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Instance Scorecard

24.2.0
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Instance Scorecard

The Instance Scorecard widget is a compact way of seeing the typical resource utilization metrics for a server row by row for a glance on server health. Like most widgets, you can scope the results to specific infrastructure using several filters.

Use case

The Instance Scorecard widget is useful when:

  • You want to view the status and resource utilization (CPU, memory, bandwidth in/out, and disk) and overall health of a group of instances.

Examples

In this example, the widget shows the status and resource utilization of each instance. The table is also sorted alphabetically by server name.

Configuration

When creating or editing a widget, a drawer that shows the widget's configuration options slides out from the right. Each configurable option is described in the following table.

Field

Description

Widget name

Name of the widget as it appears on the dashboard.

This field shows the default name of the widget. Select the pen icon to rename the widget.

Instances

Filter instances by the following:

Values:

  • No filter

  • Tags

  • Group

  • Name

The status and resource utilization of the selected instances will be visualized in the widget.

Data Points

Configure the sorting of rows by:

Values:

  • Server

  • Status

  • CPU

  • Memory

  • Disk

  • Bandwidth

Dashboard Scoping Adherence

Enabling this option will allow you to bypass Dashboard-level scoping.

Instance Scorecard

The Instance Scorecard widget is a compact way of seeing the typical resource utilization metrics for a server row by row for a glance on server health. Like most widgets, you can scope the results to specific infrastructure using several filters.

Use case

The Instance Scorecard widget is useful when:

  • You want to view the status and resource utilization (CPU, memory, bandwidth in/out, and disk) and overall health of a group of instances.

Examples

In this example, the widget shows the status and resource utilization of each instance. The table is also sorted alphabetically by server name.

Configuration

When creating or editing a widget, a drawer that shows the widget's configuration options slides out from the right. Each configurable option is described in the following table.

Field

Description

Widget name

Name of the widget as it appears on the dashboard.

This field shows the default name of the widget. Select the pen icon to rename the widget.

Instances

Filter instances by the following:

Values:

  • No filter

  • Tags

  • Group

  • Name

The status and resource utilization of the selected instances will be visualized in the widget.

Data Points

Configure the sorting of rows by:

Values:

  • Server

  • Status

  • CPU

  • Memory

  • Disk

  • Bandwidth

Dashboard Scoping Adherence

Enabling this option will allow you to bypass Dashboard-level scoping.