VMware Aria Operations provides a list of widgets or views that you can add to your dashboard to monitor specific metrics and properties of objects in your environment.

Where You Add Widgets or Views to a Dashboard

To create your dashboard, from the left menu, click Visualize > Dashboards. From the Dashboards panel, click Create to add a dashboard.

To edit your dashboard, from the left menu, click Visualize > Dashboards. From the Dashboards panel, select the dashboard you want to edit and select Actions > Edit Dashboard.

How to Add Widgets or Views to a Dashboard

In the widgets list panel, you see a list of predefined VMware Aria Operations widgets or views that are most commonly used. Click Show More to view all the widgets and views. To add a widget or view to the dashboard workspace in the upper panel, you can:
  • Drag the widget or view to the dashboard workspace in the upper panel, or
  • Click on a widget or view from the widgets list panel, view a brief description of the widget or view from the pop up box and then click Add to Dashboard, or
  • Double-click on the widget or view.

To locate a widget or view, you can enter the name or part of the name of a widget or view in the Filter > Name option. For example, when you enter top, the list is filtered to display the Top Alerts, Top-N, and Topology Graph widgets. You can then select the widget you require. You can also filter by either widgets or views by selecting Filter > Show to add a widget or view to the dashboard. Drag the widget or view to the dashboard workspace in the upper panel.

Note: The following widgets are deprecated. Usage of these widgets is discouraged as they will be phased out in future releases. Deprecated widgets are marked with a yellow triangle.
  • Current Policy
  • Weather Map
  • Anomalies
  • DRS Cluster Settings
  • Efficiency
  • Environment Status
  • Risk
  • Environment
  • Container Overview
  • Faults

Most widgets or views must be configured individually to display information. For more information about how to configure each widget, see Widgets in VMware Aria Operations.

How to Arrange Widgets or Views in a Dashboard

You can modify your dashboard layout to suit your needs. By default, the first widgets or views that you add are automatically arranged horizontally wherever you place them.

  • To position a widget or a view, drag the widget or view to the desired location in the layout. Other widgets and views automatically rearrange to make room.
  • To resize a widget or a view, drag the bottom-right corner of the widget or the view.
  • To maximize or minimize a widget or a view, use the maximize and minimize options in the top-right corner.