Creating and managing a dashboard in Monitoring

Dashboards are visual panels that allow you to quickly assess the status and performance of your cloud resources. You can use ready-made dashboards offered by various services or create one of your own.

For more convenient operations with dashboards, use labels. They help filter the dashboards and find the data you need faster.

Creating a dashboardCreating a dashboard

To create a dashboard:

1. On the home page, click Create dashboard.
2. Add a widget to your dashboard. For example, the Heading widget.
   1. Click Heading.
   2. Enter text in the input field.
   3. Select the title size.
   4. Click Add. You will now see the titled widget on the dashboard.
3. Click Save in the top-right corner.
4. Name your dashboard and click Save.

Setting up a dashboardSetting up a dashboard

1. Open the service home page.
2. Select Dashboards in the left pane of the window.
3. Select the dashboard you need.
4. At the top right, click Settings and select one of the following options:
   • General. In this window, you can set:
     • Title: It is displayed at the top of the dashboard.
     • Name: It is used in the dashboard URL. If the name is not specified, the dashboard title will be used instead.
     • Description: Additional dashboard information.
     • Labels: Labels for more flexible dashboard search.
   • JSON: Editing the dashboard in JSON format.
   • Parameters: In this window, you can add parameters for interactive dashboards.
   • Links: Here you can add a link to an external resource or another dashboard.
5. Click Save at the top right.

Configuring dashboard labelsConfiguring dashboard labels

To configure dashboard labels:

1. Open the service home page.
2. Select Dashboards in the left pane of the window.
3. Select the dashboard you need.
4. At the top right, click Settings and select General.
5. In the window that opens, enter the label values in key=value format under Labels.
6. Click Save.
7. Click Save at the top right.

Searching for dashboardsSearching for dashboards

You can search for dashboards in the list by their main parameters: ID, Title, Name, Description, and Labels.

To search for dashboards:

1. Open the service home page.
2. Select Dashboards in the left pane of the window.
3. In the Search by entry field, enter the label key or value, title, name, or description.

What's nextWhat's next

• Adding a widget to a dashboard
• Dashboard concepts