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Dashboard

Getting Started

By default, the Dashboard Widget will try to connect to the web reports on the local host. If it is unable to reach the web reports or the web reports do not exist at that location the Welcome screen will be presented.

To configure the widget, right-click anywhere on the widget and select Widget Preferences.

Preferences

There are a few different ways the Dashboard Widget can be used. One method is to focus the widget on specific machines, such as domain controllers or web servers. In this case, it would allow these machines to be closely monitored, whether they are experiencing issues or not. The other method is to use the Show Non-OK functionality. This allows the widget to only display machines that have problems and have exceeded their configured limits.

URL

This should point to the base URL of your EventSentry Web Reports.

Profile

The Profile that contains the computers you are interested in viewing with the widget. By default the profile will be called DEFAULT.

Specific Computer(s)

A common separated list containing all computers you are interested in viewing. If left blank, the widget will look at all machines in the Profile.

Show Non-OK

When this option is checked, the widget will only display machines that contain values that have exceeded their limits or represent a negative status. When the Specific Computer(s) value is blank, the widget will evaluate every computer that contains Performance and Disk Space information. In the event there are computers listed in the Specific Computer(s) field, the widget will only evaluate the listed computer for problems.

Max Computer(s)

The value will represent the total number of computers that will be listed in the widget. This value prevents the widget from trying to load 100 machines at once. This value will be ignored when computers are listed in the Specific Computer(s) field.

Refresh rate (min)

This slider will control how often the widgets connect to the EventSentry Web Reports and check for new values. The options range from 1 minute to 1 hour.

Click on any value in the widget for more information in the web reports.

Account

The Account tab under the Widget Preferences allows you to access the web reports when the built-in authentication is enabled. Simply enter the web reports username / password here to avoid being prompted for credentials every time the widget is loaded.

Appearance

The Appearance tab gives control over the colors use in the widget.

Window

There are several options under the Window tab that can control widget's opacity or prevent it from being dragged.