Creating and Editing Classic Dashboards

This section describes how to create and edit dashboards. You can create and edit dashboards on the Classic Dashboards page (Dashboards > Classic Dashboards, or the Dashboards tab in the classic Skylar One user interface).

You can also access additional dashboards created in the classic Skylar One user interface on the Classic Dashboards page (Dashboards > Classic Dashboards, or the Dashboards tab in the classic Skylar One user interface).

Use the following menu options to navigate the Skylar One user interface:

To view a pop-out list of menu options, click the menu icon ().
To view a page containing all of the menu options, click the Advanced menu icon ().

Creating and Configuring a Classic Dashboard

When you create a dashboard, you are defining a container that will display widgets. A dashboard defines a name, a space for a collection of one or more widgets, and the general settings for those widgets. Each widget displays a report about data in Skylar One.

To create a dashboard and define the general settings, perform the following steps:

Go to the Classic Dashboards page (Dashboards > Classic Dashboards, or the Dashboards tab in the classic user interface).
Click the New button in the upper left of the page.
The Select Dashboard field will display the dashboard title "User's New Dashboard". For example, if your user account has the First Name field set to "Roberto" and the Last Name field set to "Martinez", the Select Dashboard field will display the dashboard title "Roberto Martinez's New Dashboard". If the first and last name fields are not set for your user account, your username is used, e.g. "rmartinez's New Dashboard".
In the Actions menu in the upper right of the page, select Configure Dashboard.... The Dashboard Settings page is displayed, where you can define values in the following fields:

Dashboard Title. Enter a name for the dashboard. This name is displayed in the Select Dashboard field in the top-left of the Classic Dashboards page.
Screen Width. Enter the minimum screen width required to view the whole dashboard at once. If a user views the dashboard at a resolution that has a smaller screen width than the value in this field, a horizontal scroll bar will be displayed. For convenience, the current size of the dashboard as viewed in your monitor is displayed in parentheses above the Screen Width and Screen Height fields.
Screen Height. Enter the minimum screen height required to view the whole dashboard at once. If a user views the dashboard at a resolution that has a smaller screen height than the value in this field, a vertical scroll bar will be displayed. For convenience, the current size of the dashboard as viewed in your monitor is displayed in parentheses above the Screen Width and Screen Height fields.
Lock Dashboard Layout. Select this checkbox to prevent the dashboard from being edited. When this checkbox is selected, a user viewing the dashboard cannot add, move, or modify widgets while viewing the dashboard.
Merge Adjacent Borders. If the Lock Dashboard Layout checkbox is selected, this option is available. If you select this checkbox, widgets that appear next to each other will share a border.

If this checkbox is not selected, a gap appears between each widget.
If this checkbox is selected, the widget borders are merged:

Show in Dashboards drop-down. Some dashboards are designed to be nested within other dashboards and don't provide much useful information on their own. In these cases, you might want to prevent users from viewing the dashboard on its own. If you select this checkbox, the dashboard will not appear in the Select Dashboard field in the Classic Dashboards page.
Show widget debug messages. When this checkbox is selected, widgets will display developer-level debug messages.
Access Control. Specifies whether the dashboard is viewable only by the creator or if the dashboard is viewable by other users. Choices are:

Share with organizations. Allows other members of the creator's organizations to view the dashboard.
Private dashboard. Only the dashboard's creator and administrators can view the dashboard.

Access Keys. This field is applicable only if the dashboard is Shared and specifies the Access Keys required to view the dashboard. If you don't select any Access Keys, no specific keys are required to view the dashboard.

If you select an Access Key in the Required Keys field, each user must meet the following criteria to use the dashboard:

The user must have at least one of the Access Keys selected in the Required Keys field for the dashboard.
The user must be granted an Access Key that includes the "Dash:View" and "Dash:View Shared" Access Hooks.
The user and the creator of the dashboard must be members of the same organization.

If you do not select any Access Keys in the Required Keys field, any user meeting the following two requirements may access the dashboard:

The user must be granted an Access Key that includes the "Dash:View" and "Dash:View Shared" Access Hooks.
The user and the creator of the dashboard must be members of the same organization.

If a user meets the above requirements and also has been granted an Access Key that includes the "Dash:Edit Shared" Access Hook, that user will be able to edit the shared dashboard. If a user has been granted an Access Key that includes the "Dash:Add/Rem Shared" Access Hook, that user may delete shared dashboards.

Category. Select one or more categories to associate with the dashboard. To select multiple categories, hold down the Ctrl key (or Command on Apple computers) when you select the categories. Categories are used to arrange the dashboard selection drop-down list in the Classic Dashboards page. If you do not select a category in this field, the dashboard will appear under the "Other" category in the drop-down list. For more information about categories, see the section on Dashboard and Widget Categories.
Keywords (comma separated). Enter a comma-delimited list of keywords to associate with the dashboard.

Click the Save button to save the dashboard settings and close the Dashboard Settings modal page.

Adding Widgets to a Classic Dashboard

There are two ways to add a widget to a classic dashboard:

On the Classic Dashboards page (Dashboards > Classic Dashboards, or the Dashboards tab in the classic user interface), in the selection field in the upper left of the page, select the dashboard to which you want to add a widget.
Click the Actions button, and then select Add Widget.

Or:

On the Classic Dashboards page (Dashboards > Classic Dashboards, or the Dashboards tab in the classic user interface), in the selection field in the upper left of the page, select the dashboard to which you want to add a widget.
Click and drag with your mouse to draw a rectangle. This shape will determine the initial size and position of the widget in your dashboard.
The New Widget Configuration modal page displays. To configure a new widget, use the left NavBar to navigate to the widget you want to include in the dashboard.
If you are editing an existing widget, the Widget Configuration page displays the configuration panel for the widget with the left NavBar and data type selection buttons automatically hidden. If you want to select a new widget, you can show the left NavBar and data type selection buttons by clicking the window icon to the left of the Widget Name field.

The left NavBar includes an icon for each type of data that can be displayed in a widget:

Time Series. Expands a list that includes widgets that display one or more metrics over time.
Single-Point. Expands a list that includes widgets that display a single metric.
Snapshot/Single Series. Expands a list that includes widgets that display single instances of a metric for multiple entities.
Grouped Data Series. Expands a list that includes widgets that display a single metric for multiple entities, with each metric sub-divided between multiple entities of another types. For example, a grouped data series could display a bar graph of the number of tickets in each state, with each bar in the graph divided by organization.
Custom. Expands a list that includes widgets that display custom HTML content.
Custom Table. Expands a list that includes widgets that display tabular data.

When you expand the list of widgets that display a type of data, the NavBar displays a list of categories that are associated with the widget definitions in your system. You can expand a category to view the list of all widgets associated with that category. If a widget is associated with multiple categories, the widget will appear under each category it is associated with.
You can search the list of widgets by entering a search term in the field that appears in the bottom-left of the page. When you click the Find button, the widgets that have a name or associated keywords that match your search term are highlighted in the left NavBar. The categories in the left NavBar will be automatically expanded and collapsed so that only categories that include a matching widget are expanded.

When you select a widget in the left NavBar, the right pane of the Widget Configuration page displays the configuration fields for the selected widget. Each widget definition has a different list of configuration fields.

After you select a widget, you can hide the left NavBar and data type selection buttons by selecting the window icon to the left of the Widget Name field.

The following fields appear in all widget configuration panes:

Widget Name. Enter a title for the widget. This title is displayed in the header that appears at the top of the widget. If you leave the default value of "{auto}" in this field, Skylar One will automatically generate a title for the widget based on what is currently being displayed in the widget.
Widget Refresh Rate. Specify how frequently the widget will be automatically updated with new data. The choices are:

Widget Default. The widget will refresh at its default refresh rate, as defined by the widget developer. You can view and edit the default refresh rate in the Classic Dashboard Widgets page (System > Customize > Classic Dashboard Widgets) by clicking the wrench icon () for a widget.
Auto-refresh disabled. The widget will not automatically refresh.
1 minute. The widget will automatically refresh every minute.
5 minutes. The widget will automatically refresh every 5 minutes.
10 minutes. The widget will automatically refresh every 10 minutes.
15 minutes. The widget will automatically refresh every 15 minutes.
30 minutes. The widget will automatically refresh every 30 minutes.
45 minutes. The widget will automatically refresh every 45 minutes.
1 hour. The widget will automatically refresh once an hour.

Create Template. When selected, this checkbox allows you to save the current configuration as a Quick-Add option.

Each widget contains additional fields.

NOTE: In widgets that allow you to filter the list of devices by the device class or device category, merged devices include special behavior. For merged devices, you can select either the device class or device category of the physical device or the device class or device category of the component device. If both device classes or device categories are selected, a merged device will appear twice in a single widget.

Using Quick Add to Add Widgets to a Classic Dashboard

The Quick Add button provides a set of pre-configured widgets that will work with the devices and policies on your Skylar One system. The pre-configured widgets do not require you to use the Widget Configuration modal page to select parameters.

Go to the Classic Dashboards page (Dashboards > Classic Dashboards, or the Dashboards tab in the classic user interface).
In the drop-down menu in the upper left of the page, select the dashboard to which you want to add a widget.
Click the Quick Add button, and then select one of the following pre-configured widgets:

Context Quick Selector. This widget does not display data. This widget allows you to control what is displayed in one or more other widgets in the current dashboard. The Context Quick Selector allows you to define the timespan for other widgets in the current dashboard and also select the list of organizations, devices, device groups, and IT services that appear in other widgets in the current dashboard.
Gauge: IT Service Availability. This widget is pre-configured to display the availability of a selected IT Service policy for the last 12 hours. If no context (IT Service) is selected in another widget, Skylar One displays a randomly chosen IT Service.
Series: Auto (contextual). This widget is pre-configured to display devices and performance data that are selected in another widget on the dashboard.
Series: Device Vitals. This widget is pre-configured to display availability, latency, CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization, and Swap Utilization for a device that is selected in another widget in the dashboard. If no context (device) is selected in another widget, Skylar One displays a randomly chosen device.
Series: Latency (contextual). This widget is pre-configured to display latency for up to eight devices that are selected in another widget in the dashboard. If no context (device) is selected in another widget, Skylar One displays a random list of eight devices.
Status: IT Services. This widget is pre-configured to display the status (using status colors) of all IT Services.
Status: Network Devices. This widget is pre-configured to display the status (using status colors) of all devices with a device category of Network.Access.
Top 10 + Series: CPU. This widget is pre-configured to display the list of ten devices that consumed the most CPU over the last twelve hours. When you click on the bar for one of these devices, the accompanying widget displays a graph of CPU usage, for the selected device, for the last twelve hours.
Top 10 + Series: Latency + Vitals. This widget is pre-configured to display the list of ten devices that had the highest latency for the last twelve hours. When you click on the bar for one of these devices, the accompanying widget displays a graph of latency, availability, and CPU usage, for the selected device, for the last twelve hours.
Top 10: CPU. This widget is pre-configured to display the list of ten devices that consumed the most CPU over the last twelve hours.
Top 10: Latency. This widget is pre-configured to display the list of ten devices that had the highest latency over the last twelve hours.
Top 10: Network Util (In + Out). This widget is pre-configured to display the list of ten devices with the highest combined (in and out) interface usage.

The Base Widgets

The Classic Dashboards page (Dashboards > Classic Dashboards, or the Dashboards tab in the classic user interface) for Skylar One includes several built-in widgets that are designed to cover most use-cases. For details on each of these widgets, see the section on base widgets.

The base widgets include:

Time Series > Performance > (base) Multi-series Performance. The Multi-series Performance widget displays data for up to eight performance metrics from any device or IT Service. The Multi-series Performance widget can be configured to display any performance metric in Skylar One in a line graph or spreadsheet.
Single-Point > Performance > (base) Gauge/Meter. The Gauge/Meter widget displays a value for a single performance metric. The display uses a gauge that looks like a speedometer.
Single-Point > SLA > (base) SLA Gauge. You can use an SLA Gauge widget to evaluate an existing IT Service policy using an existing SLA Definition. For details on IT Services and SLAs, see the manual on IT Services.
Snapshot/Single Series > Performance > (base) Leaderboard/Top-N. The Leaderboard/Top-N widget displays utilization statistics for a specific performance metric. The widget displays utilization for the devices with the highest or lowest values for the performance metric.
Grouped Data Series > Other > (base) Leaderboard/Top-N (Secondary Data). The Leaderboard/Top-N (Secondary Data) widget displays utilization statistics for one or more performance metrics for each device that is included. The widget displays utilization for the devices with the highest or lowest values for the primary performance metric being displayed.
Custom > Configuration > (base) Device Config App. The Device Config App widget displays data collected using a configuration Dynamic Application.
Custom > Filters/Controls > (base) Context Quick Selector. The Context Quick Selector widget does not display collected data. The Context Quick Selector widget is used only to control what is displayed in other widgets (drive context).
Custom > Summary > (base) Dashboard Details. The Dashboard Details widget displays the values for each context in use in the dashboard.
Custom > Summary > (base) Entity List. The Entity List widget displays detailed information about a single entity in Skylar One. The Entity List widget can be configured to display information an asset record, a device, a device class, a device group, an event, an IT Service, an organization or a ticket.
Custom > Tools > (base) Embedded Dashboard. The Embedded Dashboard widget displays one or more widgets that have been configured on another dashboard.
Custom > Other > (base) Context Quick Selector (VMware). Like the Context Quick Selector widget, the Context Quick Selector VMware widget does not display collected data. Instead, the Context Quick Selector VMware widget is used only to control what is displayed in other widgets (drive context), specifically widgets that display data from VMware.
Custom > Other > (base) Traffic Light. The Traffic Lights widget displays the name and color-coded status (healthy, notice, minor, major, critical) for a list of organizations, device groups, IT Services, or devices.
Custom Table > Summary > (base) Custom Table. The Custom Table widget displays multiple instances of an entity in a table. The Custom Table widget can be configured to display a list of asset records, devices, device classes, device groups, journal entries, events, IT Services, monitoring policies, organizations or tickets.

Additional Widgets

The Classic Dashboards page (Dashboards > Classic Dashboards, or the Dashboards tab in the classic user interface) for Skylar One includes additional widgets (in addition to the base widgets). These additional widgets perform a single task or collect data from a specific application.

For descriptions of the most commonly-used additional widgets that are available from ScienceLogic, see the section on additional widgets.

Creating a Classic Dashboard with Context Selectors

You can configure dashboard widgets on the Classic Dashboards page (Dashboards > Classic Dashboards, or the Dashboards tab in the classic user interface) that allow users to make one or more selections that control the information that is displayed in other widgets.

A set of selections is called a context. To allow a user to define a context, you must configure:

One or more widgets in which a user can select values. These widgets set the context (called Drive the Context).
One or more widgets that are controlled by the selected values. These widgets read the context (called Context Driven).

For example, you might configure one widget that sets a time span in the context. You could then configure other widgets in the same dashboard to read the time span value from the context. When the user selects a time span, the widgets that read the time span from the context will dynamically update to show only information from the selected time span.

Types of Context

Widgets can be configured to set or read different types of context values. The following types of context values are used by the default widgets in Skylar One:

Time Span. The widgets that read the context display information from the selected time span.
Organization. The widgets that read the context display information about the selected organization(s).
Device Group. The widgets that read the context display information about the selected device group(s).
IT Service. The widgets that read the context display information about the selected IT Service(s).
Device. The widgets that read the context display information about the selected device(s).
Device Metric. The widgets that read the context display information about the selected performance metric(s) collected from specific device(s).

Additionally, some widgets that read context can be configured to read the device-related context value (similar to filtering the list of devices). The device-related context value is set to the same value as either the organization, device group, IT Service, or device context values.

Skylar One uses the following rules to determine the device-related context:

Organization Selector. If you select a single organization in a Selector, the list of devices will be filtered to include only all the devices in the organization. If you select multiple organizations in a Selector, the list of devices will be filtered to include all the devices in each selected organization.
IT Services Selector. If you select a single IT Service policy in a Selector, the list of devices will be filtered to include only all the devices in the Service Policy. If you select multiple IT Service policies in a Selector, the list of devices will be filtered to include all the devices in each selected IT Service policy.

Device Group Selector. If you select a single Device Group in a Selector, the list of devices will be filtered to include only all the devices in the Device Group. If you select multiple Device Groups in a Selector, the list of devices will be filtered to include all the devices in each selected Device Group.
Device Selector. If you select a single Device in a Selector, the list of devices will be filtered to include only the single device. If you select multiple devices, the list of devices will be filtered to include only the selected devices.
Multiple Selectors of the Same Type. If you select multiple selectors of the same type, for example, the Organizations "System" and "NOC", Skylar One performs an "OR" operation. That is the list of devices will be filtered to include devices in either the System organization or the NOC organization.
Multiple Selectors of the Different Types. If you select multiple selectors (Organizations, IT Services, Device Groups), the list of devices will be filtered to include only devices that are members of all the selectors. Skylar One performs an "AND" operation. For example, if you select the Organization "System", the IT Service "web servers", and the Device Group "Linux Servers", only devices that are members of the System organization, monitored with the IT Service policy "web servers", and are members of the device group "Linux Servers" will be included in the list of devices.

Widgets That Drive Context

Context Quick Selector Widget

You can add dedicated context selectors to a dashboard by including the Context Quick Selector widget, which can set the time span, organization, IT Service, device group, and/or device contexts:

The configuration pane for the Context Quick Selector widget includes the following options:

Time span Presets. Controls the time span buttons that will appear to the left of the widget. Enter a comma-separated list of values. The widget will display one button for each value in the list. For each value, enter a number and one of the following characters:

M. The button will set the time span context to the specified number of minutes.
H. The button will set the time span context to the specified number of hours.
D. The button will set the time span context to the specified number of days.
Y. The button will set the time span context to the specified number of years.

Display Time Selector. If you uncheck this checkbox, the time span selection options are not displayed in the widget.
Display Organizations Selector. If you uncheck this checkbox, the organization selection options are not displayed in the widget.
Display Devices Selector. If you uncheck this checkbox, the device selection options are not displayed in the widget.
Display Device Groups Selector. If you uncheck this checkbox, the device group selection options are not displayed in the widget.
Display IT Services Selector. If you uncheck this checkbox, the IT Service selection options are not displayed in the widget.

Like the Context Quick Selector widget, the Context Quick Selector VMware widget does not display collected data. Instead, the Context Quick Selector VMware widget is used only to control what is displayed in other widgets (drive context), specifically widgets that display data from VMware.

More Widgets That Drive Context

In addition to the Context Quick Selector and Context Quick Selector (VMware) widgets, the following widgets can be configured to set values in the context:

Widget	Sets	Selection Method	Configuration
Custom Table	Organization Context Device Context Device Group Context IT Service Context	Select checkboxes for one or more elements.	Select Organization, Device, Device Group, or IT Service in the Entity Type field. Select the Drive Context checkbox.
Leaderboard/Top-N	Device Metric Context (Drives Context only for Multi-series Performance widget and the Gauge/Meter widget)	Select the graphical element that represents device metric.	In the Click/Link Behavior field, select Select Device/Service.
Leaderboard/Top-N (Secondary Data)	Device Metric Context (Drives Context only for Multi-series Performance widget and the Gauge/Meter widget)	Select the graphical element that represents device metric.	In the Click/Link Behavior field, select Select Device/Service.
Traffic Light	Organization Context Device Context Device Group Context IT Service Context		Select Devices, Organizations, Device Groups, or IT Services in the Source Selection field. Select the Control Context checkbox.

Widgets that Read Context

The following widgets can be configured to read values from the context:

Widget	Reads	Description	Configuration
Custom Table	Organization Context Device Context Device Group Context IT Service Context	The list of organizations, devices, device groups, or IT Services displayed in the table is limited to only the values set in the context. If no values are set in the context, displays a list of all entities to which the user has access.	Select Organization, Device, Device Group, or IT Service in the Entity Type field. Select the Contextually Driven checkbox.
Leaderboard/Top-N	Device-related Context Time span context.	Device-related context filters the list of devices, based on the Organization, Device Group, and/or IT Service set in the context. The time span context controls the start and end time and the associated data from each device that will be evaluated.	To read the device context, select the Use Device-related Context checkbox. To read the time span context, select the Use time span context checkbox.
Leaderboard/Top-N (Secondary Data)	Device-related Context Time span context.	Device-related context filters the list of devices, based on the Organization, Device Group, and/or IT Service set in the context. The time span context controls the start and end time and the associated data from each device that will be evaluated.	To read the device context, select the Use Device-related Context checkbox. To read the time span context, select the Use time span context checkbox.
Gauge/Meter	Device Context Device Metric Context IT Service Context Time span Context	Device context controls the device for which the selected metric should be displayed. Device metric context controls the device and metric that should be displayed. IT Service context controls the IT Service for which the selected metric should be displayed. Time span context controls the amount of data to be rolled-up into the displayed value.	To read the device context, select Device in the Type field, select one of the Contextual Device options in the Element field, and select a specific collection in the Collectionfield. To read the device metric context, select Device in the Type field, select one of the Contextual Device options in the Element field, and select Context Selected in the Collectionfield. To read the IT Service context, select IT Service in the Type field, select one of the Contextual Service options in the Element field, and select a specific collection in the Collectionfield. To read the time span context, select the Use Contextual Time span checkbox and select the Custom Range radio button.
Multi-Series Performance	Device Context Device Metric Context IT Service Context Time span Context	Device context controls the device for which a selected metric should be displayed. Device metric context controls the device and metric that should be displayed. IT Service context controls the IT Service for which a selected metric should be displayed. Time span context controls the amount of data to be displayed.	To read the device context, select Device in the Type field, select one of the Contextual Device options in the Element field, and select a specific collection in the Collectionfield. To read the device metric context, select Device in the Type field, select one of the Contextual Device options in the Element field, and select Context Selected in the Collectionfield. To read the IT Service context, select IT Service in the Type field, select one of the Contextual Service options in the Element field, and select a specific collection in the Collectionfield. To read the time span context, select any option other than never in the Use 'Timespan' context field.
SLA Gauge	IT Service Context Time span Context	IT Service context controls the IT Service for which SLA compliance will be displayed. Time span context controls the time span over which compliance will be calculated.	To read the IT Service context, select one of the Contextual Service options in the Service field. To read the time span context, select Last (ending in context range) in the Compliance Period field.
Entity List	Organization Context Device Context Device Group Context IT Service Context	Organization Context controls the single organization about which the Entity List will display information. Device Context controls the single device about which the Entity List will display information. Device Group Context controls the single device group about which the Entity List will display information. IT Service Context controls the single IT Service about which the Entity List will display information.	To read the Organization context, select Organization in the Entity Type field and then select the Contextually Driven checkbox. To read the Device context, select Device in the Entity Type field and then select the Contextually Driven checkbox. To read the Device Group context, select Device Group in the Entity Type field and then select the Contextually Driven checkbox. To read the IT Service context, select IT Service in the Entity Type field and then select the Contextually Driven checkbox.
Traffic Light	Organization Context Device Context Device Group Context IT Service Context	Organization Context controls the list of organizations about which the Traffic Light will show status/healthy information. Device Context controls the list of devices about which the Traffic Light will show status/healthy information. Device Group Context controls the list of device groups about which the Traffic Light will show status/healthy information. IT Service Context controls the list of IT Services about which the Traffic Light will show status/healthy information.	To read the Organization context, select Organizations in the Source Selection field and then select the Use Context checkbox. To read the Device context, select Devices in the Source Selection field and then select the Use Context checkbox. To read the Device Group context, select Device Groups in the Source Selection field and then select the Use Context checkbox. To read the IT Service context, select IT Services in the Source Selection field and then select the Use Context checkbox.

Advanced Context

Using standard context-driving and context-receiving rules, one widget can drive context to or receive context from another. But standard context-driving and context-receiving does not enable you to have a series of widgets where one widget drives context to another, and that widget drives context to a third widget, and so forth.

However, if you need to create such a workflow between multiple widgets within a dashboard, you can do so using advanced context.

For example, if you are monitoring Amazon Web Services (AWS), you could create a dashboard with a series of widgets with the following advanced context workflow:

Widget #1 drives context to widget #2. It lists the AWS Regions being monitored. You select one of these regions.
Widget #2 receives context from widget #1 and drives context to widget #3. It lists the AWS Availability Zones that fall under the region you selected in widget #1. You select one of these zones.
Widget #3 receives context from widget #2 and drives context to widget #4. It lists the AWS EC2 Instances that fall under the zone you selected in widget #3. You select one of these EC2 instances.
Widget #4 is a CPU graph that receives context from widget #3. It displays the time-series CPU data for the EC2 instance you selected in widget #3.

To use advanced context in a dashboard widget, click the widget's Options menu and select Advanced Context. The Advanced Context modal page appears.

To create an advanced context for the widget, complete the following fields about the widget's inbound context and/or outbound context:

Inbound Context

Inbound Context Property. Select the property or element that is driving context to this widget. For this and the other context property fields, you can select from elements such as devices, device groups, organizations, and services. If you want to add a property that is not currently listed, click the plus-sign icon () and then type a new property into the text field. When you do so, that property will also appear in the other property drop-down lists on this modal page.

Transformation. Select the method in which the inbound context property will be transformed in this widget. Options include:

DCM: All children from root. The context property will display as a selectable list of all child devices in the DCM tree that fall under the root device.
DCM: All descendants of parent. The context property will display as a selectable list of all devices in the DCM tree that fall under a selected parent device.
DCM: Direct children of parent. The context property will display as a selectable list of only those devices in the DCM tree that are direct children of a selected parent device.
Device Metrics: Extract Device IDs. The context property will display as the relevant device IDs.
Pass-Through. Passes data from one widget to another with no transformation.

Widget Context Property. Select the property or element that is being displayed in this widget.

Outbound Context

Widget Context Property. Select the property or element that is being displayed in this widget.
Transformation. Select the method in which the outbound context will be transformed in the next widget. The options are the same as the inbound context Transformation field.
Outbound Context Property. Select the property or element for which this widget is driving context in the next widget.

When you are finished, click Save.

Editing a Classic Dashboard

You can edit the size and position of a widget by manipulating the pane in which that widget appears:

To move a widget, click and hold on the header of the widget, then drag the widget to a new position on the dashboard.
To resize a widget, click and hold on the border of the widget, then drag the border to adjust the size.

Each widget has an options menu that appears in the top-right corner of the widget. The widget Options menu includes the following options for manipulating a widget:

Configure. Leads to the Widget Configuration modal page, where you can edit the parameters of the widget. The Widget Configuration page displays the configuration panel for the widget with the left NavBar and data type selection buttons automatically hidden.

TIP: If you want to select a new widget, you can show the left NavBar and data type selection buttons by selecting the window icon to the left of the Widget Name field.

Copy To.... Leads to the Copy Widget modal page, where you can copy the widget to another dashboard. To copy the widget to another dashboard:

Select the dashboard you want to copy the widget to in the Copy Widget To drop-down list. The layout of the selected dashboard with the widget included is displayed in the lower pane.
Move the widget to the desired location on the selected dashboard.
Click the Copy button.

Lower. If widgets are stacked on top of each other in the dashboard, this option sends the widget to the bottom of the stack.
Duplicate. Creates a copy of the widget in the current dashboard, using the same widget definition and same parameters as the original widget.
Remove. Deletes the widget from the dashboard.

NOTE: This section includes only the options in the drop-down list that modify a widget. The other options in this drop-down list are described in the section on Viewing Dashboards.

The Actions menu in the top-right of the Classic Dashboards page includes the following options for editing the dashboard:

Shrink Widgets. Automatically resizes each widget to its smallest size, as defined by the developer of the widget.
Tile horizontally. Displays all widgets in a single, horizontal row. Each widget will have a height that spans the entire height of the Classic Dashboards page.
Tile vertically. Displays all widgets in a single, vertical column. Each widget will have a width that spans the entire width of the Classic Dashboards page.
Tile.... Displays a prompt that asks you to specify the number of rows to use in the display, and then tiles the widgets in to the number of rows you specify.
Copy (Save As). Saves a complete copy of the dashboard, including all widgets and dashboard settings. The Dashboard Title for the new dashboard is the Dashboard Titleof the copied dashboard prepended with "Copy of". The new dashboard is opened when you selected this option.
Delete Dashboard. Deletes the entire dashboard.

NOTE: This section includes only the options in the drop-down list that modify the dashboard. The other options in this drop-down list are described in the section on Viewing Dashboards.