Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Understanding and using dashboards
In This Chapter
Learning about dashboards ......................................................................... 339
Overview of dashboard report categories .............................................. 340
Adding dashboard reports to a dashboard view .................................. 342
Searching for dashboard reports ................................................................ 345
Working with dashboard views ................................................................... 345
Changing dashboard content ...................................................................... 348
Using the dashboard report menu ............................................................ 348
Configuring a dashboard report ................................................................. 349
Moving dashboard reports within a dashboard view ......................... 350
Navigating dashboard views ........................................................................ 351
Learning about dashboards
The WhatsUp Gold Home dashboard is the first screen you see after logging in to the web
interface. This is your personal, customizable Home portal, or dashboard.
Dashboards in WhatsUp Gold are user-specific, and are configurable to include dashboard
reports (on page 342) specific to users' needs. Dashboards contain multiple views, displayed
as tabs, that let you organize groupings of dashboard reports according to the type of
information they display. You can click on different view tabs within a dashboard to display
different views within the same dashboard.
When you begin customizing your dashboard views, consider the types of information you
need to view most often, the devices to which you need to pay closest attention, and the
level of detail you want to monitor through a particular dashboard view. You should also take
into consideration the type of dashboard, and the types of dashboard reports you can add to
a particular dashboard type.
Types of dashboards
The Home dashboard can display both Home- and Device-level dashboard reports. You can
place any dashboard report on a Home dashboard. You can mix and match summary, group,
and device-specific data in this type of dashboard.
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