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For some widgets, you can define two providing widgets. For example, you can configure the Root Cause
Ranking widget to receive data from the Tag Selector widget and the Health Status widget. In this case, the
Root Cause Ranking widget shows root cause data for any resource that you select in the Health Status widget
or for resources that have the tag value that you select in the Tag Selector widget.
Widget interactions apply only to the dashboard where you define them. For example, on one dashboard, the
Root Cause Ranking widget might receive its resources from the Health Widget widget. On another dashboard,
the Root Cause Ranking widget might receive its resources from the Tag Selector widget.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have the necessary access rights to perform this task. Your vCenter Operations Manager
administrator can tell you which actions you can perform.
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Become familiar with the widgets that can provide and receive data from other widgets. See “Supported
Widget Interactions,” on page 27.
Procedure
1 Click the tab for the dashboard that contains the widgets to interact.
2 Click Interactions on the Dashboard Tools bar.
The Receiving Widget column on the Configure Widget Interactions window lists the widgets on the
dashboard that can receive information from another widget on the dashboard.
3 For each receiving widget, select a providing widget or select None.
If the Providing Widget column has two drop-down menus for a receiving widget, you can select one
providing widget from each menu. When you select None for all of the providing widgets, that widget
does not show any data unless you configure it is as a self provider.
4 Click OK to save the configuration.
Supported Widget Interactions
Many widgets can provide data to, and accept data from, other widgets. These relationships are called widget
interactions.
In the following table, the widgets in the Providing Widgets 1 column can provide a resource ID to the widget
in the Receiving Widget column, and the widgets in the Providing Widgets 2 column can provide a metric ID
to the widget in the Receiving Widget column.
If widgets appear in both the Providing Widget 1 and Providing Widget 2 columns, you can select one
providing widget from each column.
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