Steps to Create Dashboard

Do the following steps:

Click icon to create a new Dashboard.
Choose Widget window appears which consists of Group column, Widgets column and a Preview page.
Widget Groups has further three sub-divisions.

Alarms Based: Widgets that are designed to display summary of Alarms, Events, Traps and Syslogs.
Stats Based: Widgets that are designed to display Overall Metric and Statistical information.
LINK: Widgets that are designed to display information and status of the selected links/interfaces in various proposed ways.
SITE: Widgets that are designed to display information to know the status and summary of the selected site or device.
VIEWS: Widgets that are designed to display NMS standard views like Topology, Network Diagram and some summary views.

Service Manager: Applicable only when NMS is integrated with Service Manager. These widgets are designed to display service related information like Incidents, tickets etc.

NOTE: Click to view widgets from all the groups.

Widgets section contains the widgets which are grouped under the selected Widget Group. These widgets are added to create a ‘Customized Dashboard’. Multiple widgets can be selected and added to the dashboard.
Preview Page (3) is used to preview the selected widget before adding to the dashboard.
Select the desired widget from widgets column and click .

Once the widgets are added, navigate mouse over widget to Edit, Delete or resize the widget.

Dashboard Panel

Dashboard Panel Parameters

Parameter	Description
Edit	This option allows to configure and customize the complete widget like editing Title, Color Palette format, Filters etc.,
Delete	This option allows to delete the widget from the dashboard.
Download	This option allows to download the widget with current status in the image format. (Applicable from the View Screen)
Resize	This option allows to resize the size of the widget for a clear view.

Click on to edit/modify the widget. Choose Widget window pops up. Enter the desired information in the boxes provided.

Widget Configuration

Click to view the changes/modifications made before adding to dashboard
Click to save the changes and add the widget to dashboard.
Click to undo the changes.
Click to add multiple widgets (as required).
Once all the necessary widgets are added, click (located on the top-right corner of Add Dashboard page). Save Dashboard window appears.es/modifications made before adding to dashboard.
Enter the required information in the provided boxes.

Save Dashboard Parameters

Parameter	Description
Name	Type the desired name of the dashboard.(Mandatory Field)
Description	Provide brief description of the contents of dashboard.
Groups	Assign the required group from the dropdown list available.
Users	Assign the required users from the dropdown list available.

Click to save the dashboard to the list.