The previous sections, Customizing the Dashboard, and Working with Dashboard Widgets, gave a high level overviews of the dashboard types, how to work with personal and default dashboards, and the basics of working with widgets. This section will give an overview of all available widgets and options available in each widget type.
Before you begin working with individual widgets, make sure that you have reviewed the information contained in Customizing the Dashboard and Working with Dashboard Widgets, and are familiar with the tasks outlined there.
Illustrates activity level for API, IPAM, DNS, Peering, and Resource areas. The Activity Chart is only visible to Admin users. Only one Activity Chart Widget may exist on a dashboard.
Radio Buttons: Select the desired activity area to view by clicking on the radio buttons (API, IPAM, DNS, Peering, or Resources).
Chart: While hovering over the chart, you can:
Use the Scroll Wheel to zoom in or out of the date/time detail level
Double click to zoom into the next date/time detail level
Click & Drag left or right to move to an earlier or later date/time at the current zoom level
Single Click on a bubble will show the activity detail, and resource / IP block links if applicable.
Title: Edits the title of the widget shown on the header.
Interactive graphical display of the resource structure for a parent resource.
Users may:
When done editing, hit "Apply" to save your changes, or "Cancel" to exit without saving.
Illustrates the percentage of assigned, unassigned, allocated, and holding tank hosts for the desired combination(s) of space types and RIR(s), for the selected out of the total available hosts in ProVision viewable by the user.
Hovering over a particular status will display detailed data in the center of the chart for that status type.
Users may edit the title, if desired, and select from available space type and RIR(s) to create a customized view.
Illustrates the percentage of assigned, unassigned, allocated, and holding tank hosts for a specific netblock.
The IPAM Stats Widget contains read-only IPAM data on host count by status, assigned date range, assignment rate, and projected runout under three tabs.
Users may select to view IPv4, IPv6, 1918, or Multicast stats by clicking on the tab for the block type you wish to view.
Shows the most recent five entries of a selected RSS Feed. Feed links open in a new window when clicked.
Shows ProVision status information, including number of user accounts (admin only), number of admin accounts (admin only), and current version number.
Shows the current time for the selected time zone.
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Provides support email, phone, and feedback form information. Only one Contact Us Widget may exist on a dashboard.
| Note: Support phone number and email address are set from the Admin settings. |
The Logs Dashboard Widget displays the most recent 'x' number of logs for a specified search term, such as resource name, task, id number, username, and so forth.
Once the Logs Widget has been added to a dashboard, edit it by clicking the wrench icon in the upper right side of the widget.
In the Edit menu, you may edit the Logs Widget name, enter a search term, select number of results to display, and select a log level to filter results by.
When complete, click "Apply" to save your changes.
You can preview or test specific Logs Widget search terms by entering the same term into the Admin "Logs" tab, to verify the desired term and filter set. |
The Markdown Widget is a blank slate where users may add links, text, or other content through use of the Markdown language. Multiple Markdown Widgets may exist on a dashboard.
| If you are unfamiliar with Markdown, check out Markdown Basics |
Provides a list of website links. Multiple Links Widgets may exist on a dashboard.
Click "Apply" to save your changes.
Set a https URL to be viewed in an iFrame. Useful to view stats or commonly referenced websites.
Not all webpages allow themselves to be embedded into iframes. If the target server has set X-Frame-Options or CSP directives to prevent embedding, the widget will appear blank. |