2.6 New Dashboard Features and Enhancements

In Operations Center 5.5 brings a new Look & Feel to the Dashboard with a new default theme. This Operations Center theme is simple, yet modern with lots of white space. In addition, Operations Center 5.5 brings many more features and enhancements to Dashboard users:

2.6.1 Introducing the Network View Portlet

The new Network View portlet provides Dashboard users the ability to visualize element relationships and navigate hierarchical structures, similar to the functionality available in console’s Network view. For information, see Configuring a Network View Portlet in the Operations Center 5.5 Dashboard Guide.

2.6.2 New Portlet Features for AppManager Integration

New features added in Dashboard portlets provides the ability to view AppManager information including:

2.6.3 Dashboard Enhancements for Usability and Performance

Additional enhancements include:

  • Improved right-click menu support in Navigation portlet and Alarms portlet. In addition, menus are turned on by default.

  • New option for Information portlet to turn off left-side navigation panel.

  • Enhanced user interface and controls for Alarms portlet, Summary portlet, Root Cause portlet, and Show Impacted portlet.

  • Performance improvements on real-time updates and data retrieval for the Layout portlet.

  • Performance improvements to AppManager integration.