Customize your own dashboard to reflect the data you are required to view the most.
The
My Dashboard
feature enables the configuration of a dashboard to quickly summarize the data that fulfills your unique needs from costs, assets, policies, insights or discount plans dashboards into a page where you can find relevant information at a glance.
'My dashboard' allows you to create a dashboard with the widgets of your choice or select one from the predefined templates available.
To create your own dashboard go to your
Tenant
and then, click the
Main Menu
.
Go to
Cost & Asset Management
drop down menu and select
My Dashboard
.
A new window displays with your Dashboard view.
To change the name of the dashboard, click the
pencil
icon next to the name of the dashboard and add the name you desire.
After editing the name, two buttons will appear on the screen, one for
Templates
and one to
Add widgets
.
Use the
Blank Dashboard
template to create your own and use the
Add widgets
button to configure what you want to display on your dashboard.
To add widgets to your dashboard, click the
Add widgets
button and select the Dashboard Components of your choice by dragging them from the side bar to the place where you want them to be located on the dashboard. The components are ordered by the dashboards they belong to on the
Cost & Asset Management Platform
.
Using dashboard templates
The
Cost Management User Defined Dashboard
templates are an easy way to set up a dashboard to show your desired data.
The dashboard include the following templates that include all the costs, assets, savings and analysis graphs and charts predefined in a template.
The templates include:
Blank dashboard.
Cost Details template.
Asset details template.
Savings insights template.
AWS Reserved Instances template.
Savings plan template.
IBM Reserved Capacities template.
If it's the first time using the dashboard, a
Quick start
menu will display once the dashboard is opened with the templates option. You can also view the templates available by clicking the
Templates
button, located on the right side of the dashboard.
After selecting the desired template, click
Select
and the data will be displayed on the dashboard. Each template has also the option to add dashboard components or widgets by clicking the
Add Widgets button
.
After selecting the widget and add it to your dashboard, you can view the full information of the widget by clicking the
view details
button, on the right side of the component. This option will take you to the original dashboard where the data is presented.
The widget can be also closed or minimized by clicking the
x
or
-
icons on the right side of each components window.