5.8.5

Table Of Contents
health symptoms 23
Health Tree widget
configuring 83
using 82
Health-Workload Scoreboard widget
configuring 84
using 84
Heat Map widget
configuring 86
using 85
heat maps, creating custom 38
hiding dashboard tabs 45
Home page 18
K
KPIs 10
L
logging in 17
M
Mashup Charts widget
configuring 89
using 88
Metiric Sparklines widget, configuring 98
Metric Graph (Rolling View) widget
configuring 95
using 94
Metric Graph widget
configuring 92
using 90
Metric Selector widget, using 97
metric set definition XML file 113
Metric Sparklines widget, using 98
Metric Weather Map widget
configuring 101
using 101
metrics, understanding 8
monitoring operations 19
O
objects
analyzing operation 37
finding the best and worst performers 37
optimizing resources 33
R
Resource Detail page 21
resource keys and identifiers 114
resources
understanding 7
viewing health 20
Resources widget
configuring 103
using 103
Root Cause Ranking widget
configuring 106
using 105
root causes 10
T
Tag Selector widget, using 106
Text widget
configuring 107
using 107
thresholds, understanding 9
top-n analysis 13
Top-N Analysis page 33
Top-N Analysis widget
configuring 109
using 108
troubleshooting alerts 28
U
user interface 17
user preferences, modifying 19
V
VC Analysis view 15
VC Relationship (Planning) widget, using 112
VC Relationship widget, using 111
virtual environment 11
virtual objects, comparing metric values 36
virtual resources, balancing 36
W
widgets
adding to dashboards 51
configuring 55, 56
configuring interactions 63
expanding and collapsing 52
interactions 57
removing 52
resizing 52
summary 50
understanding 50
workload scores 11
workspace customization 41
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