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Monitoring with Dashboards
Working with dashboards
Tasks
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Creating dashboards on page 230
To create a different view on your environment, create a new dashboard.
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Adding monitors to dashboards on page 230
Dashboards display information through a collection of monitors to give you a
customizable, at-a-glance view of your environment.
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Removing monitors from dashboards on page 231
Remove monitors from dashboards when no longer needed.
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Duplicating dashboards on page 231
Sometimes the easiest way to create a new dashboard is to copy an existing one that's
close to what you want.
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Deleting dashboards on page 232
Dashboards can be deleted when no longer needed.
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Importing dashboards on page 232
A dashboard exported as an XML file can be imported to the same or a different system.
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Exporting dashboards on page 232
Exporting dashboards saves them for later import on the same or a different system.
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Changing the system default dashboard on page 233
Users see a default dashboard if their most recently viewed dashboard is no longer
available. Customize the default dashboard to meet your organization's needs.
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Assigning permissions to dashboards on page 233
Dashboards are only visible to users with proper permission.
Creating dashboards
To create a different view on your environment, create a new dashboard.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
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Click Menu | Reporting | Dashboards, then click Dashboard Actions | New.
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Type a Dashboard Name and select a Dashboard Visibility option. Click OK.
A new blank dashboard is displayed. You can add monitors to the new dashboard as needed.
Adding monitors to dashboards
Dashboards display information through a collection of monitors to give you a customizable,
at-a-glance view of your environment.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
Click Menu | Reporting | Dashboards and select a dashboard.
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Click Add Monitor.
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The Monitor Gallery appears at the top of the screen.
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Select a monitor category from the View drop-down list.
The available monitors in that category appear in the gallery.
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