Dashboard Explorer

Learn how to view and find dashboards in Observe.

Click Dashboards in the left navigation rail to access the Dashboard Explorer, where you can view a list of all available dashboards on your Observe instance.

The major components of the Dashboard Explorer are described below.

Component

Description

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Filter bar

Use the filter bar to find specific dashboards. To populate the filter bar, you can do any of the following:

  • Select something in the filter panel to have that value appear in the filter bar.
  • Click in the filter bar, then select the fields and values you desire with the help that appears.
  • Type your query directly into the filter bar. You can use ~ or !~ for keyword matching. For example, on our Container Logs dashboard the filter bar can be used to quickly type reason ~ create to filter by container logs with a reason code like ContainerCreating or CreateContainerConfigError.

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Filter panel

The filter panel uses a single Dataset to populate the panel in the left rail of a dashboard. The columns of that Dataset are used to generate filters that can apply to the dashboard cards that use the filtering Dataset. For example, a dashboard displaying container logs can use a filter panel to automatically filter by container log relevant columns such as Cluster, Image, Namespace, and Reason. A card on that dashboard which does not source container logs, such as Git Commit History, is not affected by the filter panel.

Select any item in the filter panel to narrow down the dashboards that are listed on the page. Anything you select is also entered into the search bar.

  • Slide the Only my dashboards toggle to the on position to view only dashboards you created.
  • Slide the Hide unlisted dashboards toggle to the on position to view only dashboards that are created but still in an unlisted state. By default, all listed and unlisted dashboards are shown.
  • Click the Related to drop-down to pick a specific resource. Only dashboards related to the selected resource are shown.
  • Select any additional item in the filter panel to narrow the list dashboards shown on the page, such as app, who created the dashboard, and who last modified the dashboard.

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Recent

The dashboards you most recently viewed are listed in this area. If you haven't viewed any dashboards yet, there won't be anything here.

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Dashboard list

The list of dashboards based on your filter and search criteria.

  • Click the checkbox in front of each dashboard name to delete the selected dashboards.
  • Hover on any dashboard row to access additional options, such as editing, copying the link to the dashboard, or making a duplicate of the dashboard.

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Reports and new dashboards