Operational Dashboard Report Widgets

The Operational Dashboard is composed of report widgets, which are small, self-contained reports that you can move around the dashboard space. By default, the following report widgets are displayed.

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Feature Usage—An area graph that shows feature usage for a specified time period. The red line at the top of the graph represents total availability for the feature. Use the menus in the upper-left corner of the widget to filter usage data by time period and feature name (by selecting the vendor name first, then specifying the feature name for which you want to see usage data). The time period you specify for the Feature Usage report widget is the time period that is used for the Features by Peak Usage report widget. Changing the time period for either report updates the data displayed in the other report.

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Features by Peak Usage—A table showing the 100 features with the highest peak usage for a given time period. The table provides the vendor name, feature name, type of license (whether FlexNet or LUM), the peak percentage used within the time period, and a small area graph showing usage for the time period. (The red line represents total availability for the feature during the specified time period.) Selecting All Data for the time period shows data for a rolling two-week period. The time period you specify for the Features by Peak Usage report widget is the time period that is used for the Feature Usage report widget. Changing the time period for either report updates the data displayed in the other report.

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Excessive Users (by time)—A table that shows the users who have the highest feature usage (measured by time of usage and the number of licenses). Use the list at the top to specify whether you want to see excessive usage across all features or only for a specific feature.

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Feature Denials—A bar graph that shows license denials for a rolling two-week period. Use the list at the top of the widget to show all denials during the time period or only capacity-based denials, where a feature is denied because it is being used up to its current capacity. Viewing capacity-based denials can help you determine whether you need to free up some licenses or perhaps purchase some additional licenses for a specific feature.

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License Server Status—A table showing the status of the license servers in your environment. The Type column identifies whether the server is a FlexNet license server (FLEX) or a LUM license server (LUM).

You can create your own reports and add them as report widgets to the dashboard. See Customizing the Operational Dashboard for information.