Customize the Home page
Learn how to cureate your starting experience in Observe.
When you log in to the Observe platform, you are taken to the Home page by default. You can customize the Home page to curate your own starting experience in Observe.
Home page area | Description |
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(1) | You can use AI SRE to begin asking questions, or use one of the cards featuring common questions to kick off an AI SRE session. For example, you can click on the Busy Processes card to have AI SRE show you the processes that are consuming the most resources on the busiest hosts. |
(2) and (3) | You can also customize the Home page by adding folders to group your favorite objects, such as dashboards and Datasets. This is useful for providing easy access to the objects in Observe you visit the most or have the highest priority. Favorites appear on the Home page in the following order:
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NoteUsers with read-only access can create private objects and create groups, but cannot edit the Workspace objects and groups.
Use Favorites to add folders to your Home page
Add your favorite objects to the Home page using folders, and use Favorites to add the folders for those objects.
Perform the following steps to add a folder to the Home page:
- Click Favorites and then the + icon next to Private or Workspace to open a dialogue box for creating a folder.
- Enter a name for the folder and slide the Add to Home page toggle to the on position to add the folder to your Home page.
- (Optional) Add a description for the folder. You can use plain text or Markdown to add this description.
- Click Create to add the folder to your Home page.
Add objects to your Favorites folders
To add an object to your Favorites, navigate to a dashboard, Dataset, or Resource, and click the Favorites icon (). Complete the dialog box to add the object as a Favorite:
Field | Description |
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Location | Select the folder to which you want to add the object. The object defaults to the Workspace if you don't select a folder. |
Save with | Select from one of three Save options to save your Favorite, such as Default, or with filters and time:
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Save with state | You also choose the State to save the object, such as default or with filters and time. You have three options for State:
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Organize your Home page
You organize the content on your Home page and create custom folders for different users, teams, or groups. For example, you want to create separate folders on your custom Workspace for Engineering and Technical Support.
- Click Favorites and then the + icon next to Private or Workspace to open a dialogue box for creating a folder.
- In the Folder Name field, enter Engineering and a description of the folder.
- Toggle Add to Home page.
- Click Create to add it to your Home page.
- Click Explore and locate the content to add to your Engineering folder.
- Once you locate a Dashboard or Dataset, click the Favorites icon to open the Favorites dialogue box and add it to the folder.
To create a folder for Technical Support, use the following steps:
- Click Favorites and then the + icon next to Private or Workspace to open a dialogue box for creating a folder.
- In the Folder Name field, enter Technical Support and a description of the folder.
- Toggle Add to Home page.
- Click Create to add it to your Home page.
- Click Explore and locate the content to add to your Technical Support folder.
Updated 7 days ago