Novell Operations Center 5.0 Dashboard Guide

The Novell® Operations Center Dashboard Guide provides information on how to use the Web-based application that provides Operations Center users with a personalized and portable view into the Operations Center server.

Audience

This guide is intended for dashboard administrators and users.

Guide Sections

The following table shows which sections might be most helpful to you:

If your role is …	Then you might be interested in …
General Information	Section 1.0, About the Operations Center Dashboard
Installer and Administrator	Section 2.0, Dashboard Installation Section 3.0, Dashboard Configuration Section 4.0, User Accounts Section 11.0, Portal and Community Permissions Section 12.0, Advanced Administrative Topics Section A.0, System Properties File Section B.0, Running a Console or Unattended Installation Section D.0, Troubleshooting Trace Logs
Dashboard Users and Community Page Owners	Section 5.0, Personal Pages, Page Configurations, and Communities Section 6.0, Adding Content to a Page Using Portlets Section 7.0, Exposing Operations Center Content Section 8.0, Configuring Operations Center Portlets Section 10.0, Chart Builder Portlet

Documentation Updates

In general, Operations Center provides two main sources of information to help you configure and use Operations Center products:

Online help: The help is part of each product and available from multiple locations depending upon the product; look for help in the upper right of a window or dialog box as a drop-down menu option, a help button, or a question mark symbol (?).
Guides: Available as PDF files on the installation CD, as well as both PDF and HTML on the documentation Web site, the guides provide an overview of how to solve a problem, complete a task, or use a specific Operations Center product.

For the most recent version of the Dashboard Guide, visit the Operations Center 5.0 documentation Web site.

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