Dashboard - LiveNX - 25.3.0

LiveNX Operations Dashboard User Guide

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en-US
Product name
LiveNX
Version
25.3.0

The LiveNX Dashboard provides quick navigation and exploration of the health and performance of the network and application running on it. Dashboards are a collection of widgets that can be customized and organized as desired. Each user can have up to 12 tabs of dashboards.


LiveAction menu - Dashboard

LiveAction dashboard - Widgets

Filters can be applied to focus on the specific data set of interest:


Dashboard filters

In this example, a filter of Region: North America has been applied. All widgets on this Dashboard tab will only present data relevant to the devices in this region.


Dashboard - Filtered data

Many widgets are interactive. By clicking on a widget's header or data, many will drill-down to a corresponding historical report or Entity page for data:


Dashboard - Interactive widgets

By Selecting the Dashboard tab’s menu, the tab can be duplicated, shared or deleted.


Dashboard tab's menu

New widgets can be added to a Dashboard tab by clicking the Add Widget button at the top right of the page.


Add widgets

In the following example a default widget will be added to the Dashboard tab:

  1. Click the Add Widget button.

    Add widget button
  2. Click the Add icon next to the widget of interest.

    Add widget icon
  3. The new widget will appear in the Dashboard.

    Dashboard tab

In the following example a new custom widget will be created and added to the Dashboard tab.

  1. Click the Add Widget button.

    Add widget button
  2. Click Create New Widget link at that bottom of the Add Widget list.

    Create New Widget button
  3. Follow the steps to select the underlying report that will be the basis of the widget, its parameters, and create widget.

    Create custom widget

    Create custom widget

    Dashboard

Default widgets can be deleted by clicking the close icon at the top-right of the widget.


Top WAN Applications by Bandwidth widget

Custom widgets can be edited or removed by clicking the menu icon at the top-right of the widget.


Alert Count by Site

To add a new Dashboard tab, click the add icon at the top right of the page.


Add a new dashboard

A new tab will appear. Select between a Default template, copying an Imported or Shared Dashboard. If Shared Dashboard is selected, it can either be added or copied.

  • Added - the original owner will retain ownership. They will continue to be able to modify the dashboard and its widgets. The current user cannot modify the shared dashboard.
  • Copied – A copy of the shared dashboard will be used as a starting template and the current user will have full ownership of the dashboard and its widgets.

Imported and Shared dashboards

Below is an example of a shared dashboard.


Example of a shared dashboard

The widget options are limited to just View.


Widget options

Shared dashboards can only be duplicated (copied) or deleted.


Shared dashboard options

Once a dashboard has been copied, the current user has full control over the Dashboard tab. Any changes have no effect on the original shared dashboard from the other user.


Shared dashboard

The dashboard can be duplicated, shared, or deleted, while the widgets can be edited or removed.


Widget options

To create a new Dashboard tab from scratch, select Custom Dashboard when adding a new dashboard tab.


Create a custom dashboard

Select a default or custom widget.


Create a custom dashboard

The new dashboard will appear with the new widget.


New dashboard

The name of the new dashboard will be New Tab. To rename the tab, click the tab’s name, edit it and press Enter on your keyboard.





Clicking the expand button in the top right corner will open a new screen with the dashboards presented in a dark background format. Useful when you are presenting on a wallboard.


Dashboard view

Dashboards - Dark view