You can add charts and tables to the default dashboards or to your own dashboard. Charts and tables are widgets generated with the results obtained from a search.
For example, suppose you have a dashboard dedicated to monitor SQL database log events. Currently, you have a table displaying the failed login attempts to the SQL database. Now, you want to add another table to track whenever a database backup fails.
You can add a chart of table to a dashboard by using one of the following approaches:
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Perform a search operation and save the search
You can perform a search to capture the log events that you want to display as a chart or table on the dashboard. Use this approach if you do not have a saved search related to those log events.
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Use a saved search
You can add the saved search to a dashboard. Note that you cannot associate a saved search to more than one dashboard.
Procedure
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From the My Applications page in the Web Console, go to Monitoring > Log Monitoring.
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To add a chart or table to a dashboard, choose one of the following approaches:
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If you want to use a new search, see Searching Log Data in the Log Monitoring Application.
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If you want to use a saved search, locate the search as follows:
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At the top of the page, click Search.
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On the Search page, go to the Saved Search tab and click the saved search that you want to use.
Tip: If you do not see a list of searches, on the right side of the page, click Show History.
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If you created a new search, click the star button
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On the Search page, at the upper right of the page, click Actions > Save to Dashboard.
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In the Edit Saved Search Criteria dialog box, specify the dashboard details:
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Select the Save to Dashboard check box and choose how you want the search results to appear on the dashboard.
You can display the information in a chart (Graph option) or table format.
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In the Dashboard box, select the dashboard where you want to display the chart or table.
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Click Save.
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