Create a Graph tile for one entity and metric
You can use the Graph tile to display a diagram for any entity in a dashboard's scope. This tutorial demonstrates finding a one entity and one metric and featuring them in a Graph tile.
Tip
You can add a Graph tile to any dashboard quickly, without opening a dashboard, from the Metric Dictionary page or any Smart View page.
To find the metric name for the tile, you'll display an entity's Smart View page, then open the metric dictionary.
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In Zenoss Cloud, click the SMART VIEW tab.
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In the search field, enter the name of a Linux host.
The following example shows a Linux server named se-demo07.
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Select the entity name from the search results list to open the Smart View page for the host.
The following example shows just the anchor card area.
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In the anchor card area, make the metric tile of the metric you want to feature on the dashboard the primary metric tile.
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From the primary metric tile, open the metric dictionary editor.
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From the Metric name field, copy or record the metric name, and then close the METRIC DICTIONARY dialog.
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Create a new dashboard.
For assistance, see the procedure for creating a new dashboard or the new dashboard tutorial.
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In the new dashboard, add a Graph tile.
The TILE CONFIGURATION dialog replaces the dashboard editor window with the Graph tile configuration tabs and fields. For more information about the dialog, see Graph tile.
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In the Entity and metric field, enter the name of the metric you copied from the metric dictionary editor.
For example,
mem_MemUsed
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Select the metric name that matches your entry.
The dialog updates to highlight your selection and to display a graph. By default, the graph is a line graph that aggregates data points from all entities in the dashboard scope that collect the metric.
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In the Entity and metric field, enter name of an entity.
In the preceding steps, the device name is
se-demo07
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Click the matching search result from the list immediately below the field.
The data in the display no longer aggregates data from other entities, so the Aggregator field is dimmed.
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In the TILE CONFIGURATION dialog, specify other fields as desired, and then click SAVE.
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Reposition or resize the tile as desired.