Display system parameters
You can configure the user interface by setting system parameters.
Display parameters
These parameters configure the UI for Operations Dashboard.
Table 1. Display parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Preset filters | Preset filters are applied to all dashboards and traces, but not to reports and alerts. They can be used to exclude health checks so they don't clutter the display. |
| Show external app data in dashboards | Configures whether external applications tracing data is enabled in Operations Dashboard Web Console. For more information see External applications tracing data.Note: External applications tracing data (spans) may still be sent and stored in Operations Dashboard even if this setting is disabled. This setting only affects the display of external applications tracing data in the Web Console. |
| Enable POC mode | Configures whether POC mode is enabled in Operations Dashboard Web Console. For more information see Product activation. |
| Default trace drilldown view | Configures which view is displayed by default when viewing the details of a trace. For more information see Traces. |
Logging parameters
These parameters configure the link Operations Dashboard provides navigate users to the appropriate logging infrastructure, for further investigation of errors or latency issues (uses Kibana by default).
Table 2. Logging parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Logging URL | Configures the URL that is used to show logs of the container that sent the tracing data within the relevant time frame.Use Default to let Operations Dashboard auto-detect the Kibana URL.Use Custom to specify a custom logging URL (for example, a Kibana instance managed by you).Use Hide to hide the logging URL from the end user (disable this feature). |
| Range in seconds for logging URL | The amount of seconds to add before and after the actual time of the spans, in order to show broader logging information and to overcome small time synchronization differences between the different runtimes. |
| Custom logging URL | Configures a custom URL to show logs of a container. Use the following placeholders within that URL:od-zuluFrom - Formatted start time in Zulu time zone, for example, "2020-11-30T19:01:34Z"od-zuluTo - Formatted finish time in Zulu time zone, for example, "2020-11-30T19:01:34Z"od-epochFrom - Start time in Unix epoch time (milliseconds), for example, "1606763489399"od-epochTo - Finish time in Unix epoch time (milliseconds), for example, "1606763489399"od-namespace - The namespace that sent the spansod-podName - The pod name that sent the spansod-containerName - The container name that sent the spans |
Monitoring parameters
These parameters configure the link Operations Dashboard provides to navigate the user to the appropriate monitoring infrastructure, for further investigation of errors or latency issues (uses Grafana by default).
Table 3. Monitoring parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Monitoring URL | Configures the URL that is used to show metrics of the pod that sent the tracing data within the relevant time frame.Use Default to let Operations Dashboard auto-detect the Grafana URL.Use Custom to specify a custom monitoring URL (for example. a Grafana instance managed by you).Use Hide to hide the monitoring URL from the end user (disable this feature). |
| Range in seconds for monitoring URL | The amount of seconds to add before and after the actual time of the spans, in order to show broader monitoring information and to overcome small time synchronization differences between the different runtimes. |
| Custom monitoring URL | Configures a custom URL to show metrics of a pod. Use the following placeholders within that URL:od-zuluFrom - Formatted start time in Zulu time zone, for example, "2020-11-30T19:01:34Z"od-zuluTo - Formatted finish time in Zulu time zone, for example, "2020-11-30T19:01:34Z"od-epochFrom - Start time in Unix epoch time (milliseconds), for example, "1606763489399"od-epochTo - Finish time in Unix epoch time (milliseconds), for example, "1606763489399"od-namespace - The namespace that sent the spansod-podName - The pod name that sent the spansod-containerName - The container name that sent the spans |