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How can I create a dashboard to display on a monitor (and not have it log out/time out)?

I would like to create various dashboards/views and be able to display them on monitors around the office, but not have the console log out after a set time. Is this possible?

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jm_sysadmin

I put this in your other post... but if you don't see it:

"Have you tried creating a view in NOC mode?

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/orionplatform/#orioncoreagenablingnocviewmode.htm?Highlight=NOC

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/orionplatform/#orioncoreagkeyfeatures.htm?Highlight=NOC

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/orionplatform/#orioncoreagcustomizingviews.htm?Highlight=NOC

I hope that gets you started, but you can also set a user or group to not time out if you want as well. Is in Settings, User accounts, Manage Accounts, then edit the user or group and set "Disable Session Timeout" to Yes."

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jm_sysadmin

I put this in your other post... but if you don't see it:

"Have you tried creating a view in NOC mode?

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/orionplatform/#orioncoreagenablingnocviewmode.htm?Highlight=NOC

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/orionplatform/#orioncoreagkeyfeatures.htm?Highlight=NOC

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/orionplatform/#orioncoreagcustomizingviews.htm?Highlight=NOC

zaidalin79

Ok, so I need to create a new menu bar so that it only shows the one tab in NOC view?

d09h

I would recommend this route to create a DirectLink account (in addition to your NOC View efforts):

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/ncm/content/orionncmagusingdirectlink.htm

Using the DirectLink Account

Enabling a DirectLink account allows you to make direct hyperlinks to specific web console views available to individuals who do not already have Orion Web Console user accounts. Any URL referring directly to an SolarWinds NCM web page bypasses the login screen, logging the user into the DirectLink account. The DirectLink account is created like any other account, and it can include custom views and account limitations. For more information web console accounts, see See "Creating a New Account".

To enable a DirectLink account for the Orion Web Console:

Log in to the Orion Web Console as an administrator.
Click Settings in the top right of the web console, and then click Manage Accounts in the Accounts grouping.
Click Add.
Type DirectLink as the new User Name.
Type a Password, confirm it, and then click Submit.
Edit DirectLink account options, as necessary, for your installation of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. For more information about editing account options, see See "Editing an Orion User Account".
Create a custom view to be used as the home page of the DirectLink account. For more information, see "Using the DirectLink Account".
Specify the new DirectLink view as a default view in Account Manger. For more information, see See "Editing an Orion User Account".
If you would like to limit the DirectLink account to specific devices or device types, see Using the DirectLink Account .

adatole

High level steps are:

Create the NOC view - the column layout, etc.
Create a new toolbar just for the NOC view.
Create a user. Make sure that user's settings include not timing out, and that the default view is the NOC view from step 1, and the default toolbar is the one you created in step 2.

On the machine that drives the machines around the office, log into SolarWinds using the account you set up in step 3.

Let me know if all that makes sense.

duncan.murray

I have created the DirectLink account as suggested, which works. I have create a NOC view which this account points to, but I don't want the dashboard to be interactive.

Is this possible?

Thank you

jm_sysadmin

So my NOC style Dashboards don't have keyboards or mice. That goes a long way. I set my browser to Kiosk mode too. IE has a Kiosk mode also, but I am a chrome guy.

Start chrome in Kiosk mode with: chrome.exe –kiosk http:// [enter URL here]

When combined with the NOC style page, you get a full screen dashboard that flips through your tabs until the Browser has a memory issue. I set that command line as a start up command. EIther a shortcut in the startup folder of your windows box, or punch it in the registry. Either works. Now I can still RDP to it and use my keyboard and mice, but I don't have to. If the page layout needs adjusting, I do it from another machine then send a restart command tot he box.

If you want to set it up on linux, its a little different. One of my boards is powered by a raspberry pi, and that one I have sign into the page because of the security that restricts access to domain users in IIS. That is how we are set up, and I'd rather sign in than alter the security. But if you want to ditch Windows clients, on linux you can set the browsers to autostart in Kiosk mode there too.