Dashboards
Overview
You can access a specific dashboard by clicking the dropdown menu on the menu bar, then within the dropdown pick the relevant dashboard from the list, as shown in the following figure. When you click an item from this dropdown, the selected dashboard will replace the current view.
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When selecting a dashboard from the dropdown, if the dashboard is configured to be a logical (image) dashboard this will be displayed, otherwise the geographical dashboard will be displayed. You can switch between the logical view and geographical view using the buttons along the bottom of the dashboard. See the Interacting with a Dashboard section.
Dashboards are also available to view on the main map view, they will always display in their geographical format. If there are any available they will be in the dashboards layer controller, see Using The Sidebar - Dashboards Tab. Selecting a dashboard in the layer controller will be displayed on the map.
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A Logical Dashboard uses an image as its background and allows the user to configure the position of items displayed in the dashboard. This differs from a Geographical Dashboard where the position of the items in the dashboard are determined by their geographic location. The following images show examples of a logical and geographic dashboard.
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Logical Dashboard Example
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Geographical Dashboard Example
Interacting with a Dashboard
Navigating the Dashboard
When using a dashboard there are a number of controls available:
Use the mouse to move around, left-click and hold the map to pan around the screen, the arrow keys may also be used.
On the top-left of the map you find the zoom controls.
The Home button returns the map to the default zoom and location.
The Plus and Minus buttons allow you to zoom in and out.
Zooming in and out is also possible by using the scroll wheel.
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In the geographical view, the Maps tab allows you to select from all configured base maps. For example, you can choose a Satellite map or the OSM (Open Street Map). This tab is disabled for Logical Dashboards.
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The buttons along the bottom of the screen allow you to switch between the Geographic (Map) and Logical (Image) view of the current dashboard if it both are available.
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Viewing the Data on a Dashboard
When viewing a dashboard - either logical or geographic - you will see any number of links between entities. In a logical dashboard the blue markers have a pixel location set, the red markers are a transformed value based on the entities latitude and longitude and have not been configured for the logical dashboard. See the Configuring a Dashboard section for details.
Both marker colours are shown in the following figure.
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When you hover over a marker a tooltip displays that contains the entity name for that marker. See the following figure.
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Click an entity marker to see the expanded view for that marker. This expanded view shows the devices at that location that have a link connected to them. Hover on a device marker (dark blue) to display a tooltip with the name of the entity and the device. This can be seen in the following figure.
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Click the entity marker to collapse the expanded view.
Hover on a link to display a tooltip containing the CID (the Circuit ID of the link) and Bandwidth for that link. This can be seen in the following figure.
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Click a link to display a pop-up containing information about that link, to see what information is displayed in the popup see sections General Tab, Source Tab, Events Tab, Weather Tab.
Only one pop-up can be open at any given time. When you click on another marker, any currently opened pop-up will close. You can still pan around the map using left-click and hold. You can also still zoom using the scroll wheel or the Zoom menu. When the map is in a paused state a button displays under the zoom control, click this un-pause(start) button the map. Switching to the other type of dashboard will also un-pause the map. This button can be seen in the following figure.
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