Knowledge Base

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A dashboard is where you view and analyze your test results. SOASTA CloudTest provides a wide variety of analytic widgets to fill your dashboards. You can use one or more to track your test results and with as many widgets on each as you prefer. Note: It is not necessary to create a dashboard before you play your tests. SOASTA CloudTest provides a Default Functional Dashboard that lets you get started right away.
Steps Use the following steps to create a Dashboard: From the Central list, select Compositions and then select the composition double-click the composition to open —Or— Click New to start an Untitled Composition —Or— If a different node is selected in the Central list, click the drop-down on the New button and then select New Composition
Once the test composition is open, click the Play tab.
The Result Details dashboard appears unless there is already a dashboard associated with the test composition. The Result Details widget begins to populate as the test plays, using live data.
With the Play tab selected, click the "+" link to the right of the last dashbaord tab. The Dashboard wizard appears with the New or Existing Dashboard page in display.
From here, you can either select from the existing (system or custom) dashboards or create a new custom dashboard. If you choose an existing custom dashboard, the dashboard opens in a new tab within the Play tab. You can add more widgets to further customize it. If you chose a read-only system dashboard, save the dashboard with an alternate name to customize it. In the Choose Dashboard dialog box, pick an existing dashboard from the list and then click OK. When you do so, the dashboard opens in the play tab. You can play your test composition and view results in your new selection, or, continue to customize the dashboard by changing its current configuration or by adding and removing widgets. —-Or-— Click Create a New Dashboard to define a new dashboard. When you do so, the New Dashboard Setup page appears.
For new dashboards, in the New dashboard setup page: Enter a dashboard name Select a dashboard folder (optional) Select a Widget Layout Select a Browser Window Fit
Click Next. The new dashboard is created and its tab is shown in the Play tab. The Choose Widget dialog appears in two positions at the top of the dashboard. The dashboard opens as a new dashboard tab in the Composition Editor Play or Results tab with the Widget Selection Panel toggled on. If the dashboard was opened or created from Central > Dashboards there is no tab.
Click the Toolbar Widget Selection Panel button to toggle the Widget Selection Panel on or off. For new dashboards, the Widget Selection Panel appears automatically toggled on.
Adding Widgets Widgets are presented in the Widget Type section from where they can be easily dragged into position in dashboards. Click the arrow of any widget category to expand its contents. Widgets from monitors and external data sources are included here. Choose from among Basic, Charts, Containers, Custom, Logging, Maps, Monitor, and Utilities (formerly Monitoring Utilities) widgets. Any external data sources configured appear at the bottom of this list.
Add widgets to the dashboard by dragging them from the list to the workspace, combine or correlate widgets by dropping them onto other widgets. Selected widgets in the dashboard automatically scroll this list to that selection. For example, expand the Basic widget category by clicking its right arrow.
Note: In the case of adding monitor widgets, first select the monitor from the Monitors section and optionally specify an Aggregation Level. Place the mouse cursor over the widget to add, press and hold the left mouse button and drag the widget to a column in the dashboard workspace. For more information about adding widgets to dashboards, see Adding a Widget to a Dashboard.
Specifying Results Results can be specified for both dashboards and (separately) for selected widgets by selecting result items in either the Widget Selection Panel’s Dashboard Data or Widget Data sections. Specifying Dashboard-Level Results Result selection at the dashboard-level is performed within the Dashboard Data section. With a dashboard open, and the Widget Selection Panel toggled on, expand the Dashboard Data section.
For a stand-alone dashboard, the default “Most recent from this Composition” will display “No Results Selected” in widgets.
For a composition dashboard, the current result selection applies. If the composition has not been played, then “No Result Selected” displays.