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“Metric Weather Map Widget,” on page 97
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“Resources Widget,” on page 99
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“Root Cause Ranking Widget,” on page 101
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“Tag Selector Widget,” on page 102
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“Text Widget,” on page 103
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“Top-N Analysis Widget,” on page 104
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“VC Relationship Widget,” on page 107
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“VC Relationship (Planning) Widget,” on page 108
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“Define Metric Sets for a Widget,” on page 109
Edit a Widget Configuration
You customize a widget by editing its configuration options. Some widgets do not show data until you
configure them. The available configuration options vary depending on the widget type.
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 configuration options for the widget to edit.
Procedure
1 Click the tab for the dashboard that contains the widget to edit.
2 Click the Edit Widget icon on the widget's toolbar.
The content of the Edit Widget window depends on the type of widget.
3 Type another name in the Widget title text box to customize the name of the widget.
4 Select a Self Provider option to specify where the objects that the widget shows are defined.
This option is not available if the widget cannot receive data from other widgets.
Option Description
On
Define the objects that the widget shows in the widget configuration.
Off
You configured, or plan to configure, one or more other widget to provide
objects to the widget.
5 Select a Refresh Widget Content option to specify whether the widget refreshes data after a specific
time period.
The default setting is Off.
6 If you set Refresh Widget Content to On, type the refresh interval, in seconds, in the Widget Refresh
Interval text box.
7 Edit any remaining configuration options, if required.
For example, if you set Self Provider to On, you must define the objects that the widget shows.
8 Click OK to save the widget configuration.
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