Adding multiple volumes to a Perfstack project

I have been tasked to create a "dashboard" of all of our server volumes space trending. I figured that Perfstack would be the best place to build the report. I went into PerfStack and selected the Volumes option. It looks like it only allows you to add one check box at a time rather than having a Select All button. That was the first problem. The second was once I selected a volume, I wanted to show the Average Disk Space for each volume I had selected in order. It appears that instead of being able to select a metric and then add the volumes to the list so the metric for each is displayed, I have to select a volume, then drag the Average space used widget to the display area. I have over 250 volumes I need to show so trying to do this one by one would be a very time intensive task.

Is there a way to create this report/dashboard/view in PerfStack that would meet my requirements but not take several hours to build?

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jblankjblank

@rwood56847 PerfStack has a limitation in the number of elements you can add to a single PerfStack Project, so 250 probably wouldn't work anyway and regardless, 250 time series graphs may be difficult to review.

As an alternative you could do something in the Modern Dashboards as this discussion covers: https://thwack.solarwinds.com/product-forums/network-performance-monitor-npm/f/forum/88367/modern-dashboard-for-volumes

Or leverage the Custom Table Widget similarly if you are not working with Modern Dashboards right now. Custom Properties might make the selection easier or just be sure to set the appropriate condition in the data-source selection.

I did something quick like this -

You could of course add more columns, group it in a different way etc...

Just a thought... you may be able to add a Top XX Capacity Widget along side and filter that too which could help capture trending. Hopefully this helps.

rwood56847

I checked those out and created a Modern dashboard with my volumes. The trouble is that is more status based. What I need is trending so a line graph of average disk usages over say a 90 day period:

I did this in a new perfstack project with a few of the volumes to see what it looked like.

I had to select every volume we wanted in the report from the Entity > Volumes list (186 of them with no select all or select all on page) and then I have to select each volume one by one from the Entities space then select the Average Disk Space Used metric and then drag it over to the display. I would need to do that 186 times to get the display I am looking for. I am guessing there is not a way to bulk add metrics into a Perfstack project based on a selections of entities and metrics?