Filtering Dashboards and Widgets

by Community Manager on 07-06-2011 08:46 AM - last edited on 01-03-2012 06:34 PM

Dashboards and widgets can be filtered by Clip, Collection, Domain, Element Status, Element Type, Location, Target, Time, Time Format, and Time Zone. For widgets, the availablilty of each of these filters varies by widget type (and relevance). In the Result Details widget, Element Status Element Type filters are displayed on the widget surface by default. For all other widgets the display of filters on the widget title is optional.

 

  1. To filter a dashboard or widget, first invoke the Toggle Dashboard Edit Mode button to show the Edit Panel. The Edit Panel > Filter tab is used to filter dashboards or selected widgets.

Toggle Dashboard Edit Mode

When edit mode is on, the Edit Panel opens with the Dashboard node selected on the left. To filter the entire dashboard, click the Filter tab.

    • To filter at the Widget level, first select a widget in the dashboard and then select "Widget" in the Edit Panel list. Additional widget options appear only if a selection is made. Widget selection can occur before or after invoking the Edit Panel. For widgets, the available filters will vary according to widget type.
      1. With the Widget node selected, click the Filter tab.

If the selected widget does not support filtering, the Filter tab displays that fact.

  1. For widgets that support filtering, the relevant options are displayed for the dashboard selection. In such a case, check Apply all of the following criteria and then define filter criteria to apply by using the Attribute, Operator, and Value fields in the first row using the steps below.

Additional rows may be added, or rows subtracted, by clicking the Plus and Delete icons respectively.

  1. Optionally, click Display filter toolbar. This will display the Filter icon in the widget or dashboard title bar as shown on the right. One or more filters can be displayed.

  1. In the Attributes drop-down, select one of the available attributes.

 

  1. Select an operator to filter by. The available operators vary according to the attribute selection above.

  1. Optionally, click the green arrow to add a second row of criteria to filter by.

When the Widget node, which only appears when a widget is selected in the dashboard above, is selected (), the selected criteria are applied only to the selection.

Note: When the widget selected is not a collection widget, filter options for collections do not appear.

  1. Click Apply when you’re ready to enact these changes on the dashboard or widget.
  2. Click OK or Cancel when done.
  3. For filters displayed on a widget or dashboard, click the blue link to show drop-down filters defined above. For example, the displayed filter on the right shows time ranges to filter by.

If more than one row to display was checked, its value also displays on the toolbar (if Display was checked).

Filtering Results by Clip

For clips, select either All or one of the clips listed for the currently selected result.

Filtering Results by Collection

For collections, select either ChainGroupPage, Transaction, If, Switch, or All.

Filtering Results by Domain

For domains, select either All or the Domains listed for the currently selected result.

Filtering Results by Element Status

For element status, select either All or Errors Only.

Filtering Results by Element Type

For element type, select either All or Messages & Actions Only.

Filtering Results by Location

For locations, select either All or one of the locations listed for the currently selected result.

Filtering Results by Target

For targets, All or one of the targets listed for the current selected result.

Filtering Results by Time

For time, select a time period (e.g. Last 5 Minutes, etc.), Between (to specify a range), or Dashboard result time.

Formatting Results by Time Format

For Time Format, select the operator (either Absolute or Relative Time) and then specify whether to apply the value to All (clips) or the listed clips. For Relative Time, the X axis will go from 0 to the number of minutes of the test For Absolute time, the X axis will go from the actual clock time of day that the test started (e.g. 2:30:46) to when it ended.

Formatting Results by Time Zone

For Time Zone, select a time zone value from the listed values.