Can I make modern dashboard widgets interactive?

Cbanks90

I’m trying to create a modern dashboard to be displayed 24/7 in our NOC. This is a shared monitor for lower environments. Basically I want to be able to see details about a particular stat - for instance clicking or hovering on “critical nodes” should give me a list of all critical nodes. Is this possible in modern dashboards? 

Zion.Lamasan

Try this


It is possible to create a modern dashboard that displays detailed information about specific stats, such as “critical nodes”. You can use a platform like SolarWinds Orion¹²³ which allows you to build modern dashboards using SWQL (SolarWinds Query Language)⁴.

Here’s a basic step-by-step guide on how you can achieve this:

1. Create a Modern Dashboard: From the Settings menu, select Manage Dashboards and Add Modern Dashboard. Give your new dashboard a name, click ‘Immediately open this dashboard for editing’ and click Create⁴.

2. Add a Widget: Use the ‘Drag to create a new widget’ option in the upper right and once the widget appears click 'Finish Configuring’⁴.

3. Configure the Widget: From the Creating Widget view select Empty Widgets from the Source Dashboard and Proportional Widget. Click the Customize button at the bottom⁴.

4. Add Widget Details: Add your widget Title and Description then select the Chart Type and Legend placement⁴.

5. Select Data and Calculations: Select ‘Hand-edit a SWQL Query’ and click the Edit button. Paste the SWQL query into the SWQL Query field⁴.

6. Save and Validate: You can click the ‘Show Records’ or ‘Validate Query’ button to validate the data returned. Once done click 'Save Model’⁴.

7. Finalize Widget: Back at the Data and Calculations menu click the drop down for Value Field and select Count_Items. Next, click the Category Field and select Status. Lastly, click Data Format and select Orion Statuses. Once complete click 'Save Changes’⁴.