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Managing dashboard

By creating your own dashboard, you can customize the dashboard such as displaying statistics for devices from different groups, or reclassifying the categories of the graphs.

To create a dashboard:

  1. Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of any dashboard page in Monitor, click .
  2. Click Add Dashboard. The Add Dashboard window is opened.
  3. Enter a name for the Dashboard.
  4. Click OK.

To create a statistic graph in a dashboard:

  1. Select the dashboard in the drop down list of the Dashboard Selector to open the dashboard page.
  2. Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of the page, click .
  3. Click Add Widget. The Add Dashboard Widget window is opened.
  4. Select a widget type as you desire from the System, Resource Usage, and Threats. Do not select Row if you want to create a statistic graph. For more information on the usage of Row, see To categorize the widgets.
  5. Enter the title of the widget. If you plan to add widgets for more than one device in this dashboard, it's recommended to reflect the device name in the title, so that it will be easy to distinguish the statistic graphs for different devices.
  6. Select the device for which you want to show the statistic graph.
  7. Click OK.
  8. The widget is displayed on the dashboard page. To adjust the position of the widget, click its title, then drag-and-drop to the desired position.

To categorize the widgets:

  1. Select the dashboard in the drop down list of the Dashboard Selector to open the dashboard page.
  2. Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of of the page, click .
  3. Click Add Widget. The Add Dashboard Widget window is opened.
  4. Select the Row.
  5. Enter the title of the row. For example, if you want to categorize multiple widgets into a group, you can name the group in this field.
  6. Click OK.
  7. On the dashboard page, find the row you have created, then drag-and-drop widgets under this row. You can click the arrow icon before the row title to collapse the widgets under it.

Managing dashboard

By creating your own dashboard, you can customize the dashboard such as displaying statistics for devices from different groups, or reclassifying the categories of the graphs.

To create a dashboard:

  1. Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of any dashboard page in Monitor, click .
  2. Click Add Dashboard. The Add Dashboard window is opened.
  3. Enter a name for the Dashboard.
  4. Click OK.

To create a statistic graph in a dashboard:

  1. Select the dashboard in the drop down list of the Dashboard Selector to open the dashboard page.
  2. Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of the page, click .
  3. Click Add Widget. The Add Dashboard Widget window is opened.
  4. Select a widget type as you desire from the System, Resource Usage, and Threats. Do not select Row if you want to create a statistic graph. For more information on the usage of Row, see To categorize the widgets.
  5. Enter the title of the widget. If you plan to add widgets for more than one device in this dashboard, it's recommended to reflect the device name in the title, so that it will be easy to distinguish the statistic graphs for different devices.
  6. Select the device for which you want to show the statistic graph.
  7. Click OK.
  8. The widget is displayed on the dashboard page. To adjust the position of the widget, click its title, then drag-and-drop to the desired position.

To categorize the widgets:

  1. Select the dashboard in the drop down list of the Dashboard Selector to open the dashboard page.
  2. Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of of the page, click .
  3. Click Add Widget. The Add Dashboard Widget window is opened.
  4. Select the Row.
  5. Enter the title of the row. For example, if you want to categorize multiple widgets into a group, you can name the group in this field.
  6. Click OK.
  7. On the dashboard page, find the row you have created, then drag-and-drop widgets under this row. You can click the arrow icon before the row title to collapse the widgets under it.