Dashboards

The Dashboard provides a collected view of all your defined checks for the account. It is the main panel which you see when you log in to the ASM platform. It is also accessible by pressing the “Overview” dropdown in the ASM top menu bar and selecting “Dashboard”.

The dashboard provides a high level overview of every check you are authorized to view.

Main Options

At the top of the dashboard are a number of options that affect the whole dashboard display.

View

Filter: You can type in the main Filter field to filter your checks by name.

Status Colors:

Status Colors: Enables Monitor Groups to change to the color of the highest alert severity it contains. 

Auto-Refresh:

Refreshes the page periodically. Be aware that refreshes of this view takes some time, if it contains many checks.

 

Note: The Dashboard groups and subgroups are created in the Manage Checks view. In the Dashboard, you only select display options.

Understanding Checks on the Dashboard

Each check is displayed on the Dashboard in a frame corresponding to the group and subgroup it belongs to.

Taken together, this information can provide a good overview of the situation.

Check Information

For each check a number of data points are shown.

  • The most recent status:

  • Country of origin for the check:

  • Check Type:

  • Target URL for the check:

Click on the name of the check or the response time to view details about a check. This will add Details Bookmarks Access & Bookmarks at the top of the window and take you to the Understanding the "Result Details" View view.

  • Latest response time and when the check was run:

  • Check history over the last 24 hours:

  • Current SLA% value:

Dashboard Groups

Groups

At the group level is a summary for the contained subgroups.

View

The top bar for the group contains a number of buttons to change the view frame.

Icon

Name

Description

Icon

Name

Description

 / 

Expand / Collapse

Shows or hides more details for the group/subgroup.

 

List View

Switches the frame to Views.

 

Split View

Switches the frame to Views.

 

Grid View

Switches the frame to Views.

 

Check Status

Displays a summary of statuses for checks in the group.

 

Move Frame

Button to Move Group Frame the frame in the dashboard.

Subgroups

Groups can be expanded to show the contained subgroups.

Checks In Subgroups

Subgroups can be expanded to show more details about the contained checks.

Move Group Frame

The drag button in the top hand right corner of each frame allows you to move the frames around on the dashboard.

Move Button

To move a frame in the dashboard:

  • Click the drag button and hold

  • Drag the frame to a new position

  • Release the mouse button

Save Layout

Whenever you do any changes to the dashboard, the Save Layout button becomes available.

Save Button

The Save Layout button is at the top of the dashboard.

To make the Dashboard retain its current appearance:

  • Click Save Layout   

The layout is saved.

Frame Modes and Views

Modes

The frame modes are changed with the button on the top left hand side of a frame or group:

Actions

Button

Name

Description

Button

Name

Description

Collapse

Hide the details.

Expand

Show the group contents.

The mode buttons in the top hand right corner of each frame lets you define the view for the frames.

Collapsed Group

In collapsed mode, only the header bar is shown for the Monitor Groups:

Expanded Group

In expanded mode, more details are shown about the group is shown. For a main group, the subgroups are shown:

Expanded Subgroup

Expanding the subgroup will show the checks that are part of the subgroup.

 

Views

The view buttons in the top hand right corner of each frame lets you define the view for the frames.

Actions

Button

Name

Description

Button

Name

Description

List View

Switches the frame to Frame Modes And Views.

Split View

Switches the frame to Frame Modes And Views.

Grid View

Switches the frame to Frame Modes And Views.

List View

The List View expands the frame full browser width.

Split View

The Split View expands the frame half browser width.

Grid View

The Grid view shows all the checks in the group in a grid.

Operations View

The Operations view shows all checks as a grid and arranges them in order of alert severity.

The Operations view shows all Manage Alerts in order of decreasing Severity.

Fatal alerts are at the top left, followed by Errors, Warnings, and Information. 

Grid Items

 

Each item in the grid shows information about a check.

For each check, a number of data points are shown as icons.

 

View Details

To view details about a check:

  • Click the desired item in the grid

This will add an Access & Bookmarks at the top of the window and take you to the Check Details view.

 

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