With eG Enterprise, you have the option to build a custom dashboard, using which you can graphically compare current and historical performance of multiple applications of interest to you. This dashboard not only allows you to choose the components to focus on, but also pick the measures and even descriptors that should be featured in it. By default, this dashboard capability is enabled. To build an application-independent custom dashboard therefore, click on the icon available in the Monitor tab and then select the My Dashboards option from the Dashboards section. To disable this capability, you need to do the following:

• Edit the [MULTISERVER_CUSTOM_DASHBOARD] section of the eg_ui.ini file in the <EG_INSTALL_DIR>\manager\config directory.

• By default, the ShowCustomDashboard flag is set to Yes. To disable the capability to view / modify / build new custom dashboards that are application-independent, switch off this flag by setting it to No.

• Finally, save the file.

Note:

• By default, the user who creates a dashboard is the only one who is authorized to view / modify / delete that dashboard.
• Users can create custom dashboards using only those components that are assigned to them for monitoring.

Follow the steps given below to build My Dashboard:

1. Select My Dashboard from the Dashboards section that appears upon clicking the icon available against the Monitor tab.

2. If no dashboards pre-exist, then “No Dashboards configured!Click here to Add Dashboard” message will appear. If multiple dashboards pre-exisits, then the dashboard that was created soon after clicking the Click here to Add Dashboard message will be set as the default dashboard.

3. If any dashboards pre-exists for the components that are being monitored, then, upon clicking icon, the List of Dashboards page will appear listing all the pre-existing dashboards. The eG Enterprise system automatically sorts these dashboards in the ascending order of their names while listing.

4. If other users to the eG Enterprise system have shared one/more dashboards that they created with you, then such dashboards will be listed in the Dashboards shared by other users section. Besides listing the names of the shared dashboards, this section will also display (in the Shared by column) who shared each of the listed dashboards with you. Shared dashboards can only be viewed (not modified or deleted). To view a shared dashboard, click on the Name of the dashboard, or click on the icon that corresponds to each dashboard.

5. To create a new dashboard, click on the Add Dashboard button in the List of Dashboards page. This will lead you to the ADD DASHBOARD pop up window where you are required to enter the credentials for creating a new dashboard.

6. To modify a pre-existing dashboard, click on the icon that corresponds to each dashboard in the List of Dashboards page or by clicking the icon while editing the dashboard. A MODIFY DASHBOARD pop up window will then appear using which you can change the name of the dashboard, the frequency with which the dashboard is to be refreshed etc. If required, you can even modify how a dashboard is to be shared with the other users registered with the eG Enterprise system. For this, you will have to pick an option from the Sharing drop down list. Finally, clicking the Update button will help you apply the necessary changes made.

7. To view any of the existing dashboards, click on the corresponding to each dashboard in the List of Dashboards page. If you want to delete any of the listed dashboards, click the icon corresponding to each dashboard. To remove all dashboards, select the check box that pre-fixes each dashboard, and then click the . To search for a dashboard from the list of pre-existing dashboards, enter the name of the dashboard in the Search text box and click the icon within.

8. To publish any of the existing dashboards through Microsoft Sharepoint to other users in your organization, click on the corresponding to each dashboard. The PUBLISH DASHBOARD pop up window will then appear listing the Name and the Publish Url of the dashboard that is to be published. Clicking the Publish button will help you publish the chosen dashboard. Once the dashboard is published, the icon will appear along with the Name of the dashboard. You can hover over this icon to view the Publish url at any point of time. Likewise, you can unpublish a published dashboard by clicking the corresponding to each published dashboard. Clicking the Unpublish button in the UNPUBLISH DASHBOARD pop up window will unpublish the dashboard.

9. To edit a pre-existing dashboard, click on the icon corresponding to each dashboard in the List of Dashboards page. A set of icons will then appear in the My Dashboard page using which you can build the dashboard of interest to you.

10. To build a dashboard, you need to click on the icon. The ADD WIDGETS pop up window will then appear using which you can customize the dashobard of your interest.

11. To modify the dashboard on the fly, click on the icon. The MODIFY DASHBOARD pop up window will then appear allowing you to modify the settings of the dashboard that is currently being built.

12. You can even personalize the background of your dashboard by clicking the icon. The DASHBOARD BACKGROUND pop up window will then appear listing a set of background themes. Clicking on any background theme will change the dashboard background accordingly. You can also import any image of your interest as a dashboard's background to reflect your interest or mood by simply uploading an image using the Choose file option available in the UPLOAD YOUR OWN section.

13. If the dashboard that you are currently building is not the default dashboard, then an additional icon will appear which when clicked will set that particular dashboard as the default dashboard.

14. If you wish to open the dashboard in a separate window, then you can do so by clicking the icon.