Overview

Quickstart: Dashboards

A dashboard is a visual interface that consolidates and displays data from various sources in a single view, making it easy to monitor, analyze, and interpret key metrics and performance indicators. Dashboards are typically organized in a way that allows users to quickly assess the status of different aspects of their system, identify patterns, and make informed decisions based on real-time data.

Fusion Dashboard Types

Fusion features two types of dashboards: System, created by Netography and Custom, which you can create by adding widgets, charts, and various data elements.

The Dashboard home page displays the Dashboard table of Dashboard data.

From the main menu, navigate to Dashboards > All.

Table of Dashboards

When you click the All link, Fusion displays the following horizontal navigation tabs.

Column Headers

Hovering over the right edge of a column may display down bars . Refer to the Dashboard column options section below for additional details.

Some columns may be visible or hidden. To hide or display column headers, click the icon.

Dashboard Name Icons

Table layout menu

Getting Here

To view the table layout menu, click the hamburger icon (three horizontal lines) to the left edge of any table element.

Purpose

The Table context menu displays options related to the table data, data export, table layouts, column order, and column visibility. The Group By section displays, when a column is grouped in the current table's layout.

Export CSV

• Description: This option allows you to export the table data as a CSV file.
• Sub-options:
  • Current View: Exports only the columns currently visible in the table.
  • All Fields: Exports all available data fields, regardless of the current view.
• Usage: Select the appropriate option based on whether you need a limited dataset (current view) or the full dataset (all fields).

Manage Layout

• Description: This section allows you to customize and manage the layout of the table.
• Features:
  • Reset Layout: Resets the table layout to its default configuration.
  • Textbox: You can enter a name for the current layout configuration, useful when saving the layout for future use.

Group By

• Description: This feature allows you to group the table rows based on specific columns. You can group on more than one column.
• Options:
  • Collection: Groups the table rows by the column name.
  • Σ (Sum): Displays the count of the grouped items.
• Usage: Toggle the switch next to the column name to group the table data by that column. Grouping can help organize and analyze related data more effectively.

Columns

• Description: This section allows you to control the visibility of specific columns in the table.
• Options:
  • Dashboard: Toggle the visibility of the Dashboard column.
  • Description: Toggle the visibility of the Description column.
  • Author: Toggle the visibility of the Author column.
• Usage: Toggle the switch next to each column name to show or hide that column in the table. This helps customize the view to focus on the most relevant data.

Additional

• Description: This section provides additional columns that can be included in the table.
• Options:
  • Date/Time: Toggle the visibility of the Date/Time column.
  • NQL: Toggle the visibility of the NQL (Network Query Language) column.
  • Last Seen: Toggle the visibility of the Last Seen column.
• Usage: These columns provide supplementary information that may not always be needed. Toggle them on or off, depending on your specific needs.

Save Current Layout

• Description: Allows you to save the current table layout configuration.
• Usage: Click this option to save the current layout, including the selected columns, grouping, and any customizations. This saved layout can be quickly applied in the future for consistency in data viewing.

The right-facing arrow only displays when columns are grouped.

Clicking the right-facing arrow will expand and display all grouped items in the column. Once expanded, the arrow changes to a downward-facing arrow . If another column is also grouped, you'll experience the same icons and functions.

3. Row selector

Add a check in the row selection box to select one or more rows to perform update operations listed below.

Getting Here

To view dashboard update options, use the following steps.

1. Place a mark in one or more row selection boxes.
2. Click the down arrow on Update Selection button.
3. Click available options on the selected dashboard(s).
   A confirmation screen displays the option(s) selected and the number of dashboards impacted.
4. Click the option(s) to perform the operation(s) or click Cancel.

Update Options

Collection

• Add to Collection

  • Description: Adds the selected items to a specified collection.
  • Usage: Use this option to categorize or group the selected items within a collection, making them easier to manage and retrieve later.

• Remove from Collection

  • Description: Removes the selected items from the currently assigned collection.
  • Usage: Use this option if you want to ungroup the selected items from their existing collection, effectively disassociating them from that category.

Favorites

• Add to Favorites

  • Description: Adds the selected items to your favorites list.
  • Usage: Select this option to mark the chosen items as favorites, allowing quick access from your favorites section in the future.

• Remove from Favorites

  • Description: Removes the selected items from your favorites list.
  • Usage: Use this option to unmark the selected items as favorites, removing them from your quick access list.

Visibility

• Set as Private

  • Description: Sets the visibility of the selected items to private, restricting access to only certain users or groups.
  • Usage: Choose this option when you want to limit who can view the selected items, ensuring they are only accessible to authorized personnel.

• Set as Public

  • Description: Sets the visibility of the selected items to public, making them accessible to all users.
  • Usage: Use this option to make the selected items available to a wider audience, ensuring that any user with access to the system can view them.

4. Records count

If not visible, you must first group 1 more columns and then toggle this option from the table context menu.

When displayed, the number in the column denotes the number of grouped items. You can group multiple columns.

Dashboard column options

Fusion provides a method for you to interact with columns and column data.

• Change layout
• Sort data
• Search column data
• Filter by column data
• Perform aggregations

Getting Here

Change Layout

To change the layout of the dashboard table, you can:

• Drag non-stationary columns to the left or right.
• Change column visibility by using the table context menu (three horizontal lines) .
• Reset the table layout to its default by using the table context menu (three horizontal lines) .

Sort

To sort column data, click the column heading.

Once clicked, the edge of the column heading displays a top or bottom boarder, indicating if the column data is ascending (top) or descending (bottom). If no boarder displays, the data is not sorted.

Search, Filter, and Aggregate

To view and use column options, use the following steps.

1. Hover over the right edge of the column.
   The down bars display.
2. Click the icon.
3. Perform an action.

Some, one, or all of these actions display based on the data type of the column.

Dashboard row options

Fusion provides a method for you to interact with a single dashboard.

Getting Here

To view the single dashboard options, click the ellipse (3 dots) icon at the beginning of the row.

Row Options