Access the Dashboard Operations

While you are in edit mode, your changes are automatically saved. To save changes manually, disable Auto-Save and click Save. There is no way to save your changes manually.

If you are accessing a dashboard on a mobile phone, click the Mobile icon for a better viewing experience. To access various operations concerning the dashboard, click Actions.

Widget Operations

You must be in edit mode to add and modify widgets. See Widgets.

Widget OperationProcedure
Access the widget palettesIn the dashboard configuration panel, click + Add Widget.
Add a widget to the dashboard
  1. In the left panel of the Add Widget panel, select the context.
  2. Click the widget in the palette on the right.
View and edit the widget properties panelClick the Gear icon in the upper right corner of the widget.
Delete one or more widgets
  • Select the widgets and click Delete, or;
  • Right-click the widget and select Delete.

Duplicate one or more widgets
  • Select the widgets and click Duplicate, or;
  • Right-click the widget and select Duplicate.

Copy/paste a widget
  • Select the widget and click Copy, then click Paste, or;
  • Select the widget, right-click, and select Copy. Then, right-click the widget again, and select Paste.

Edit the properties of multiple widgets
  1. Hold down your command key and select the widgets you want to edit the properties for.
  2. Click Edit.
  3. From the Edit <number of widgets> Widgets dialog, select the properties you want to apply to all the widgets, and click OK.

Note that not all widgets share the same properties, and Analytics widgets cannot be edited using the multi-widget editing feature.

Filter Dashboard Data Using Custom Tags

While adding or editing a widget, you can configure the dashboard to display specific data using custom tags. Only the Time Series Graph and Pie Chart widgets support custom tags.

The following procedure is an example of displaying specific data using a Server tag. Similarly, you can display specific data using the Tiers tags.

  1. Under Chart > Data, click +.
  2. Under Select Data Source, select Servers.
  3. Under the Select Servers dropdown, select Servers matching Tags criteria.
  4. Click Add Criteria, add a criterion, and click Apply > Done. For example, if you select AWSResourceOwner as a criterion, then you can select or search for a user.
  5. Select a metric from the metric tree for which you want to display the data.
  6. Click Save.

This creates a dashboard containing the servers that match the tag.