Creating a dashboard for monitoring

Customize your console by creating pages with personalized dashboards to use for monitoring.

1. In the navigation bar, click Console Settings > Pages > New Page.
2. From the Page Settings panel, enter a descriptive Page name and a Page location to indicate where you want the dashboard to be displayed in the navigation bar.
3. By default, the Page layout is set to Proportional. It is recommended to change this value to Freeform or Fluid if a very large number of widgets is used.
4. Click OK to start creating your dashboard.
5. Click Dashboard Widgets to show the widgets available for you to use.
   According to the data set you want to monitor, use the appropriate widgets, as described in Table 1:

   Table 1. Data sets and corresponding dashboard widgets

   Data set	Dashboard widgets
   Engine data set	List, Table
   Job data set	List, Table
   Job History data set	List, Table
   Job Stream data set	List, Table
   Job Risk Level data set	Analog Gauge, Value Status Gauge, Table, Bar Chart Note: If you plan to use the All status values filter, you can only use the Bar Chart widget.
   Job Status data set	Table
   Jobs Count data set (Not available on z/OS)	Value Status Gauge, Bar Chart
   Log Messages data set	List, Table
   Plan Progress data set Note: To obtain an accurate progress bar, the value for the progress indicator must be between 0 and 100.	Volume Bar
   Prompt asked data set	Value Status Gauge
   Prompt data set	List, Table
   Workstation data set	List, Table
   Workstations Status data set	Value Status Gauge, Bar Chart Note: If you plan to use the All status values filter, you can only use the Bar Chart widget. When you select the Available filter, the results include both linked workstations and workstations on which jobman is running. When you select the Not available filter, the results include both unlinked workstations and workstations on which jobman is not running.

6. Drag the widget you choose to the lower part of the page and position it to meet your requirements.
   Note: For the Gauge widget, click the down arrow in the upper-right corner of the widget and select Events. Clear the NodeClickedOn event for the subscribed events to avoid unnecessary reloading of the widgets.
7. Click the down arrow in the upper-right corner of the widget and select Edit.
8. Select the data set you want to use for retrieving information to display in the widget. You can choose among all data sets provided by HCL Workload Automation. If you select the most widely used data sets, you can also use wires to create in the widget a direct link to the table listing the data set results. This feature is available for the following data sets:
   • Job Status
   • Jobs Count (Available for distributed engines only)
   • Workstations Status
   • Job Risk Level
   • Prompt Asked (Available for distributed engines only)
   Note: If you disable plan data replication in the database, the retrieved data might be inconsistent or wrong.

   For more information about replicating plan data in the database, see Replicating plan data in the database

   To create a direct link to the table listing the data set results, perform the following steps:
   1. Click Show Wires in the upper right corner of the dashboard. The Summary of wires page is displayed.
   2. Click New wire.
   3. Open the arrow next to the widget name and select NodeClickedOn. Click OK.
   4. In the Select Target For New Wire dialog, select DashDrillDown.
   5. Select Load the selected target page and Switch to the selected target page. Click OK.
   6. In the Transformation dialog, select None. Click OK. You have now linked the widget to the table listing the results of the data set of your choice.
9. When you are satisfied with your settings, click Save and exit.