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Version: 2.0.27

Dashboards

A Dashboard is simply a visual representation of data designed for quick analysis of the network traffic data and informational awareness.

Dashboards consist of Widgets – an object with graphical representations of specific data, which can be added, edited, positioned, deleted or modified as you like. Sycope allows users to set up multiple dashboards.

Adding a Dashboard

Dashboards are created and edited in this menu: [Dashboard>Management>Dashboard].

When you enter this menu you will see a table with default and/or previously created user Dashboards.

The table contains the following fields:

  • Select - checkbox button - to select Dashboard for further editing
  • Favourite - star icon - to add to favorites
  • Home - home icon - to add to start screen
  • Name - Dashboard name
  • Tags - Dashboard assignment tags
  • Description - short dashboard description
  • Privilege
  • Shared
  • Created By
  • Creation Time
  • Modified By
  • Modification Time
  • Actions - actions that can be performed on the created dashboard
    • Export - save a dashboard to a file in json format
    • Edit - edit a created dashboard
    • Duplicate - create an editable copy of the dashboard
    • Delete - delete a selected Dashboard

To add a Dashboard, click on the Add Dashboard button. A blank table with four rows and twelve columns will be displayed. In this space you can place widgets selected from the list by clicking Add widget.

To configure the Dashboard, fill in the fields available after clicking Preferences.

  • Name - Dashboard name

  • Description - short dashboard description

  • Tag - you can add tags related to the Dashboard being created

  • Grid config section - to configure the grid on which Widgets will be placed

    • Columns - number of columns
    • Row height - height of grid rows
    • Compact
      • None/Horizontal/vertical
    • Disable animations switch

  • Print config section

    • Type
      • Standard
      • Raport
        • Format - page size
        • Orientation - page orientation - landscape/Portrait
        • DPI - resolution in DPI

  • Privacy

    • Private - accessible to the owner

    • Public - accessible to all

    • Shared - accessible to one or more selected roles. Available privileges are:

      • Delete

      • Edit

      • Execute

      • View

To complete a configuration and save a Dashboard, click Submit and close button.

A saved dashboard is placed in the table with the list of dashboards and it is launched by clicking on its name.