I’ve been experimenting with custom SolarWinds dashboard development using:
HTML + CSS + SVG + JavaScript + AJAX + SWQL
The objective wasn't simply to create another utilization dashboard.
I wanted to experiment with an operator-oriented view where the dashboard can visually surface:
• Interface health
• Inbound/outbound utilization
• Errors & discards
• Active issues
• Device/interface state
• Current critical posture
• Directional traffic flow
• Supporting evidence for troubleshooting
The interesting part for me is the architecture behind the visualization.
SWQL → AJAX → JavaScript state → SVG visualization → contextual RCA view
Rather than presenting hundreds of rows of monitoring data, the UI attempts to transform the data into an operational story:
What is abnormal?
Where is it happening?
What evidence supports it?
What should an engineer investigate next?
My next step is to connect this concept with my AI Ops Bot, where the dashboard becomes the visual layer and the AI becomes the reasoning/automation layer.
Eventually:
SolarWinds telemetry → correlation → AI reasoning → RCA → recommended action → controlled remediation
That's where I think observability dashboards become much more interesting than traditional monitoring screens.
Would be interested to hear how others are approaching custom SolarWinds dashboards, SWQL-driven visualizations and AI-assisted RCA.
