Specifications

Chapter 5: Dashboards
To configure a Top N widget, click the blue plus (+) widget at the end of a
dashboard to add the widget manually. Then specify the title of the widget, select
the type of entity to display, and enter the search query used to get those items.
This lets you see all or just a subsection of your virtual environment. You can
enter the search query manually, or load a saved query by using the Load query
(optional) link. Next, select Pick a sort field to pick a field that determines how
the results are ordered in your Top N widget (ascending or descending).
You can select which columns are displayed by clicking the plus button and
adding an attribute. You can reorder or edit the columns after they have been
added to the widget. You can optionally select to include a graph with the Top N
results by clicking the Overlay Graph (optional) link. This displays all the graphs
available to display in the widget.
If you create dashboard reports from dashboards with Top-N widgets, you can
also choose how many results are displayed in the widget.
By using the custom controls for a Top N widget, you can add the virtual entities
to the active list, view the items in the performance analyzer, and run the search in
the search results view. The Graph link opens the entities in the Performance
Analyzer to give you a full screen view of the entities and their resource
consumption over time.
Trend widget
By using trend widgets, you can embed a historical trend graph or a multi-trend
table into a dashboard.
Historical trend graphs look like the following image:
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