Dashboards or views

SolarWinds Platform Web Console dashboards, or views, are configurable pages of network information that can include maps, charts, summary lists, reports, events, links to other resources, or other widgets.

The SolarWinds Platform Web Console is built of default dashboards. You can customize these pages, or create new ones from scratch.

To customize views, or dashboards, the user must have the following privileges set to Yes:

• Manage Dashboards to create, customize, and delete dashboards owned by the logged-in user.
• Manage Views to also manage classic dashboards.
• Allow Administrator Rights to create, customize, and delete both private and public dashboards.

Views or classic dashboards

In earlier SolarWinds Platform versions, these pages are called views, available via Settings > All Settings > Manage Views in the Views section.

In later versions, these pages are called classic dashboards.

To manage dashboards, click Settings > Manage Dashboards/Views. You can manage both classic and modern dashboards on Manage Dashboard.

There are two types of views, based on information they display:

• Summary views provide data about multiple objects.
• Detail views provide more information for a specific object.

See How custom views/classic dashboards work in the SolarWinds Platform for details.

Modern dashboards

To manage modern dashboards, click Settings > Manage Dashboards/Views.

See Customize modern dashboards for details.

Views/classic dashboards vs modern dashboards

	Views/classic dashboards	Modern dashboards
User rights	Manage Dashboards and Manage Views enable you to manage classic dashboards. These privileges also enable you to create, customize, and delete dashboards owned by the logged-in user. Allow Administrator Rights enable you to create, customize, and delete both private and public dashboards.	Manage Dashboards to create, customize, delete, and import/export dashboards owned by the logged-in user. Allow Administrator Rights to create, customize, delete, and import/export both private and public dashboards. Users without any of the above rights can only view both public dashboards and dashboards they are owners of. Users without Manage Dashboards rights cannot access the Manage Dashboards page, so to access dashboards, they must be provided with its valid URI. Owned dashboards must be created and assigned by users with appropriate rights.
Visibility		Private / Public Owner
Access view management	Settings > Manage Dashboards/Views	Settings > Manage Dashboards/Views
Widgets	Charts Lists Custom widgets	Special widgets: KPI widget Proportional widget Table widget Timeseries widget
View Limitations	See Limit objects on a classic dashboard/view in the SolarWinds Platform	Use SWQL to define limitations Use global filters
Subviews	See Divide content into subviews for SolarWinds Platform products	Not supported
NOC Views	See Optimize SolarWinds Platform views/classic dashboards for TV screens or mobile devices	Not supported
View types	Details views Summary views	Only summary views. You can use SWQL to display details.
Create dashboards	Plan what should be on a view/classic dashboard in the SolarWinds Platform Create views/classic dashboards in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console for your SolarWinds Platform products Add widgets to SolarWinds Platform views, or classic dashboards	Customize modern dashboards Clone and duplicate modern dashboards
Edit dashboards	Use a classic dashboard/view as a template in the SolarWinds Platform	Edit modern dashboards and widgets
Delete dashboards	Click Settings > Manage Dashboards/Views. Select the dashboard, and click Delete.