You can use the Property List widget to view the properties of objects and their values.
How the Property List Widget and Configuration Options Work
To observe the properties of objects in the Property List widget, you can select object property metrics when you configure the widget itself (Self Provider mode activated). Alternatively, you can select objects or object property metrics from another widget (Self Provider mode deactivated). You can also view a default or custom set of properties by selecting a preconfigured XML file in the Metric Configuration drop-down menu of the widget configuration window.
You edit a Property List widget after you add it to a dashboard. You can configure a widget to receive data from another widget by selecting Off for Self Provider mode. When the widget is not in Self Provider mode, it displays a set of predefined properties and their values of an object that you select on the source widget. For example, you can select a host on a Topology widget and observe its properties in the Property List widget. To configure the Property List as a receiver widget that is on the same dashboard, use the Widget Interactions menu when you edit a dashboard. To configure a receiver widget that is on another dashboard, use the Dashboard Navigation menu when you edit a source dashboard.
Where You Find the Property List Widget
The widget might be included on any of your custom dashboards. From the left menu, click
to see your configured dashboards.To customize the data that appears in the dashboard widget, from the left menu, click Dashboards panel, click Create. To edit your dashboard, from the left menu, click . From the Dashboards panel, select the dashboard you want to edit and select . Toggle between the Views and Widgets option to view and add a widget or view to the dashboard. The widgets list panel displays a list of all the predefined widgets. Drag a widget to the dashboard workspace in the upper panel.
. To create your dashboard, from the left menu, click . From theProperty List Widget Data Grid Options
The data grid provides information on which you can sort and search.
Option | Description |
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Object Name | Name of the object, whose properties you observe. You can sort the properties by object name. To open the Object Details page, click an object name. |
Property Name | Name of the property. You can sort the properties by property name. |
Value | Value of the property. You can sort the properties by value. |
Property List Widget Configuration Options
On the title bar of the widget, click the Edit Widget icon to configure the widget.
The configuration options are grouped into one or more sections. You can select the objects on which you want to base the widget data and refine the objects in the following sections. Each section filters the objects further and pushes the filtered objects to the next section. The widget data is based on the objects that are the output of the last section.
The Configuration section provides general configuration options for the widget.
The Input Data section provides options to specify input for the widget. This section appears when the widget is in self provider mode.
The Input Transformation section provides options to transform the input for the widget.
The Output Data section provides options to select object types on which you are basing the widget data.
The Output Filter section provides options to restrict the widget data based on the selected filter criteria.
Option | Description |
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Title | Enter a custom title that identifies this widget from other instances that are based on the same widget template. |
Configuration | |
Refresh Content | Activate or deactivate the automatic refreshing of the data in this widget. If not activated, the widget is updated only when the dashboard is opened or when you click the Refresh button on the widget in the dashboard. |
Refresh Interval | If you activate the Refresh Content option, specify how often to refresh the data in this widget. |
Self Provider |
Indicates whether the objects for which data appears in the widget are defined in the widget or provided by another widget.
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Visual Theme | Select a predefined visual style for each instance of the widget. The options are: Original and Compact. |
Show Metric Full Name | You can choose to view the full name of the metrics. The options are: On and Off. |
Input Data | |
Metrics |
Select metrics on which you want to base the widget data. You can select an object and pick its metrics.
You can define measurement units for the metrics in the list. Double-click a metric box in the list, select a measurement unit in the Unit drop-down menu, and click Update. |
Objects |
Select objects on which you want to base the widget data.
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All | If you select this option, the widget data is based on all the objects in your environment. The following sections provide options to refine the objects for the widget data. |
Input Transformation | |
Relationship | Transform the input for the widget based on the relationship of the objects. For example, if you select the Children check box and a Depth of 1, the child objects are the transformed inputs for the widget. |
Output Data | |
Empty drop-down menu | Specifies a list with attributes to display. |
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Output Filter | |
Refine the widget data further based on the filter criteria for object types. The widget data is based on the objects for the filtered object types. If the objects have a tag filter applied in the Basic subsection, you define filter criteria for the object types of the objects with tag filter applied. If the objects with tag filter applied do not belong to any of the object types in this filter criteria, the widget skips this filter and includes all the objects with tag filter applied. If the objects have an input transformation applied, you define filter criteria for the object types of the transformed objects.
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