Creating a dashboard displaying overall group status and the resources in the group

It's useful for understanding at a glance how many resources within a group are in a particular state, for example, how many resources are OK and how many resources are in the Warning state. If the number of resources in a particular state increases, you can click the group gauge widget to see which resources they are, making it easy to identify the resources that need attention.

About this task

By the end of the task, you will create a dashboard like the following:

1. Log on to the Z Automation Web Console.
2. On the welcome page of IBM Z Automation Web Console, click > Create New Page.
3. On Page Settings, specify the following settings:
   1. Specify a page name, for example, Group Gauge Dashboard.
   2. Specify the page location where to find the page.
   3. Specify the page layout, depending on the how the dashboard will be viewed.

      In this example, use Proportional which is the most versatile.

   4. In Optional settings, specify the roles that should be able to access the new page.
   5. Click OK to save the settings.
4. In the search field, type gauge group and click Search.
5. Drag and drop the Gauge Group widget from the widget palette to the page canvas.
6. Click Edit from the widget's drop-down menu to configure the data provider and data set that should be displayed by the widget.
   
   1. On page Select a Dataset, in the search field, type domain topology and click Search. You will find the Automation domain topology data set, select this data set.
   2. Select ValueStatus Gauge widget from the drop-down menu and click Add.
      
   3. Click ValueStatus Gauge, then in the value field of Required Settings / Map Visualzation, select the resource number to be displayed in the widget. For example, select the number of resources in FATAL.
      
   4. In the Optional Settings section, enter 0 for the threshold value for Fatal. In addition, select Fatal for No Data Status. It will show the widget but with a count of 0.
      
   5. Repeat the steps from b - d to add counters for each of the state types you would like to see, for example, OK, Warning, Critical, or others.
   6. Scroll down to Optional Settings and provide a title for the group, for example, specify CICS if you create a group for CICS resources.
      
   7. In section Configure Optional Dataset Parameters, in the Resource name filter field, type a string to filter the resources. Likewise, provide a value for Resource class filter.
      
   8. Click OK.
7. Repeat steps 5-6 to for each logical group you would like to add to the dashboard.
   Tip: You can quickly add new widgets by cloning the created widget. Click the drop-down menu of the widget and select Clone. Drag the cloned widget into place and then edit the Optional Settings for the new widget like Title and Resource name filter.

   Now, the widgets that you created should look similar like the following sample.

   

   In the next step you will add a table widget to the dashboard and link the gauge group widgets to the table widget. When one of the gauge widgets is clicked, the table widget will be updated with the resources belonging to that group.
8. In the search field, type table and click Search.
9. Drag the System Automation Table to the canvas.
   
10. Put the table widget below the first gauge group widget, and then adjust the width of the widget to appropriate size.
    For example,

    
11. Click Edit from the widget's drop-down menu to edit properties.
    1. In the search field, enter resource topology of and then click Search. Select the Resource topology of an automation domain data set.
    2. In the Optional Settings section, provide the information:
       • Title, for example, Group Resources.
       • Columns you would like to see in the table.
    3. Click OK.
12. Click Save to save the current page.
13. Next, link the Gauge Group widgets to the Group Resources widget. Click the 'Show Wires' icon.
    
    1. Click New Wire.
    2. Select the event source. It will be one of the Gauge Group widgets that you created earlier.
       
    3. Click OK.
    4. Select the target widget. For example, the Group Resources widget created earlier. You can enter the name of the widget in the search field to find it if necessary.
       
    5. Click OK.
14. A summary list of the wires for the page is displayed. Repeat the steps to link the other widgets to the Group Resources widget.
    
15. Close the box by clicking x on the top right of the summary view.
16. Click Save and Exit.

Results

You successfully created a dashboard showing the status and the corresponding resources. For example, if you click the Omegamon widget, the Group Resources widget is refreshed with information about the resources in the group.