Visualizing Results
You can create dashboards using summarized analytics tables and event streams. A dashboard is a container for gadgets/widgets, and its pages have a structured layout with predefined grids, to which you add the dashboard components.
Note that this dashboard is not supported with IBM JDK.
You can deploy a dashboard and/or its components (e.g. layouts, gadgets, and widgets) in the Analytics Dashboard of WSO2 DAS by bundling them as artifacts of a Carbon Application (C-App). For instructions on deploying C-Apps in WSO2 DAS, see Packaging Artifacts as a C-App Archive. In WSO2 IoTS too we will be packaging the analytics components as a C-APP. For more information, see Writing Analytics.
Let's take a look at how you can create a dashboard to visualize the data:
- Sign into the WSO2 device management console.
- Click the user icon, and click Dashboard Settings.
Example:
- Click DASHBOARDS in the path to navigate to the portal home page.
The WSO2 Dashboard Designer home page appears with the dashboards that are available for the respective user.
- Click Create Dashboard to navigate to the dashboard creation page.
- Enter the dashboard related details and click Next.
- Name of your Dashboard - The name given to identify the dashboard.
- URL - The URL that is used to access the dashboard. The URL should be unique for each dashboard.
- Description - A summarized description on the dashboard.
If you wish to create a dashboard with a banner, follow the instructions below and skip step 5.
For more information, see the WSO2 Dashboard Server (DS) documentation on Adding a Banner to a Dashboard.
If you wish to create a dashboard without a banner, follow the steps below:
Click on a preferred page layout.
As shown in the above screenshot, WSO2 DS provides six layouts to choose from.
This directs you to the dashboard edit page, which provides you a host of options to add gadgets to the dashboard being created.
Customize the dashboard as required.
For more information, see the WSO2 DS documentation on Editing a Dashboard.
Optionally, add a page.
For more information, see the WSO2 DS documentation on Adding a Page in a Dashboard.
Optionally, enable inter-gadget communication.
For more information, see the WSO2 DS documentation on Enabling Inter-gadget Communication.
Optionally, enable dashboard security.
If a dashboard is not secured, all users are allowed to access and edit the dashboard.
For more information, see the WSO2 DS documentation on Securing a Dashboard.