Veeam ONE Reporter comes with a set of widgets packs for Veeam Backup & Replication, VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V. Widget packs include ready-to-use widgets that portray various aspects of the managed environment. You can add widgets from widget packs to custom-designed dashboards.
To add to a dashboard a widget from a widget pack:
- Open the Dashboards section.
- Open the menu at the top right corner of the necessary dashboard and click Edit dashboard.
- Click the plus icon in one of the dashboard cells to launch the Add widget wizard.
- At the Widget pack step of the wizard, specify the widget name and choose the widget pack.
- In the Caption field, specify the widget name.
The widget name will be displayed at the top of the widget on the dashboard. You can leave the field empty if you do not want to display the widget caption.
- Choose the necessary widget pack.
On the right, you can see a sample presentation of widgets included into the selected widget pack, and a brief description of the pack. This will give you a hint of what information will be analyzed and displayed in the widget. Double-click the necessary pack or select a pack and click Next.
- At the Widget step of the wizard, choose the widget to add on the dashboard.
In the field on the right, you can see an image with a preview of the widget style. This will give you a hint of how the widget will look on the dashboard. Double-click the necessary widget or select the widget in the list and click Next.
- At the Options step of the wizard, define widget options, such as the scope, time interval, number of objects to display in the widget and so on.
Availability of widget options depends on the type of the selected widget.
- Click Finish to add the widget to the dashboard.
- Repeat steps 3-7 for each new widget you want to add to the dashboard.