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Create a Custom Dashboard

If you have the necessary role rights, you can create custom dashboards. You can select views for the dashboard and set their location on the page. You also can select the menus that list the dashboard so that it can be shared with other operators.

The views in a custom dashboard can also be customized. For example, you can select a group context, or you can specify a custom view title.

You can customize the predefined CA Performance Center dashboard pages, or you can add new dashboards. You can select the views and data context for custom dashboards.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a user with the required administrative role rights.
2. Click the Dashboards tab.

   The Available Dashboards page opens. Each view on the page corresponds to a menu.

3. Click Add Dashboard next to the menu in which the new dashboard will appear.

   The Add Dashboard page opens.

4. Complete the following fields:

   Dashboard Menu

   Is the menu where you want the dashboard to appear.

   Menu Item

   Is the name of the dashboard as you want it to appear in the menu.

   Dashboard Title

   Is the name that you want to appear at the top of the new dashboard.

5. (Optional) Select a layout template for the dashboard.

   Each layout treats the page as a table with rows and columns for views. The Layout buttons indicate the number of views in each column and row on the page.

   Note: We recommend selecting a layout before adding views.

6. Expand the categories of views shown in the left pane.
7. Select a view that you want to add to the page from one of the expanded lists.

   Note: The maximum number of views per dashboard is 25.

8. Click and drag the view to the page layout, and drop it where you want it to appear.

   Note: By default, the context is Summary. With the Summary context setting, the available views display summary data for the current group context of the dashboard. The Summary setting does not require you to select a specific group or item. Summary views dynamically update the context when you change the context of the page.

9. (Optional) Apply a group or context filter to the views. You can select a group, device, or interface by taking the following steps:
   1. Click Filter by: Summary.
   2. Select a Context Type, such as a type of managed item. Select Group to see the Groups tree.
   3. Select a specific context item or a group context.
   4. Click OK to save the new context filter.
10. (Optional) Click Clear Filter on the main Edit Dashboard Layout page to revert to the Summary filter.
11. Click Save to save the dashboard and add it to the selected menu.

    To discard the changes you made, click Clear.

Also See:

Build a Custom View

Build a Custom View for a Single Interface