Monitoring Dashboard

Workspaces > Dashboards > Monitoring Dashboard

Alternatively, click Monitoring Dashboard.

My Workspace pages are collections of several components displayed together, and interacting with one another. Within a page, components can pass information to one another, so that one component can react to a change in another.

For example, you can combine the Monitoring Dashboard component with the Event Browser component or the Top View component. By clicking a widget, the context is passed to the Event Browser and Top View. The Event Browser reacts by displaying only events that match the event filter or view. Top View reacts by displaying the view associated with the widget.

• Example: Monitoring Dashboard and Event Browser

  Clicking the Unassigned Events widget causes the Event Browser to display only those events that match the Unassigned Events event filter.

  

• Example: Monitoring Dashboard and Top View

  Clicking the Data Center 1 Overall widget causes Top View to display the Datacenter Topology view associated with the widget, and causes the Event Browser to display only those events that match the Data Center 1 Overall event filter.

  

• Example: Parent and Drill-Down Dashboard on the Same Page

  Clicking the Overview widget causes its drill-down dashboard Example:Operations Manager Overview to be displayed within the second dashboard on the same page. For this to happen, the wiring between these two dashboards has to be configured as described in the Set up wiring between components.

  Note To display the drill-down dashboard of the first dashboard within component, use the drill-down icon in the lower right corner of the component. To disable this feature, deselect the Open Drill-Down Dashboards within component option in the Preferences dialog of the parent component.

  

• Context Wiring in My Workspace

  The Monitoring Dashboard component sends the following wiring contexts to target components:

  • EventDashboardClickEvent. The Event Browser reacts to the EventDashboardClickEvent context by displaying only those events that match the filter or view associated with the dashboard widget.

    Note In case there are more than one monitoring dashboard open, and one of them has drill-down dashboard configured, the other one reacts to the EventDashboardClickEvent context by displaying the drill-down dashboard of the first dashboard widget.

  • ViewChange. The ViewChange context can be consumed by many components, for example the Top View.

  For more information about wiring, see Set up wiring between components.

Monitoring Dashboards can include many different widget types. Some types, such as the Overview, the Simple Status and the Group, enable you to quickly determine the status of the monitored area by displaying a color that reflects the severity of the most critical event (for example, red for the severity critical). The number of events per severity is also shown.

The following types of widgets can be incorporated into a Monitoring Dashboard:

• Overview Widget The number in the upper right-hand corner indicates the number of all events that match the filter and view.

  Overview widgets can be displayed in normal and compact mode. In compact mode, the severity icons and the corresponding numbers are hidden.

  

• Simple Status Widget

  

• Stack Widget

  

• Pie Widget

  

• History Widget. History widgets display the number of events per severity (y axis) against time (x axis).

  

• Group Widget. Group widgets group multiple widgets under a common heading (OMi Server, in the example below).

  The color of the "lamp" in the title bar indicates the severity of the most critical event in the group. If the widgets in the group do not display status information (for example, if no events match the filter), the group widget also does not show any status information.

  

• Name. Name of the Monitoring Dashboard. My Workspace users select Monitoring Dashboard configurations by their names.

  Note The name of the Monitoring Dashboard can be changed from Administration, where Monitoring Dashboard are configured. For more information, see the Administer section.

• View Mode. Changes the displayed size of the selected Monitoring Dashboard in the Dashboard Details pane. Possible options are Compact, Medium, and Large.

• Use Dark Theme. Changes the appearance of the Monitoring Dashboard so that it uses the HPE's dark theme.

• Open Event Browser on Click. This option configures the Monitoring Dashboard to open the Event Browser in a pop-up window when you click a widget. With this option selected, you can save space on your My Workspace page by excluding the Event Browser from the page. The Event Browser opens on demand in a new window.

• Open Drill-Down Dashboards within component. Opens a drill-down dashboard within the selected component. For more information on this option, see How to Display the Monitoring Dashboard.

• Hide filter errors. Hides filter errors. When you do not have permission for some filters, or they do not exist, the exclamation mark icon () is displayed in the widget, and when you hover on the widget, a tooltip with an error message appears. See Troubleshooting for the examples of these errors. When this option is enabled, these widgets are shown empty.

To display the Monitoring Dashboard:

1. Go to Workspaces > My Workspace.

2. Select the predefined OMi Monitoring Dashboard page or any other user-defined Monitoring Dashboard page for which you have permission.

3. Open the Configure Component dialog box, and choose a dashboard configuration from the Choose a Dashboard configuration drop-down list.

   If the drop-down list does not contain any dashboard configurations, the administrator must first create one as described in How to create Monitoring Dashboards.

To display the Monitoring Dashboard outside of My Workspace:

1. You can display Monitoring Dashboard pages in a Web browser outside of My Workspace by using the following URL:

   https://<server_name>.<domain_name>/opr-web/dashboard/app?dashboardId=<dashboard_id>

   Note To enable drill-down dashboards within component, use the following URL instead:

   https://<server_name>.<domain_name>/opr-web/dashboard/app?dashboardId=<dashboard_id>&enableDrillDownWithin=true

2. Select one of the Monitoring Dashboard pages from the Choose a Dashboard configuration drop-down list.

   The selected Monitoring Dashboard page opens and displays in the Medium view. To change the view to Compact or Large, set appropriately the ViewMode parameter as described below.

You can set the following parameters in the Monitoring Dashboard URL:

• dashboardId. ID of a Monitoring Dashboard. Enables you to access a Monitoring Dashboard directly. To display a specific Monitoring Dashboard, add the dashboardId parameter to the URL, for example:

  http://<server_name>.<domain_name>/opr-web/dashboard/app?dashboardId=<dashboard_id>

  Tip The monitoring dashboard ID is displayed in the dashboard's properties in the Dashboard Designer.

• eventBrowserOnClick. By default, when you click a widget in a standalone Monitoring Dashboard, a standalone Event Browser opens and displays the status of those events that match the criteria of the associated event filter and that are related to the configuration items included in the referenced view. You can disable this behavior by setting the eventBrowserOnClick parameter in the URL to false:

  https://<server_name>.<domain_name>/opr-web/dashboard/app?eventBrowserOnClick=false&dashboardId=<dashboard_id>

  To enable this setting again, omit the parameter or set it to true (the default value).

• enableDrillDownWithin. To display the drill-down dashboard of the dashboard within the same component, use the drill-down icon in the lower right corner of the component. This icon is enabled when the enableDrillDownWithin parameter is set to true, which is a default value, as follows:

  https://<server_name>.<domain_name>/opr-web/dashboard/app?enableDrillDownWithin=true&dashboardId=<dashboard_id>

  To immediately open the drill-down dashboard once you click a widget, set the enableDrillDownWithin parameter to onClick.

  To disable this feature, deselect the Open Drill-Down Dashboards within component option in the Preferences dialog of the parent dashboard, or set the enableDrillDownWithin parameter to false.

• viewMode. Shows Monitoring Dashboards in a three different view modes, Compact, Medium and Large. If you choose the Compact mode, the result will be decreasing the font size, and also less display space consumed. Likewise, the Large mode is used for displaying the text in larger fonts, which could be useful, for example, for widget headlines. To enable the desired mode, set the viewMode parameter in the URL to compact, medium or large.

  https://<server_name>.<domain_name>/opr-web/dashboard/app?viewMode=<view_mode>&dashboardId=<dashboard_id>

  The default view mode is Compact.

1. Select My Workspace in the menu bar.

2. Create a new page.

3. Optional. Design the layout of the page.

   For example, to display both the Monitoring Dashboard and the Event Browser in one page, split the page into two horizontal panes.

4. Open the Component Gallery and select the category Event Management. Select the Monitoring Dashboard component and drag it to your page.

5. Choose a dashboard configuration and click OK.

   Note  

   • To load dashboard configurations into My Workspace pages, the administrator must grant you a role with appropriate permission for Monitoring Dashboards in Users, Groups, and Roles:

     Administration > Users > Users, Groups, and Roles

     Alternatively, click Users, Groups, and Roles.

     For details, see How to configure access to Monitoring Dashboards.

   • Administrators create Monitoring Dashboards in the Monitoring Dashboards page in Administration. For details, see How to create Monitoring Dashboards.

   • The OOTB Contents for OMi content pack provides several Monitoring Dashboard configurations that demonstrate how Monitoring Dashboards can help users to better monitor their environment. For details, see Monitoring Dashboard Examples.

6. Optional. Click Component Menu to configure preferences and the wiring of the Monitoring Dashboard component:

   • Click Preferences to change the name, the view mode (Compact, Medium, or Large), the way the Event Browser opens when you click a widget and so on. For more information, see Dashboard Preferences.

   • Click Wiring to open the Wiring Dialog Box. The Monitoring Dashboard component includes default wiring. You can modify this default wiring definition if required.

7. Optional. Add other components to your page, for example the Top View or the Event Browser component.

8. Click OK and save your page to the Page Gallery.

1. Select My Workspace in the menu bar.

2. Open the dashboard with the configured drill-down dashboard. The widget with the drill-down dashboard has the drill-down icon in the lower right corner.

3. Click the drill-down icon to drill into the dashboard associated with this widget. The drill-down dashboard offers the additional information to the one offered by the parent dashboard widget.

   Note To navigate back to the parent dashboard, select its name from the navigation bar in the upper left corner of the widget.

If a widget in a Monitoring Dashboard contains just the exclamation mark icon () and the No matching event filter found for Dashboard Widget tooltip is displayed when hovering on the widget, you probably do not have the required permissions for this filter, or the filter is deleted.

If a widget in a Monitoring Dashboard is empty, you probably do not have the required permissions for this filter, or the filter is deleted. Check with your administrator about your permissions.

If a widget in a Monitoring Dashboard contains just the exclamation mark icon () and the No matching view filter found for Dashboard Widget tooltip is displayed when hovering on the widget, the referenced RTSM view does not exist.

If a widget in a Monitoring Dashboard contains just the exclamation mark icon () and the More than one matching event filter found for Dashboard Widget tooltip is displayed when hovering on the widget, multiple filters have the same name, and the Monitoring Dashboard is unable to identify the filter to use with the widget.

If a widget in a Monitoring Dashboard contains just the exclamation mark icon () and the No permission to clear view filter for Dashboard Widget tooltip is displayed when hovering on the widget, you probably do not have permission to remove the view-based filtering in order to see all events. For more information about the Clear View Filter setting, see How to Grant Permissions on Views in Roles.

If a widget in a Monitoring Dashboard contains just the exclamation mark icon () and the No permission to set view filter for Dashboard Widget tooltip is displayed when hovering on the widget, you probably do not have the permissions required for the referenced view. For more information about the assigning views to a user, see How to Grant Permissions on Views in Roles.

If you have selected a dashboard configuration but would like to change it, open the Configure Component dialog box from the right corner menu and choose the desired dashboard from the Choose a Dashboard configuration drop down list.