Dashboard

The dashboard is used to display the platform’s parameters and indicators and other information, so that users can quickly understand the use of the system. The new dashboard has built-in default templates for Admin Backend view, Domain Admin Backend view and Project view, and supports customizing the display metrics of the dashboard under any view to customize the dashboard for users' needs.

Entry: In the cloud management platform click on the top left corner navigation menu, and click “Control Panel” menu item in the left menu bar that pops up to enter the Control Panel page.

• In the Control Panel page, click on the top right of the indicator icon will jump to the corresponding resource page, e.g. click on the top right of the indicator for the number of virtual machines icon at the top right of the virtual machine count indicator will redirect you to the virtual machine list page.

Dashboard Management

The default dashboard does not support deleting and editing at the moment. For description of Dashboard related metrics, please refer to Metrics.

New dashboard

When the default dashboard does not meet the user’s needs, the user can create a new dashboard to customize the dashboard for the user. Control panels can be created in different views.

1. On the Dashboard page, click on the top right corner of the Dashboard icon and select the drop-down menu “New” menu item to enter the New Dashboard page.

2. Set the dashboard name and drag and drop tiles from the tile library to configure them as follows.

   • General configuration: Any tile is supported, Configure, copy and paste operations, and zooming in and out of tiles. The following section focuses on how to configure tiles.

   • Digital Map: used to display the number of resources.

     1. Drag and drop the digital image tile anywhere in the panel, click the tile’s icon to bring up the Configure Tile dialog box on the right.

     2. Configure the following parameters.

        

        • Type: Supports setting host resources and container resources.
        • When setting “Host resource”, configure the following parameters.
          • Widget Name: Customize the name of the metrics displayed in the tile.
          • Cloud environment and platform: Select the platform for metrics statistics, if not, it represents all platforms.
          • Region or cloud account: Select the region or cloud account for the metrics statistics, if not selected, it represents all regions or all cloud accounts.
          • Indicator: Select the specific indicator value, such as server represents the number of servers, etc.
        • When setting up “container resources”, configure the following parameters.
          • Widget Name: Customize the name of the metric displayed in the tile.
          • Metrics: Select container-related metrics, such as all.cluster.count for the number of container clusters.

     3. When the configuration is finished, click “OK” button to save the configuration.

   • Usage Rate: Used to show the utilization rate of resources.

     1. Drag and drop the usage tile to any position in the panel, click the tile’s icon of the tile to bring up the Configure Tile dialog box on the right.

     2. Configure the following parameters.

        

        • Type: Supports setting host resources and container resources.
        • When setting “Host resource”, configure the following parameters.
          • Widget Name: Customize the name of the metrics displayed in the tile, such as memory utilization, etc.
          • Cloud environment and platform: Select the platform for metrics statistics, if not, it represents all platforms.
          • Region or cloud account: Select the region or cloud account for metrics statistics, if not, it represents all regions or all cloud accounts.
          • Total quantity indicator and usage indicator: The usage rate is the ratio of usage to total quantity. Select the corresponding indicators respectively. E.g. select host.memory (host memory capacity) for the total indicator and all.servers.memory (total server memory) for the utilization rate, and the ratio of the two is the memory utilization rate.
        • When setting “container resources”, configure the following parameters.
          • Widget Name: Customize the display name of the tile, such as container memory usage.
          • Total metrics and usage metrics: The ratio of usage to total usage. Select the corresponding metrics, respectively.

     3. When the configuration is finished, click the “OK” button to save the configuration.

   • Announcement: Used to display system announcements, the specific announcement display content needs to be configured in System Configuration - Announcements.

     1. Drag and drop the announcement tile to any position in the panel, click the tile’s icon and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right.
     2. Set the tile name and click the “OK” button to save the configuration.

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   • TOP5: Used to display information about the resources of the indicator TOP5.

     1. Drag and drop the announcement tile to any location in the panel, click the tile’s icon to bring up the Configure Tile dialog on the right.

     2. Configure the following parameters.

        

        • Widget Name: Customize the name of the indicator displayed in the tile.
        • Platform: Select the platform for the indicator statistics.
        • Resource type: Select the resource type for the metrics statistics. When OneCloud , VMware, ZStack, DStack, HCSO are selected, the selection of hosts is supported.
        • Metrics: Including CPU utilization, disk read speed, disk write speed, network inbound traffic, network outbound traffic, etc.
        • TOP/Bottom: Select the metrics with the highest or lowest statistics.
        • Show rows: Show the few records with the highest or lowest statistics.
        • Near: Select the indicator of how long to count, including 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes, etc.

     3. When the configuration is finished, click “OK” button to save the configuration.

   • Operation Log: Used to display operation log information.

     1. Drag and drop the Operation Log tile anywhere in the panel, click the tile’s icon,and in the Configure Tile dialog box popped up on the right side.

     2. Set the tile name and the number of rows to display.

     3. When the configuration is finished, click the “OK” button to save the configuration.

        

   • Cost optimization grouped by resource types: Used to show the percentage of different rule types in the optimization proposal.

     1. Drag the Cost Optimization Resource Type Distribution Cost Distribution tile to any location in the panel, click the tile’s icon, and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right side.
     2. Set the tile name and click the “OK” button to save the configuration.

     

   • Cost Optimization Overview: Shows cost savings from cost optimization rules, estimated cost for the month, and cost savings utilization for the month.

     1. Drag and drop the Cost Optimization Overview tile anywhere in the panel, click the tile’s icon, and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right side.
     2. Set the tile name and click the “OK” button to save the configuration.

     

   • Quota: Shows the quota usage of the resource.

     1. Drag and drop the quota tile anywhere in the panel, click the tile’s icon, and the Configure Tile dialog box pops up on the right.

     2. Configure the following parameters.

        

        • Widget Name: customize the name of the indicator displayed in the tile.
        • Indicators: including CPU quota usage by domain, memory quota usage by domain, storage quota usage by domain, public IP quota usage by domain, IP quota usage by domain, GPU quota usage by domain, mirror quota usage by domain, and snapshot quota usage by domain.

     3. When the configuration is complete, click the “OK” button to save the configuration.

   • Alerts Firing: Display the number of alerts firing for different resource types.

     1. Drag and drop the alerts firing tile to any location in the panel, click the tile’s icon, and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right side.

     2. Set the tile name and click the “OK” button to save the configuration.

        

   • Proportion of consumption this month: Support displaying the consumption ratio of different resource types and the consumption ratio of this month’s platform respectively.

     1. Drag and drop the tile of Proportion of consumption this month to any position in the panel, click the tile’s icon, and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right side.

     2. Configure the following parameters.

        

        • Type: including the proportion of resource type consumption this month and the proportion of platform consumption this month
        • Proportion of resource type consumption this month: that is, the consumption percentage of different resource types for this month is displayed. When this item is selected, the following parameters need to be configured.
          • Widget Name: Customize the name of the indicator displayed by the tile.
          • Currency: Select the currency of the tile display.
          • Cloud Platform: Select the platform for the indicator statistics.
          • Cloud Account: Select the cloud account for the indicator statistics.
        • Proportion of platform consumption this month: that is, the consumption share of different platforms is displayed. When this item is selected, the following parameters need to be configured.
          • Widget Name: Customize the name of the indicator displayed by the tile.
          • Currency: Select the currency of the tile display.

     3. When the configuration is finished, click “OK” button to save the configuration.

   • Consumption trends in the past 30 days: Display the consumption trend graph for the last 30 days.

     1. drag and drop the last 30 days consumption trend tile to any position in the panel, click the tile’s icon, and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right side.

     2. Configure the following parameters.

        

        • Widget Name: customize the name of the indicator displayed in the tile.
        • Currency: select the currency for the tile display.
        • Cloud Platform: Select the platform for the indicator statistics.
        • Cloud Account: Select the cloud account for the indicator statistics.

     3. When the configuration is finished, click the “OK” button to save the configuration.

   • Servers Count Trend: Displays a trend graph of the number of servers over a customized period of time.

     1. Drag and drop the Servers Count Trend tile anywhere in the panel, click on the tile’s icon of the tile, and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right side.
     2. Set the tile name and time, and click the “OK” button to save the configuration when it is finished.

     

   • Alert trend in the last 30 days: Display the trend graph of alarms in the past 30 days, and the proportion of alarms of different resource types, etc.

     1. Drag and drop the last 30 days alert trend tile to any position in the panel, click the tile’s icon, and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right side.
     2. Set the tile name and click “OK” button to save the configuration when it is finished.

     

   • Cloud account health status: The number of cloud accounts with normal status and the number of cloud accounts with abnormal status will be displayed.

     1. Drag and drop the cloud account health status tile to any location in the panel, click the tile’s icon, and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right side.
     2. Set the tile name and click “OK” button to save the configuration when it is finished.

     

   • UserInfo: Includes the username, current role, current project, and last login time of the currently logged-in user.

     1. Drag and drop the UserInfo tile anywhere in the panel, click the tile’s icon of the tile, and the Configure Tile dialog box will pop up on the right side.
     2. Set the tile name and click “OK” button to save the configuration when it is finished.

     

3. When the tile configuration is complete, click the top “Save” button to create the dashboard and display it on the Dashboard page.

Edit Dashboard

This function is used to modify the dashboard based on an existing dashboard. You can add or remove tiles or change the parameters of configured tiles, etc.

1. In the Dashboard page, click on the top right corner of the dashboard icon and select the drop-down menu “Edit” menu item to enter the Edit Dashboard page.
2. Support modifying the dashboard name, or adding or removing tiles or changing the parameters of configured tiles, etc.
3. When the modification is finished, click the top “OK” button to complete the modification.

Exporting Dashboard

Users can export the configured dashboard and share it to other users.

1. On the Dashboard page, click on the top right corner of the dashboard icon and select the drop-down menu “Export” menu item to download the dashboard file (with the ocdb suffix).

Importing Dashboard

Users can import the exported dashboard file to the platform for use.

1. On the Dashboard page, click on the top right corner of the non-default Dashboard icon and select the drop-down menu “Import” menu item to bring up the Import dialog.
2. Drag and drop the dashboard file (suffix ocdb) onto the dialog box and click the “OK” button.
3. The imported dashboard will be displayed on the Dashboard page.

Clone Dashboard

This function is used to make a copy of an existing dashboard and display it in the Dashboard page. Users can edit and define their own panels based on the cloned dashboard.

1. In the Dashboard page, click on the top right corner of the dashboard icon and select the drop-down menu “Clone” menu item to copy the dashboard.
2. The cloned dashboard is identical to the original dashboard, only the name becomes name-1.

Reset dashboard

This function is used to reset the default panel, when the default dashboard is modified, you can use this function to restore to the initial state.

1. In the Control Panel page, click the top right corner of the default dashboard icon and select the drop-down menu “Reset” menu item to bring up the operation confirmation dialog.
2. Click the “OK” button to complete the operation.

Delete Dashboard

This function is used to delete an existing dashboard. Deleting the default dashboard will reset the default panel.

1. On the Dashboard page, click on the top right corner of the dashboard icon and select the drop-down menu “Delete” menu item to bring up the action confirmation dialog.
2. Click the “OK” button to complete the operation.

Metrics