Working with widgets
Widgets are web applications that display information or provide a service in a console dashboard. You can only work with widgets that have been deployed to the console. Use Widgets to create, edit, and delete a widget from a dashboard.
To access Widgets in the console, click in the navigation pane. The main panel displays a list of all of the widgets in the console.
In relation to the widget palette that is displayed when creating dashboards, widgets can be associated with one or more widget catalogs. Widgets that are not organized into catalogs, are said to be uncategorized, but depending on your authorization, may still be listed in the widget palette.
Field descriptions
This section describes the fields and controls in the main panel of the Widgets management page.- New icon
- Launches the Create Widget Wizard that allows you to create a customized copy of an existing widget.
- Edit
- Launches the Edit Widget Wizard that allows you to edit settings for a non-core widget.
- Delete
- Deletes a selected custom widget.
- Restore icon
- Reloads the widget list.
- Filter
- Type in this field to quickly find an item in the table. This field is useful when there are a large number of items to look through.
- Select
- Selects or deselects a single item in the table.
- Name
- Displays the title of the widget as it is shown on the dashboard. To edit details for a widget, click its name entry in the table to launch the Edit Widget Wizard.
- Type
- Indicates whether a widget is a core, system, or custom widget.
- Catalog
- Displays the catalog that contains the widget.
- Description
- Provides a description of a widget and its intended function.