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278 Dashboard Views | Monitoring
Yo u c a n a l s o Convert Simple Dashboards to Custom Dashboards , as described below. When you
Edit a view, Dashboard Editor appears. It lets you select which monitors appear in the dashboard,
the monitored entities, and attributes.
The expanded portlet offers similar capabilities.To make a monitor appear on a page, use the
portlet described in
Performance Dashboard on page 279.
Launch a Dashboard View
Launching a view lets you view the monitors active for a Dashboard view.
Some packages display a
Network Dashboard by default. Click the select new text in the upper
right corner of the dashboard to select an alternative, already configured view from those in
Dashboard Views portlet. Click the edit button in that same corner to alter the configuration of
the existing dashboard. See
Dashboard Editor on page 281 for more about altering views.
You can configure Dashboards appear by configuring them in the
Dashboard Views portlet, or by
selecting a device or devices in
Managed Resources portlet, right-clicking and choosing Show
Performance
. To select more than one device, use the expanded Managed Resources portlet.
The first time you create a default dashboard for a single device, Dell OpenManage Network
Manager saves it in the
Dashboard Views manager. Invoking Show Performance for that device
subsequently displays its default view.