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Worst Offenders

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Worst Offenders

The Worst Offenders widget provides a table displaying the worst/top offenders for a given metric. This allows you to view the status of each instance and drill down to its problem details.

The table includes the following information:

  • Instance name

  • Metric

  • Current or aggregated value

  • Status of the metric

Clicking the status icon allows you to view the details of the incident.

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.

Metrics

Availability, status, and outage information will be derived from the selected metrics. Use the search field to search for specific metrics.

Instances

Filter instances by:

  • No filter

  • Tags

    • Match all tags – Instances that match ALL of the tags entered will be returned.

    • Match any tag – Instances that match at least one of the tags entered will be returned.

  • Group

  • Name

Number of items to display

Select the number of items to display on the widget.

Ordering

Select the ordering of the items.

  • Display highest first

  • Display lowest first

Item Aggregation

Aggregated data can be calculated based on the following values:

Values:

  • By average

  • By minimum

  • By maximum

Time Range

Shows the aggregated availability percentage of a group of instances based on the selected time range.

Values:

  • Last 15 minutes

  • Last hour

  • Last 6 hours

  • Last 12 hours

  • Last 24 hours

  • Last week

  • Last month

Background Color

Select a background color for the widget.

Data Points

The following data points are available. You can toggle each data point on or off by clicking the eye icon. Click the up or down arrow icons if you want to reorder them.

  • Server

  • Metric

  • Value

  • Status

Worst Offenders

The Worst Offenders widget provides a table displaying the worst/top offenders for a given metric. This allows you to view the status of each instance and drill down to its problem details.

The table includes the following information:

  • Instance name

  • Metric

  • Current or aggregated value

  • Status of the metric

Clicking the status icon allows you to view the details of the incident.

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.

Metrics

Availability, status, and outage information will be derived from the selected metrics. Use the search field to search for specific metrics.

Instances

Filter instances by:

  • No filter

  • Tags

    • Match all tags – Instances that match ALL of the tags entered will be returned.

    • Match any tag – Instances that match at least one of the tags entered will be returned.

  • Group

  • Name

Number of items to display

Select the number of items to display on the widget.

Ordering

Select the ordering of the items.

  • Display highest first

  • Display lowest first

Item Aggregation

Aggregated data can be calculated based on the following values:

Values:

  • By average

  • By minimum

  • By maximum

Time Range

Shows the aggregated availability percentage of a group of instances based on the selected time range.

Values:

  • Last 15 minutes

  • Last hour

  • Last 6 hours

  • Last 12 hours

  • Last 24 hours

  • Last week

  • Last month

Background Color

Select a background color for the widget.

Data Points

The following data points are available. You can toggle each data point on or off by clicking the eye icon. Click the up or down arrow icons if you want to reorder them.

  • Server

  • Metric

  • Value

  • Status