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<strong>Ipswitch</strong> <strong>WhatsUp</strong> <strong>Gold</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

2 Enter or select the appropriate information for the following fields.<br />

Report name. Enter a title for the dashboard report. This name appears in the title bar<br />

of the dashboard report pane.<br />

Remote site. Select a Remote Site for the report from the list.<br />

Note: The Remote Sites in this list are populated on the <strong>WhatsUp</strong> <strong>Gold</strong> console at Configure<br />

> Program Options > Central Site Configuration.<br />

Device Group. Select a device group by clicking the Browse (...) button. Select Every<br />

device to select all devices regardless of their subgroups.<br />

Maximum number of Items to display. Enter the number of individual items within<br />

the category you want to display in the dashboard report. The report will display the<br />

top values based on the sort option selected in Display and Sort by. All other items in<br />

the category are included in the 'Others' category, and will be displayed when Include<br />

'Others' is selected.<br />

Threshold. Enter a number for the threshold and select a threshold criteria symbol<br />

(under, equals, over) from the drop down menu.<br />

Note: Though the default threshold is 50Kbps, you can change this threshold. If you do so,<br />

you should change the report title accordingly.<br />

Column 2 width. Enter a width for the column in pixels.<br />

3 Click OK to save changes.<br />

Remote Reports: Top 10 Custom Performance Monitor dashboard<br />

report<br />

This home-level dashboard report displays top devices in a remote group based on their<br />

association with a custom WMI or SNMP performance monitor. Placing this dashboard report<br />

in a dashboard allows you to keep tabs on crucial devices and their custom performance<br />

monitor values. For more information, see Using the Remote/Central dashboard reports.<br />

Each entry in the report contains the following information:<br />

Remote Site. The remote server for which the report is configured.<br />

Last snapshot. The time the "snapshot" displayed in this report was taken from the<br />

Remote Site.<br />

Custom performance monitor. The custom performance monitor you chose to<br />

watch in this dashboard report.<br />

For group. The group you selected to display in the report.<br />

Device. The device associated with the custom performance monitor. Clicking on the<br />

device will bring up its Device Status dashboard.<br />

Value. The value returned from the custom performance monitor.<br />

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