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Creating dashboards

You can create dashboards to visualize charts. You can create custom dashboards to visualize charts and add predefined dashboards to monitor MDM SaaS. You add a dashboard to the Home page.
After you create a custom dashboard, you can add charts as widgets to the dashboard layout. You must add at least one widget to the dashboard layout for the charts to appear on the Home page.
You can also add a predefined dashboard to the Home page to view the usage statistics of MDM SaaS and the metrics for the following jobs:
Note: After you add a predefined dashboard to view the desired statistics, you can't add another predefined dashboard to view the same statistics.
If you have multiple dashboards, the first dashboard tab appears by default when you land on the Home page.

Creating a dashboard

When you log in for the first time, the Home page displays an empty dashboard. You can create a dashboard and add charts as widgets.
    1On the Home page, click Add Dashboard.
    The Add Dashboard dialog box appears.
    2Enter a dashboard name.
    3Select a dashboard layout.
    The following table describes the predefined layouts that you can select for the dashboard:
    Layout
    Description
    Default Grid
    A predefined dashboard layout that contains 1 big grid and 10 standard grids.
    Grid 1 (4x3)
    A predefined dashboard layout that contains 4 rows of 3 grids with a total of 12 grids.
    Grid 2 (4x2)
    A predefined dashboard layout that contains 4 rows of 2 grids with a total of 8 grids.
    Grid 3 (4x2)
    A predefined dashboard layout that contains 3 rows of 2 grids with a total of 6 grids.
    Grid 4 (2x3) and (1x2)
    A predefined dashboard layout that contains 2 rows of 3 grids and 1 row of 2 grids.
    Grid 5 (8 Grids)
    A predefined dashboard layout that contains 2 long grids, 2 wide grids, and 4 standard grids.
    Grid 6 (6 Grids)
    A predefined dashboard layout that contains 2 big grids and 4 standard grids.
    4Click Add.
    After you create a dashboard, add widgets to the dashboard to display charts. For more information about adding widgets, see Adding a widget.
    Note: To add another dashboard, you can click the New Dashboard tab that appears after you create a dashboard, and follow the steps 1 through 4. You can add as many dashboards as you want.

Adding a predefined dashboard

You can add the predefined dashboard to the Home page to display the key job metrics and usage statistics of MDM SaaS. You can view key job metrics and usage statistics irrespective of your user role and privileges.
    1On the Home page, click Add Dashboard.
    The Add Dashboard dialog box appears.
    2Enter a dashboard name.
    3To add a predefined dashboard, select Predefined.
    4Select the statistics that you want to appear on the dashboard.
    The following table describes the statistics that can appear on the predefined dashboard:
    Statistics
    Description
    Ingress Job
    Displays the key metrics of the ingress job. You can use the metrics to determine the number of records that were imported from source systems. For more information about viewing ingress job metrics, see Ingress job metrics in the Business 360 Console help.
    Egress Job
    Displays the key metrics of the egress job. You can use the metrics to determine the number of records that were exported from the Business 360 data store to other external data sources. For more information about viewing egress job metrics, see Egress job metrics in the Business 360 Console help.
    Match Job
    Displays the key metrics of the match job. You can use the metrics to decide whether to modify the match model configuration. For more information about viewing match job metrics, see Match job metrics in the Business 360 Console help.
    Merge Job
    Displays the key metrics of the merge job. You can use the metrics to determine the number of record pairs and record pair groups that were created by the job. For more information about viewing merge job metrics, see Merge job metrics in the Business 360 Console help.
    Usage Statistics
    Displays an overview of MDM SaaS usage statistics. For more information about viewing usage statistics of MDM SaaS, see Monitor usage statistics for MDM SaaS in the Business 360 Console help.
    Note: To view the updated usage statistics on the dashboard, contact your administrator.
    5Click Add.