Documentation forNetwork Performance Monitor
Monitoring network performance is a key capability of Hybrid Cloud Observability and is also available in a standalone module, Network Performance Monitor (NPM). Hybrid Cloud Observability and NPM are built on the self-hosted SolarWinds Platform.

Add the custom Summary view to My Dashboards in the SolarWinds Platform

The My Dashboards menu provides shortcuts to SolarWinds Platform Web Console views. The default menu bars include Home, and a menu bar for each installed SolarWinds Platform product.

Click My Dashboards to show the default menus.

You can customize the views and labels in default menus for individual users.

If you do not want to show all items in menu bars, and prefer navigating to display items in a menu bar, click My Dashboards > Collapse.

Create the New York menu bar

When you have a list of items you want users to access from My Dashboards, create a menu bar.

  1. Click My Dashboards > Configure.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click New Menu Bar.
  3. Name the menu bar.
  4. Drag views from the Available items column into Selected items.

  5. Click Submit.

The new menu bar is created. You can now assign it to users who will see the items in My Dashboards.

Add the New York menu bar to My Dashboard for your user

The items users see in My Dashboards and in Alerts & Activity are specified in their user accounts.

Improve performance by setting the Home Page View to a view with a limited number of resources on it.

  1. Click Settings > All Settings in the menu bar.
  2. In the User Accounts grouping, click Manage Accounts.
  3. Select a user, and click Edit.
  4. Scroll down to Default Menu Bars and Views, and select top menu bars from the lists.

  5. Select Yes for the items the user can see in the Alerts & Activity menu bar.

  6. Select an item and use the arrows to change the order of menu bars. Select an item from the list to specify the default Home page view.

  7. Click Submit.

The user can now use the specified links in My Dashboards and Alerts & Activity menu bars.