Alert Volume
Widget
The Alert Volume widget is a trend
report for the last seven days of alerts generated for the objects it is configured to
monitor in
VMware Aria
Operations
. You can create one
or more alert volume widgets for objects that you add to your dashboards. The alert volume
provides you with a customized trend report on objects that helps you identify changes in
alert volume, indicating a problem in your environment. How the Alert Volume Widget and
Configuration Options Work
You can add the Alert Volume widget to one or
more custom dashboards and configure it to display data that is important to
different dashboard users. The data that appears in the widget is based on the
configured options for each widget instance. The changes you make to the options
create a custom widget to meet the needs of the dashboard users.
Where You Find the Alert Volume Widget
The widget might be included on any of your custom
dashboards. From the left menu, click to see your configured dashboards.
To customize the data that appears in the dashboard
widget, from the left menu, click . To create your dashboard, from the left menu, click . From the
Dashboards
panel, click
Create
. To edit your dashboard, from the left menu, click . From the Dashboards
panel, select the
dashboard you want to edit and select . Toggle between the Views
and Widgets
option to
view and add a widget or view to the dashboard. The widgets list panel displays a
list of all the predefined widgets. Drag a widget to the dashboard workspace in the
upper panel.Alert Volume Widget Display
Options
The Alert Volume widget displays a trend
chart, symptoms by criticality, and active alerts.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Trend chart | Volume of critical,
immediate, and warning symptoms for the configured objects. |
Symptoms by criticality | Number of symptoms for
each criticality level. |
Active Alerts | Number of active alerts.
Alerts can have more than one triggering symptom. |
Alert Volume Widget Configuration
Options
On the title bar of the widget, click the
Edit Widget
icon to configure the widget.The configuration options are grouped
into one or more sections. You can select the objects on which you want to base the
widget data and refine the objects in the following sections. Each section filters
the objects further and pushes the filtered objects to the next section. The widget
data is based on the objects that are the output of the last section.
The
Configuration
section
provides general configuration options for the widget.The
Input Data
section
provides options to specify input for the widget. This section appears when the
widget is in self provider mode.Option | Description |
|---|---|
Title | Enter a custom title that
identifies this widget from other instances that are based on the same widget
template.
|
Configuration | |
Refresh Content | Activate or deactivate the automatic refreshing of the
data in this widget. If not activated, the widget is updated only when the
dashboard is opened or when you click the Refresh button on
the widget in the dashboard. |
Refresh Interval | If you activate the Refresh
Content option, specify how often to refresh the data in this
widget. |
Self Provider | Indicates whether the objects
for which data appears in the widget are defined in the widget or provided by
another widget.
|
Input
Data | |
Object | Search for objects in your environment and select the
object on which you are basing the widget data. You can also click the
Add Object icon and select an object from the object
list. You can use the Filter text box to refine the object
list and the Tag Filter pane to select an object based on tag
values. |