Create Widgets

Security Requirements and Controls

You create a widget when you want to save a search query and visualize its results in a dashboard for ongoing monitoring.

To create a new widget from a search, follow these steps.

  1. Go to the Repository and views tab in the main LogScale User Interface and pick a repository.

  2. Click the Search tab from the top menu bar.

  3. Enter a query of your choice, one that would best suit your data.

  4. Click the Time Selector on top to choose the time interval (for example, Last 1d). The active search interval used is saved along with the widget. For details on the timeframe you can set, see Change Time Interval.

  5. Choose the preferred or compatible chart using the Widget selector dropdown: one chart type is selected by default depending on the query you have entered — Auto (Table) in the example figure, see Widgets Gallery for all the available widgets.

  6. Click Run — you should now see the graph or table in the main panel; if not, check again the time interval you have selected, as it should be consistent with your data set.

  7. Click the Save menu at the top right of the graph pane and select the Dashboard widget option.

    Screenshot depicting how to create a new widget from the UI

    Figure 199. Creating Dashboard Widget


  8. In the Dashboard widget dialog popping up, enter information as required:

    • Dashboard — Select New Dashboard from the menu. You have the option of assigning the widget you're creating to an existing dashboard, if there is any.

    • Dashboard name— enter a name for the new dashboard this widget will belong to.

    • Dashboard color palette— automatically applies the default dashboard color palette. Select a different palette if instead you want to differentiate the color of this widget.

    • Widget title — provide a title to the new widget.

    • Widget description — provide a description for the new widget.

    • Open dashboard after save checkbox — click it to have your new widget opened in the dashboard.

    Dashboard Widget dialog

    Figure 200. Dashboard Widget dialog


  9. Click Save: your new dashboard is created and appears in the main pane.

  10. Optionally, click the edit icon on the top right to resize or rename your widget, change the description, etc.