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Simple Log Service:Create a dashboard

Last Updated:Aug 02, 2023

A dashboard provides real-time data analysis results. You can view multiple charts that are generated based on query and analysis results on a dashboard. This topic describes how to create a dashboard and the operations that you can perform on the dashboard.

Prerequisites

A project is created. For more information, see Create a project.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Log Service console.
  2. In the Projects section, click the project that you want to manage.
  3. In the left-side navigation pane, click Dashboard.

  4. In the Dashboard list, click the + icon.

  5. In the Add to New Dashboard dialog box, select a layout mode, enter a name, and then click OK.

    Simple Log Service provides two layout modes for dashboards: Grid Layout and Free Layout. For more information, see Chart layouts.

What to do next

The following table describes the operations that you can perform on a dashboard after you create the dashboard.

Operation

Description

Follow a dashboard

After you follow a dashboard, you can go to the dashboard on the Watchlist tab.

In the Dashboard list, find the dashboard that you want to follow and click the Follow icon icon.

View a dashboard

View the details of a dashboard.

In the Dashboard list, find the dashboard whose details you want to view and choose Logstore management icon > Details.

Copy a dashboard

Create a backup for a dashboard.

In the Dashboard list, find the dashboard for which you want to create a backup and choose Logstore management icon > Copy.

For example, if you click Copy for a dashboard named test dashboard, a new dashboard named test dashboard_copy is created.

Important

If you want to copy a dashboard in the current project to a different project, you can enter the edit mode of the dashboard, select and copy all the chart elements in the dashboard, and then paste the chart elements into a dashboard in the different project. For more information about how to select all chart elements, see Manage chart elements.

Delete a dashboard

Deletes a dashboard.

In the Dashboard list, find the dashboard that you want to delete and choose Logstore management icon > Delete.

Important

You cannot restore a dashboard after you delete the dashboard. Proceed with caution.

Refresh data on a dashboard

Refresh the data that is displayed on a dashboard. For more information, see Configure a refresh method.

Configure alerts

Configure an alert monitoring rule for the charts on a dashboard. If the data in the specified charts meets the specified conditions, an alert is triggered. For more information, see Configure alerts.

Share a dashboard

Share a dashboard by using a link. For more information, see Share a dashboard.

Display a dashboard in full screen

Display a dashboard in full screen. For more information, see Display a dashboard in full screen.

Subscribe to a dashboard

Subscribe to a dashboard to obtain data from the dashboard at regular intervals. For more information, see Subscribe to a dashboard.

Edit a dashboard

Edit a dashboard. You can add chart elements, adjust the layouts of chart elements, edit chart elements, and import chart elements to the dashboard. You can also change the name of the dashboard. For more information, see Manage a dashboard in edit mode.