Edit the dashboard scope
You can edit the scope of the report portlets added to your dashboard collectively through the Dashboard Scope Selector. This scope editing is can be most effective if your dashboard portlets contain data from the same or related sources, such as hosts, drives, arrays, VM Servers or Guests. If a scope component appears disabled, it means it is not applicable to the selected report.
To edit the dashboard scope:
- Select and run a saved dashboard.
- Click the Actions > Edit Scope menu.
- Edit the settings on the Dashboard Scope Selector pop-up as required based on the descriptions below.
Time period: The reports will display the data from the time period set in this component. You can specify number of days or a data range.
Select report scope: Click Modify to edit the scope of the reports. You can add or remove objects such as hosts, arrays, drives, and datastores as applicable to the reports on your dashboard.
Cascade into sub-groups: Cascades the report scope settings to all the child sub-groups while generating the report when selected. To view the scope settings on the host group, clear this checkbox.
Filter by Common Attributes: Select to have the report scope display attributes using "AND" Logic. If left unchecked, the report displays attributes using "OR" logic.
For example, if you select attribute values, Campbell, Engineering, Cost Center 1 and select Filter by Common Attributes, the report will display only the results that contain all 3 attribute values. If you do not select Filter by Common Attributes, the report will display all results with attributes Campbell, Engineering, or Cost Center 1.
Group by: Groups the report results based on the time line specified in this field.
Apply to Reports: Allows you to select the reports to which you want to apply the modified scope. By default, all reports are selected. For example, if you select a single report, the scope modifications will apply only on the selected report.
