Summary Portlet Examples

Adding Summary Portlets
Example: Adding a Summary Portlet for SAS Servers That Can Be Spawned
Example: Adding a Platform Availability Summary Portlet

Adding Summary Portlets

Here are the basic steps for adding a summary portlet to your Dashboard page.
  1. On the left side of the Dashboard page, select Availability Summary in the Add Content to this column field and click the Add icon portlet add icon. A blank Availability Summary portlet is added to your Dashboard.
    availability summary portlet
  2. Click the Configuration icon portlet configuration icon to display the Dashboard Settings page for the portlet.
    availability portlet settings
  3. Specify a name for the portlet in the Description field. This name will appear in the header for the portlet, after the portlet type.
  4. In the Selected Resources area, click Add to List to display the Add/Remove Resources page.
    add resources page
  5. To display the resources that you want to use for the summary, specify values in the View and Filter By Name fields. If you specify a value in the Filter By Name field, click the go icon to filter the table contents.
  6. In the Resources table, select the check boxes for the resources that you want to use in the summary. Click the add button to move the resources to the Add Resources list.
  7. After you select the resources that you want to use in the Add/Remove Resources window, click OK to return to the Availability Summary window. Click OK to create the portlet and add it to your Dashboard page.

Example: Adding a Summary Portlet for SAS Servers That Can Be Spawned

This example explains how to add a portlet to your Dashboard page that monitors the availability of SAS Workspace Servers that are running under a SAS Object Spawner.
  1. Follow the basic procedure for creating an availability summary portlet in Adding Summary Portlets. Follow the basic procedure for creating an availability
  2. On the Add/Remove Resources window, in the View field, select Services. Logical SAS servers are listed as services in SAS Environment Manager.
  3. In the Filter By Name field, enter spawner and click the go icon. The Resources list displays the services running under the SAS Object Spawner.
    spawner servers listed
  4. Select the resources Workspace Server and Pooled Workspace Server and move them to the Add Resources table.
    resources selected
  5. Finish the procedure for creating the portlet. The portlet displays the availability information for the servers that can be spawned.
    portlet with information displayed

Example: Adding a Platform Availability Summary Portlet

To add a portlet to monitor the availability of all of the platforms in the environment, follow these steps:
  1. Follow the basic procedure for creating an availability summary portlet in Adding Summary Portlets.
  2. In the Add/Remove Resources page, select Platforms in the View field and select the check box beside the Name column in the Resources table. This selects all of the listed platforms.
    platforms selected
  3. Complete portlet creation process to add the portlet to your dashboard.
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Last updated: February 22, 2018