored Browser Data dialog box, select one or more following options and then click OK:

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  • Clear Product Settings
  • Clear Recent Dashboards List
  • Clear Workflow View Chart Settings