Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Problem Areas: Devices with Down Critical Monitors
This home-level dashboard report displays devices with down critical monitors for a specified
device group. Adding this dashboard report to a dashboard allows you to easily keep-up with
your network's status by showing you which devices are down, and the status of critical
monitors.
Device. The network device.
Status. The status of device's critical monitor after the last poll.
You can maximize your screen real-estate by limiting the number of rows displayed in the
report or shortening the width of the Status column.
To configure this dashboard report in WhatsUp Gold:
1 In the title bar of the dashboard report pane, select Menu > Configure. The Configure
Report dialog appears.
2 Enter or select the appropriate information for the following fields.
Report name. Enter a title for the dashboard report.
Device group. Select a device group by clicking the Browse (...) button. Select Every
device to select all devices regardless of their subgroups.
Maximum rows to return. Enter the number of records to display in the dashboard
report.
Column 2 width. Enter a width for column 2 (in pixels).
3 Click OK to save changes.
Problem Areas: General Error Log
This dashboard report displays any error received by WhatsUp Gold. Displaying this
dashboard report within a dashboard view helps you keep tabs on all of your network errors.
This dashboard report includes the following fields:
Date. The date the error took place.
Category. The type of error.
Source. Where the error originated.
Details. The details of the error.
To configure this dashboard report in WhatsUp Gold:
1 In the title bar of the dashboard report pane, select Menu > Configure. The Configure
Report dialog appears.
2 Enter or select the appropriate information for the following fields.
Report name. Enter a title for the dashboard report.
Maximum rows to return. Enter the number of records you would like displayed in
the dashboard report.
Column 4 width. Enter a width for column 4 (in pixels).
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