Hi everyone, I’m facing an issue with KPI widgets in a modern dashboard and need some guidance. Here’s the scenario: * I duplicated a system-created modern dashboard. * The KPI widgets on the original dashboard work fine — the KPI numbers are clickable and redirect to the embedded link. * However, when I edit the KPI widget and modify the SWQL query, the KPI number becomes non-clickable. I’m not sure if this is a bug or if I’m missing something in the configuration. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a specific setting or syntax required in the SWQL query to retain the clickable link functionality? Any help or best practices would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

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KPI Widget Clickable Link Issue After SWQL Modification

Hi everyone,

I’m facing an issue with KPI widgets in a modern dashboard and need some guidance.

Here’s the scenario:

I duplicated a system-created modern dashboard.
The KPI widgets on the original dashboard work fine — the KPI numbers are clickable and redirect to the embedded link.
However, when I edit the KPI widget and modify the SWQL query, the KPI number becomes non-clickable.

I’m not sure if this is a bug or if I’m missing something in the configuration. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a specific setting or syntax required in the SWQL query to retain the clickable link functionality?

Any help or best practices would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

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yellowtj

Can you provide some additional information. Which dashboard and what code you modified?

KOHLIfied

Thanks for the response.

Here are the details:

Dashboard: I duplicated a system-created modern dashboard (NCM).
Goal: I wanted to display the total number of UP nodes using a KPI widget, similar to the original dashboard configuration.
What I did:
- Duplicated the KPI widget that shows UP Count.
- Modified the SWQL query to reflect the UP status count.
Issue: After duplication , the KPI widget displays the correct number, but it does not redirect to the embedded link like the original widget does.
Queries:
- Original KPI widget query: UP Count
- Modified KPI widget query: UP count

yellowtj

Ok, thanks for the additional information. The link, /apps/ncm/nodes/status/1 needs to be added to the Widget Link URL under Title and Description. (See the first screenshot below.) Clicking on the link brings up the screen shown in the second screenshot. Notice it's already filtered for a status of Up. I hope this helps.

KOHLIfied

Thanks for reply.

I’m familiar with the Link widget URL method, but I’d like the KPI tile itself to be clickable and open a related URL in a new browser tab. Could you help me set this up?

yellowtj

What version of SolarWinds are you running? I'm on 2025.2 and do not have the option of setting the url on the tile.

KOHLIfied

Im using the same version as you. We need to embed the link within the SWQL query. I downloaded a dashboard from Thwack and imported it into SolarWinds. In the imported dashboard, clicking on a tile redirects to the embedded link.

Modern dashboard link -

Networks Summary - Node Status - THWACK