Performance Dashboard Mappings

You can use the Search field to locate the first instance of the CI type name or part of a name that you specify.

To search for a specified CI type:

1. Open the Performance Dashboard manager from Administration:

   Administration > Operations Console > Performance Dashboard Mappings

   Alternatively, click Performance Dashboard Mappings.

2. In the Search field, enter a string.

   Note The search string must be at least three characters long. Searching is automatically started as soon as the third character is entered and the first match is highlighted. This prerequisite avoids searches being started too often and resources being blocked. Names with less than three characters can be found by clicking .

   The first CI type in the CI Types tree to match the specified string is highlighted. If that CI is not initially visible, the CI tree is expanded to display the CI Type.

3. Click to find the next occurrence of the CI Type for which you are searching.

You can use the filter to display all CI types that have content assigned to them.

To filter the CI tree to show only CI types with assigned performance dashboards:

1. Open the Performance Dashboard manager from Administration:

   Administration > Operations Console > Performance Dashboard Mappings

   Alternatively, click Performance Dashboard Mappings.

2. In the Filter pane, select Show only CI types with assigned performance dashboard.

   The CI Types pane displays only those CI types that have performance dashboard assigned.

   Note You can use the Show only CI types with assigned performance dashboard filter and the filtering by a selected view together. The result displays only CI types contained within the specified view and with assigned performance dashboard.

You can use the filter to display all CI types that are contained within a certain view.

To filter the CI Types tree with a view:

1. Open the Performance Dashboard manager from Administration:

   Administration > Operations Console > Performance Dashboard Mappings

   Alternatively, click Performance Dashboard Mappings.

2. In the Search pane, select View.

   The View field becomes active.

3. Click the Browse Views (...) to open the Views selection dialog box.

4. Select the view that you want to use, and select OK.

   The CI Types tree is updated to display only the CI types that match the view selected.

   You can use  Expand and  Collapse to expand or collapse the CI tree. The  Expand option expands all CI types which are under the selected CI type. The  Collapse option collapses all open nodes except for the selected node.

   If no item matches the filter, the No CI type found that match the filter message is displayed.

   Note You can use the Show only CI types with assigned performance dashboard filter and the filtering by a selected view together. The result displays only CI types contained within the specified view and with assigned performance dashboards.

To define the Instance Identifiers, follow these steps:

1. Click Administration > Operations Console > Performance Dashboard Mappings.
2. In the CI Types pane, navigate and select the CIT for which you want to assign the dashboard. For example, you can choose Configuration Item > Node > Computer > Unix.
3. Click . The Edit Performance Dashboard Mapping page appears.

4. In the Instance ID Definition, click to select the CI Attribute. The list of CI Attributes appears.

5. Select the CI Attribute. The selected CI Attribute appears in the CI Attribute field. For example, you can select OS Architecture.
6. Optional. To clear the CI Attribute already selected, click .
7. Click Save.

To assign the performance dashboards, follow these steps:

1. Click Administration > Operations Console > Performance Dashboard Mappings.
2. In the CI Types pane, navigate and select the CIT for which you want to assign the dashboard. For example, you can choose Configuration Item > Node > Computer > Unix.

3. If the Performance Dashboards are not already assigned, click Assign Dashboard.

4. Click .

5. In the Assigned Performance Dashboards, you can choose one of the following options:

   • Recommended Dashboard

     You can use the Recommended Dashboard option to add the Performance Dashboards for a specific CIT, view the recommended Performance Dashboards, or choose the default Performance Dashboard for a specific CIT. The performance dashboards are depicted with icon and the CI Comparison dashboards are depicted with icon.

   • Conditional Dashboard

     You can specify the conditions that must be verified before loading Performance Dashboards.

     Note: The performance dashboard can be assigned to either Recommended Dashboards or Conditional Dashboards. If a performance dashboard already assigned to Recommended Dashboard is assigned to Conditional Dashboard or vice versa, the previous assignment will be removed.
6. To perform the operations related to Recommended Dashboards, follow these steps:
   1. Click Recommended Dashboards. The list of recommended dashboards appear.
   2. Scroll over and click .
   3. Select the Performance Dashboard from the list and click Done.

   4. Click Save.

7. To choose the default dashboard, mouse over and click .

8. To perform the operations related to Conditional Dashboards, follow these steps:

   1. Click Conditional Dashboards. The options related to conditional dashboards appear.
   2. Click Add Conditional Dashboard to specify the conditions.
   3. In the left pane, click to select the CI property. For example, you can select "Monitored By".

   4. Select an operator that the condition must use when comparing the actual value of the property against the value defined in the condition.

   5. Enter the required value for the property in the text box. This is the property value that the condition compares with the value in the CI Type attribute.

      The text box is displayed based on the selected operator. For example, if you select the condition as "null" or "not null", the text box will not be displayed. However, if you select the condition as "contains", the text box will be displayed.

   6. Click Apply Condition. To edit the condition, click Edit Condition.

   7. In the right pane, click to choose the dashboards that must be loaded for this condition and click Done. For example, you can choose Sample OMi Health Stats. The selected dashboard appears in the list. You can also delete the performance dashboards that are not required by clicking .

      Note The dashboards are not listed in the order that they were created.

   8. To choose the default dashboard, mouse over and click .
   9. To move the condition up or down, click or .
   10. To delete the condition, click .
   11. Click Save.