Displaying network view event data in a gauge group

You can use wires to configure a Network Views widget and a Dashboard Application Services Hub gauge group to pass data between each other. Under the configuration described here, when a user clicks a node in the network view tree in the Network Views widget, the gauge group updates to show a number of status gauges: you can configure as many status gauges as desired. In the example described here, three gauges are configured: Severity 3 (minor), Severity 4 (major), and Severity 5 (critical), together with a number within each status gauge indicating how many events at that severity are currently present on the devices in that network view. The instructions in this topic describe a possible option for wiring the two widgets.

1. Log in as a user that has the iscadmins role.
2. Create the page, assign it to a location in the navigation, and specify the roles that users need to view the page.
   The default location is Default, and in this task it is assumed that this default location is used. If you use a different location, then substitute your chosen location wherever you see the location Default used in this task.
3. Add the Network Views widget to the page.
4. Add the Dashboard Application Services Hub gauge group to the page.
5. Edit the gauge group widget.
6. Select a dataset for the gauge group. In the Gauge Group: Select a Dataset window, search for the Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI > All data > Filter Summary dataset.
   One way to do this is as follows:
   1. In the search textbox of the Gauge Group: Select a Dataset window, type filter.
   2. Click Search. This search retrieves two Filter Summary datasets.
   3. Select the dataset that has a provider title labeled Provider: Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI > Datasource: All data.
7. Configure how you want the gauge group to be displayed. In the Gauge Group: Visualization Settings window, add three value status gauges by performing the following steps:.
   1. Click Choose Widget and select ValueStatus Gauge from the drop-down list. Then click Add
   2. Add two more ValueStatus Gauge widgets, following the instruction in the previous step.
   There should now be three ValueStatus Gauge widgets listed in the Selected Widgets list.
8. Configure the three value status gauges to show the following:
   • First value status gauge will display the number of Severity 3 (minor) events, within the Severity 3 (minor) symbol, .
   • Second value status gauge will display the number of Severity 4 (major ) events, within the Severity 4 (major) symbol, .
   • Third value status gauge will display the number of Severity 5 (critical) events, within the Severity 5 (critical) symbol, .
   Perform the following steps to configure the Severity 3 (minor) value status gauge:
   1. Select the first value status gauge item in the Selected Widgets list.
   2. Click Required Settings.
   3. Click the Value drop-down list and select Severity 3 Event Count from the drop-down list.
   4. Click Optional Settings.
   5. Click the Label above Gauge drop-down list and select Severity 3 Event Count Name from the drop-down list.
   6. In the Minor spinner set a threshold value of 0 by typing 0.
      This threshold value causes any number of Severity 3 (minor) events to generate a Severity 3 value status gauge.
   Perform the following steps to configure the Severity 4 (major) value status gauge:
   1. Select the first value status gauge item in the Selected Widgets list.
   2. Click Required Settings.
   3. Click the Value drop-down list and select Severity 4 Event Count from the drop-down list.
   4. Click Optional Settings.
   5. Click the Label above Gauge drop-down list and select Severity 4 Event Count Name from the drop-down list.
   6. In the Major spinner set a threshold value of 0 by typing 0.
      This threshold value causes any number of Severity 4 (major) events to generate a Severity 4 value status gauge.
   Perform the following steps to configure the Severity 5 (critical) value status gauge:
   1. Select the first value status gauge item in the Selected Widgets list.
   2. Click Required Settings.
   3. Click the Value drop-down list and select Severity 5 Event Count from the drop-down list.
   4. Click Optional Settings.
   5. Click the Label above Gauge drop-down list and select Severity 5 Event Count Name from the drop-down list.
   6. In the Critical spinner set a threshold value of 0 by typing 0.
      This threshold value causes any number of Severity 5 (critical) events to generate a Severity 5 value status gauge.
9. Click Save and Exit to save the page.
10. From the page action list, select Edit Page.
11. Click Show Wires and then, in the Summary of wires section of the window. click New Wire.
12. Specify the wires that connect the Network Views widget to the Dashboard Application Services Hub gauge group.
    • In the Select Source Event for New Wire window, click Network Views > NodeClickedOn, and then click OK.
    • In the Select Target for New Wire window, click Default > This page name_of_page > Event Viewer , where name_of_page is the name of the page that you created in step 2.
    • In the Transformation window, select Show Gauge Events, and then click OK
13. Close the Summary of wires section of the window by clicking the X symbol.
14. Click Save and Exit to save the page.