In this article we will build a Dashboard solution for our Ping MP. You need to have the Data Source installed and configured and aslo our Ping MP to be able to follow this. You also need the plugin Polystat installed.
1. Start by creating a new dashboard.
2. Add a new Visualization by pressing the "Add Visualization" button in the new dashboard.
3. Select the datasource that you have configured against your SCOM.
4. We will start by creating an Alert View which will show all alerts related to the class "Target Host". Make sure that the Alerts page are selected and then in the Criteria replace the text to:
ResolutionState = 0 AND MonitoringObjectFullName LIKE 'OpsLogix.IMP.Ping.Target%'
Then press Search
5. Now we need to change the visualization to a table and this is done under panel options. Press this box and choose "Table" from the drop down list.
6. If you have any alerts for this in SCOM it should return something similar to this.
7. Now we can add a transformation so we can hide some fields that we are not interested in. This is done by go to the Transformations tab and then press "Add transformation".
8. We then choose the "Organize fields by name"
9. In here we can now turn of the fields we don't want, reorganize the fields and also rename the fields.
10. If you want to change the column width of the fields you can either drag them to the right size or create an Override in the Panel Options similar to this:
11. Now you can save the Dashboard by pressing Save Dashboard and then press the button "Back to dashboard"
The Dashboard should now look something like this:
In part 2 we will add a Helth State dashboard showing how many instances of the "Target Host" class that are in Warning, Error or Success State.