Add widgets to dashboards

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In order to add a widget to a dashboard, the dashboard must already be created first.

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As system dashboards can't be edited, widgets aren't available to add

Add a new widget

In the Netography Fusion portal, navigate to DASHBOARDS -> Manage dashboards, and select an existing dashboard from either the Recent, Favorites, or Custom tabs from the Manage Dashboards screen

In the target dashboard, click the ADD WIDGET button on the top right of the screen and fill out the appropriate fields:

  • Name: Input a name for the widget
  • Description: Input a description for the widget
  • DETAILS:
    • Category - Check the Widget category charts and metrics section in the table of contents on the right side of this page for more details on widget category configuration options. Pick from the following widget categories:
      • FLOW
      • EVENTS
      • BLOCKS
      • AUDIT LOGS
      • OTHER
    • Chart type - Pick from different chart types associated to each widget category.
    • Metric - Select a metric from the options associated with each widget category.
    • Size (top) - By default, aggregate is the value but this field can be set numerically as well
    • NQL - Pick among INHERIT, OVERRIDE, and APPEND.
    • Stacked Graph - Toggle between stacking graphs or none
    • Chart color - Pick your preferred colors from the 10+ options available
    • ADD SERIES - Click ADD SERIES if you want to add another time series graph and customize it with the your preferred details and options.
  • SETTINGS
    • Date & Time: Toggle between INHERIT or set a CUSTOM time period of x hours.
    • Display Options: Toggle to enable or disable visibility of showing your title, metric, and legend for your chosen widget type.
    • Legend Position: Set the position of the widget legend from left, right, top, and bottom.

As you are configuring your options, you can also view a live preview on the right side of the screen. Once the options have been set, hit the SAVE under the Legend Position drop down.

Widget category charts and metrics

Below are the widget categories and the different chart and metric configuration options available and exclusive to each category type.

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The counts metric type cannot be modified on the widget categories

FLOW

The Flow widget category has the following metric types available:

  • avgduration- average duration over a provided internal
  • bitrate- rate of bits over a provided interval
  • bits- sum of bits
  • card- cardinality, being the count of unique values
  • flowrate- rate of flows over a provided interval
  • flows- sum of flows
  • packetrates- rate of packets over a provided interval
  • packets- sum of packets

The following chart types are available for the Flow widget category:

  • Area Chart
  • Line Chart
  • Scatter Plot Chart
  • Spiral Chart
  • Bar Chart
  • Single Bar Chart
  • Pie Chart
  • Heatmap Chart
  • Sankey Chart
  • Flows Map
  • Sparkline Chart
  • Gauge Chart
  • Single Value Chart
  • Flows Table
  • Custom Table
  • IP Explorer

EVENTS

The EVENTS widget category has the following metric types available:

  • alertrates- rate of alerts over a provided interval
  • alerts- count of alerts
  • card- cardinality, being the count of unique values

Below are the following chart types available for the EVENTS widget category

  • Area Chart
  • Line Chart
  • Scatter Plot Chart
  • Bar Chart
  • Single Bar Chart
  • Pie Chart
  • Heatmap Chart
  • Events Map
  • Sparkline Chart
  • Gauge Chart
  • Single Value Chart
  • Events Table
  • Custom Table

BLOCKS

The BLOCKS widget category has the following metric types available:

  • blockrates- rate of blocks over a provided interval
  • blocks- count of blocks
  • card- cardinality, being the count of unique values

Below are the following chart types available for the BLOCKS widget category

  • Area Chart
  • Line Chart
  • Scatter Plot Chart
  • Bar Chart
  • Single Bar Chart
  • Pie Chart
  • Heatmap Chart
  • Blocks Map
  • Sparkline Chart
  • Gauge Chart
  • Single Value Chart
  • Blocks Table
  • Custom Table

AUDIT LOGS

The AUDIT LOGS widget category has the following metric types available:

  • auditrates- rate of audits over a provided interval
  • audits- count of audits
  • card- cardinality, being the count of unique values

Below are the following chart types available for the BLOCKS widget category

  • Area Chart
  • Line Chart
  • Scatter Plot Chart
  • Bar Chart
  • Single Bar Chart
  • Pie Chart
  • Heatmap Chart
  • Blocks Map
  • Sparkline Chart
  • Gauge Chart
  • Single Value Chart
  • Blocks Table
  • Custom Table

OTHER

The OTHER widget category currently has the Markdown widget type. This widget type can be used to create procedural content for playbooks, cross-functional messaging statuses, infrastructure and networking descriptions, and other types of detailed annotations best suited for your environment.

The markdown widget type is simply a text field that can be added, resized, and moved just like the other widget types. You can also embed images and additional hyperlinks to other relevant websites/sources for your networking environment.

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As dashboards can be shared to non-portal users, be sure to remove any sensitive information and data when creating a markdown widget.

When the markdown widget type is the selected category, you will see a toolbar with a body editor below with a prefilled basic markdown template that can be customized. For a reference regarding markdown syntax, refer to here.

Updated 7 months ago