Viewing Dashboards

Dashboards can be viewed in the console and the Web console simply by selecting them, as with any other console view. The Dashboard views automatically refresh periodically. In both consoles, the dashboard can be customized and used in exactly the same way.

Once created, the dashboard can be customized by selecting the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the dashboard. Clicking on it shows a Configure pop-up, which can be used to modify the dashboard configuration. For example, the name of the dashboard in the grid layout can be modified. However, the number of cells or columns cannot be modified.

More usefully, each widget can be customized by selecting the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the widget cell. Clicking ...

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