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title: "Traffic Light Widget"
description: "This widget shows top or bottom infrastructure objects for the selected performance metric. This section provides step-by-step instructions that will help you understand how to use the Traffic Light widget."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/mp/vmware_guide/traffic_light_widget.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam MP for VMware User Guides > Appendices > Creating Veeam Dashboard Widgets > Traffic Light Widget"
dateModified: "2026-09-08"
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# Traffic Light Widget

This widget shows top or bottom infrastructure objects for the selected performance metric.

## Sample Usage

This section provides step-by-step instructions that will help you understand how to use the Traffic Light widget. Consider the following example:

 *You need to analyze the number of running VMs on hosts and make sure this number does not exceed 15.*

In a dashboard, click to add a new widget and follow the next steps:

1. At the **Template** step, choose *Veeam > Veeam Traffic Light Widget*.
2. At the **General Properties** step, specify widget display name and description.
3. At the **Scope and Counters** step, choose what infrastructure objects will be included in the widget scope and what counter should be analyzed:

   - In the **Select a group or object** field, choose the *VMware vSphere Hosts*.
   - In the **Select a performance counter (Object/ Counter/ Instance)** field, choose *VMHost / vmActive / \_Total*.

4. At the **Time Range and Results** step, leave the default interval settings. 
5. At the **Display** step, specify traffic lights color settings. 

   Select the **Use warning (yellow) and critical (red) thresholds for the bar color** check box. In the **Warning** field, type *10*; in the **Critical** field, type *15*.

6. Click **Create**.

As a result, the widget will show hosts sorted by running VMs:

- Hosts with more than 15 VMs will be highlighted with *Red*
- Hosts with 10 to 15 running VMs will be highlighted with *Yellow*
- Hosts with less than 10 running VMs will be highlighted with *Green*

[![Traffic Light Widget](images/creating_traffic_light_widget.png "Traffic Light Widget")](images/creating_traffic_light_widget.png){.toggle scale=60}

Veeam MP for VMware also allows you to configure the thresholds for predefined Top dashboards. For details, see [Top Dashboards](top_dashboards.md).