Dashboard and widgets

This section contains information about the dashboard and the widgets that the dashboard provides. The section includes instructions on how to manage widgets and configure widget settings.

Using the dashboard

The dashboard allows you to monitor security trends on your organization's network by providing you with a graphical display of information.

The dashboard is available in the Kaspersky Security Center 13.1 Web Console, in the MONITORING & REPORTING section, by clicking DASHBOARD.

The dashboard provides widgets that can be customized. You can choose a large number of different widgets, presented as pie charts or donut charts, tables, graphs, bar charts, and lists. The information displayed in widgets is automatically updated, the update period is one to two minutes. The interval between updates varies for different widgets. You can refresh data on a widget manually at any time by means of the settings menu.

By default, widgets include information about all events stored in the database of Administration Server.

Kaspersky Security Center 13.1 Web Console has a default set of widgets for the following categories:

• Protection status
• Deployment
• Updating
• Threat statistics
• Other

Some widgets have text information with links. You can view detailed information by clicking a link.

When configuring the dashboard, you can add widgets that you need, hide widgets that you do not need, change the size or appearance of widgets, move widgets, and change their settings.

Adding widgets to the dashboard

To add widgets to the dashboard:

1. In the main menu, go to MONITORING & REPORTING → DASHBOARD.
2. Click the Add or restore web widget button.
3. In the list of available widgets, select the widgets that you want to add to the dashboard.

   Widgets are grouped by category. To view the list of widgets included in a category, click the chevron icon () next to the category name.

4. Click the Add button.

The selected widgets are added at the end of the dashboard.

You can now edit the representation and parameters of the added widgets.

Hiding a widget from the dashboard

To hide a displayed widget from the dashboard:

1. In the main menu, go to MONITORING & REPORTING → DASHBOARD.
2. Click the settings icon () next to the widget that you want to hide.
3. Select Hide web widget.
4. In the Warning window that opens, click OK.

The selected widget is hidden. Later, you can add this widget to the dashboard again.

Moving a widget on the dashboard

To move a widget on the dashboard:

1. In the main menu, go to MONITORING & REPORTING → DASHBOARD.
2. Click the settings icon () next to the widget that you want to move.
3. Select Move.
4. Click the place to which you want to move the widget. You can select only another widget.

The places of the selected widgets are swapped.

Changing the widget size or appearance

For widgets that display a graph, you can change its representation—a bar chart or a line chart. For some widgets, you can change their size: compact, medium, or maximum.

To change the widget representation:

1. In the main menu, go to MONITORING & REPORTING → DASHBOARD.
2. Click the settings icon () next to the widget that you want to edit.
3. Do one of the following:
   • To display the widget as a bar chart, select Chart type: Bars.
   • To display the widget as a line chart, select Chart type: Lines.
   • To change the area occupied by the widget, select one of the values:
     • Compact
     • Compact (bar only)
     • Medium (donut chart)
     • Medium (bar chart)
     • Maximum

The representation of the selected widget is changed.

Changing widget settings

To change settings of a widget:

1. In the main menu, go to MONITORING & REPORTING → DASHBOARD.
2. Click the settings icon () next to the widget that you want to change.
3. Select Show settings.
4. In the widget settings window that opens, change the widget settings as required.
5. Click Save to save the changes.

The settings of the selected widget are changed.

The set of settings depends on the specific widget. Below are some of the common settings:

• Web widget scope (the set of objects for which the widget displays information)—for example, an administration group or device selection.
• Select task (the task for which the widget displays information).
• Time interval (the time interval during which the information is displayed in the widget)—between the two specified dates; from the specified date to the current day; or from the current day minus the specified number of days to the current day.
• Set to Critical if these are specified and Set to Warning if these are specified (the rules that determine the color of a traffic light).