Add a Query List Widget to the Dashboard

You can save lists of search queries to your custom dashboards by creating query list widgets.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are logged in to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs web user interface as a user associated with the User role, or a role that has the relevant permissions. For more information, see Create and Modify Roles in Administering VMware Aria Operations for Logs. The URL format of the web user interface is https://operations_for_logs-host, where operations_for_logs-host is the IP address or host name of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs virtual appliance.

Procedure

1. In the Explore Logs page, run the query that you want to add to the dashboard.
2. Click the Add current query to dashboard icon .
3. (Optional) In the Name text box, modify the widget name.
4. From the Dashboard drop-down menu, select the dashboard to which you want to add the query.
5. From the Widget Type drop-down menu, select Query List.
6. From the Query List drop-down menu, select New Query List, type a name for the list, and click Save.
7. Under Notes, enter additional information for the widget.
8. Click Add.

Results

The query list widget appears on the dashboard that you specified.

What to do next

You can add queries to the query list widget that you created. See Add a Query to a Query List Widget in a Dashboard.