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H3. My Dashboard — Gathering Only the Charts You Want

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My Dashboard is the feature for laying out only the charts you look at often, on one screen, picked from those scattered across the various screens. It is not a matter of "registering" existing screens as favourites but of building your own dashboard by adding widgets (charts) to a blank screen. Below is an example of a My Dashboard built from widgets.

An example My Dashboard -- the Request Viewer, charts, the T-Map, and other hand-picked widgets laid out on one screen

For what a chart means, see R2. Chart Metric Reference; for choosing the target and period, see H1 and H2.

Where to Start​

Unfolding My Dashboard at the top of the left menu shows the list of dashboards you have made, with a Create new dashboard item at the bottom.

The left menu -- the My Dashboard list with the Create new dashboard item at the bottom
  • Click a dashboard you made → that dashboard opens.
  • Create new dashboard → the edit screen opens (a blank canvas plus the composition panel on the left).

Goal 1 — Creating a New Dashboard​

  1. Press left menu My Dashboard ▸ Create new dashboard.
  2. The edit screen opens. The composition panel on the left ("Create my dashboard"), where the menu was, has three steps.
StepWhat you do
01 SourceChoose the type the chart comes from (application, WAS, server, web server, database, database cluster) and the target
02 ChartChoose the widget (chart) to add and press Add chart
03 LayoutAdjust the cell height (the row height)
The new dashboard edit screen -- the blank canvas and the composition panel on the left (01 Source / 02 Chart / 03 Layout)

Result -- once the edit screen is open, you are ready to add widgets.

Goal 2 — Adding a Widget (Chart)​

  1. Choose the type under 01 Source in the left panel. (Application, for example.)
  2. Choose the target of that type (an application group, host, and so on). (API, for example.)
  3. Choose the chart you want under 02 Chart. (TPS, for example.)
  4. Press the Add chart button.
The composition panel on the left -- 01 Source (type, application group) and 02 Chart (chart selection plus the Add chart button)

Result -- the widget is added to the canvas. Trying to add the same widget again brings up an "already present" notice.

After adding charts -- the edit screen with the TPS and average response time widgets added to the canvas

Note There are many charts to choose from across the areas -- WAS, system, web, DBMS, containers, and so on. Check what each means in R2. Chart Metric Reference.

Goal 3 — Changing the Layout and Size​

Widgets can be moved and enlarged freely.

  • Moving: drag the widget to where you want it.
  • Resizing: drag the bottom right corner of the widget to make it larger or smaller.
  • The height of all rows: the 03 Layout ▸ cell height slider in the left panel adjusts the height of every row at once. (It applies to the whole thing, not an individual widget.)
03 Layout -- adjusting the cell height (119 px, for example)

Result -- once it is laid out as you want, only saving remains.

Goal 4 — Saving​

  1. Press the Save button at the bottom of the left panel.
  2. Enter the dashboard name in the save dialog.
  3. Pressing Save stores it and it appears in the My Dashboard list on the left.
The save dialog -- the name field, the save-as checkbox, and the Save, Reset, and Cancel buttons

Result -- from now on you can open this dashboard straight from the left menu.

A saved dashboard belongs only to your account (to whoever made it).

Goal 5 — Editing an Existing Dashboard​

  1. Open the dashboard to edit from My Dashboard on the left.
  2. In the edit screen, add, move, or delete widgets, or change their size. The left panel title shows "Dashboard: (the dashboard name)", with the Save, Delete, and Cancel buttons below it.
  3. Pressing Save overwrites the existing dashboard.
Editing an existing dashboard -- the canvas filled with widgets and the composition panel on the left

Note To keep the original and save separately under a new name, check Save as in the save dialog and enter the new name.

Goal 6 — Deleting a Dashboard​

  1. Open the dashboard to delete in the edit screen.
  2. Press the Delete button at the bottom of the left panel. (The delete button appears only when editing an existing dashboard.)
  3. Confirming in the confirmation window removes it.
The existing dashboard edit panel -- the Save, Delete, and Cancel buttons at the bottom

Result -- it disappears from the list on the left.

Worth Knowing​

  • "My Dashboard" is not favourites but a user-defined dashboard built from widgets you pick yourself.
  • Layout and size changes are made by dragging, and are kept exactly as they are when saved.
  • Several dashboards can be made. (They accumulate in the list.)