Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite User’s Guide V1.0 - Manual (Page 28)

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Building a Brocade dashboard
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Building a Brocade dashboard
When your user account is created, a vCenter Operations Manager administrator assigns you to
one or more user groups. These user groups determine which dashboards are available to you
when you first log in to vCenter Operations Manager. However, if the predefined dashboards do not
meet your needs, you can create a custom dashboards.
To create a new dashboard, complete the following steps.
1. Select Dashboards > Add.
2. Add widgets to the dashboard by dragging each widget from the left pane to the right pane.
For more information about widgets, refer to Chapter 4, Using and Configuring Widgets in the
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide - Custom User Interface.
3. Select the number of columns (1, 2, or 3) to use on the dashboard from the Select Layout
drop-down menu.
4. (Optional) To change the size of the columns, drag the divider bars under Drag to Change
Layout.
5. Type a name for the new dashboard in the Tab Name text box.
To make the new dashboard appear in a group in the Dashboards menu, use the following
syntax for the dashboard name.
dashboard-group/dashboard-name
Where dashboard-group is the name of a dashboard group and dashboard-name is the name
of the new dashboard. If the dashboard group already exists, the new dashboard appears in
the existing group. If the dashboard group does not already exist, vCenter Operations Manager
adds it. You can nest dashboard groups by typing multiple dashboard group names, for
example, dashboard-group/dashboard-group/dashboard-name
NOTE
Only the dashboard-name appears in the Dashboard menu and on the dashboard tab.
6. (Optional) Make the new dashboard your default dashboard by selecting Yes next to Mark as
Default.
7. Click OK to save your changes.
For more information about building and managing dashboards, refer to Chapter 3, Designing
Your Workspace in the VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide - Custom
User Interface.