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Configure Metric Widget Settings

This topic outlines the options available to configure for your Metric Widget on the Data Indexer (DX) dashboard.

To configure the Metric Widget’s settings:

  1. Click the three-dot menu at the top-right of the widget.

  2. Select Configure Widget.
    The Widget Inspector appears at the right of your screen.

  3. Configure the following options as desired:

Option

Description

Title

Choose how the title of the widget is generated:

  • Auto: The title of the widget is automatically generated based on the Field and Mode selected below.

  • Custom: Enter a custom title for the Metric Widget.

Label

Enter up to 500 characters to be used as a label below the value in the Metric Widget.

In the following image, “Risk Score” is the label:

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Field

Select a metadata field for graph data. For more information, see Metadata Fields.

Time Range

Do one of the following:

  • Click the time range you want to use to filter the data in the widget. Select from time ranges spanning the last 30 minutes to the last 30 days, or select All.

  • Click Custom Time Range. Configure another range by typing a number and selecting one of the following: months, days, hours, or minutes. The actual data set is restricted by the data available in the Web Indexer. If the time range selected is greater than the data set, the time range text shown on the widget turns orange.

If you previously set a custom time range in the Dashboard Time Range Filter, you must click Use Metric Widget’s Settings for the new widget settings to take effect.

Widget Filter

Use the Lucene Search Syntax to create a filter for the widget, and then select Apply Filter.

Mode

Change the values shown in the chart. Click in the field to select from:

  • Count. The total number of instances that matches the query.

  • Sum. Calculated sum of the values matching the query.

  • Average. Calculated average of the values matching the query.

  • Min. Returns the minimum value for items matching the query.

  • Max. Returns the maximum value for items matching the query.

Color

Change the color of the text on the widget to reflect level of importance or to differentiate visually from other widgets.

  1. Click Save to save your settings for the widget.