Creating DeepSee Dashboards
Introduction to Dashboards
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This chapter introduces dashboards in DeepSee. It discusses the following topics:
Displaying DeepSee Dashboards
To access DeepSee dashboards from the Management Portal, click
DeepSee and then click
User Portal.
http://localhost:57772/csp/samples/_DeepSee.UserPortal.Home.zen
In either case, the right area then lists the available dashboards in this namespace. This area initially displays the items in Covers View, as follows:
When you hover the cursor over a cover, DeepSee displays an arrow on the cover, as follows:
If you click the cover arrow, DeepSee displays the dashboard. If you have permission to do so, you can then edit the dashboard.
A
dashboard typically includes multiple widgets and controls, as in the following example:
This example dashboard also includes two widgets, which are both
pivot table widgets. Note that a pivot table widget can display any kind of data source.
Dashboards can include other kinds of widgets, including
meters and
scorecards. A scorecard shows multiple rows of data in a tabular format that also includes features such as value-dependent lamps and arrows. For example:
A meter shows one or more values in graphical objects like the following:
Location of Dashboard Definitions
When you create a dashboard, its definition is visible in the Studio
Workspace window, within the
Other folder. This folder lists the dashboard definition as an item with the extension
.dashboard.DFI. For example:
Note that this folder also lists pivot table definitions and other DeepSee folder items.