how-to webinar: visualizing your data through charts and dashboards
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Agenda
Dashboards and Panels – Overview
Creating Dashboard Panels
Charting Your Data
Live versus Interactive Dashboards
Filters
Drilldowns
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Sumo Logic Data Flow
Data Collection Search & Analyze Visualize & Monitor
Alerts
Dashboards
Collectors
Sources
Operators
Charts
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• Collection of Panels that provide graphical representation of data – Each Panel processes results of a single search– Drilldown capability for Additional Analysis
• Drill into the query behind the dashboard• Drill to another dashboard
Introduction to Dashboards
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• Chart Types– Table– Bar– Column– Line– Area– Pie– Box Plot– Google Maps– Single Value
Providing Context through Visualization
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– Live Dashboards• Provides a live stream of data• No back filling of data
– Interactive Dashboards• Search based (On-Demand)• Backfilling of data• Support Filtering
Dashboard Types
No Interaction
Ability to use Pre-defined
filters
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Live Dashboards versus Interactive Dashboards
Use Case Examples Dashboard TypeLarge screen displays with streaming updates
Shared Screens for NOC, Operations, Developers.
Live Dashboards
Template for Exploring Data
Operational Investigations (i.e. Root cause analysis)
Interactive Dashboards
Historical Reporting and Investigation
Audits, Failed/successful logins for certain groups
Interactive Dashboards
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Dashboards - Adding a Panel
1. Perform your Search
2. Format your Results
3. Create a Panel
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Adding a Panel
Add Panel to existing Dashboard or type
new name for a new Dashboard
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Titles and Text Panels
Use titles and text panels to provide detail about the
dashboard and links to other relevant dashboards
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Interactive Dashboard Properties
Select time range for individual panels
Select time range for all panels
Select filters for allpanels
Select filters for individual panels
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• Filters allow for panels results to be limited dynamically
• Filters can be assigned at:– Dashboard level– Panel Level– Both Panel and Dashboard
• Filters can be string based or numeric– The * wildcard is supported for non-numeric filters– Numeric comparison operators supported: >,<,>=,<=
Interactive Dashboard - Filters
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• Sumo Logic attempts to optimize Panels automatically when:– Users choose a time range > 6 hrs– Users attempt to share/publish a dashboard
• Optimized Panels can run in parallel improving efficiency; non-optimized Panels run serially
• Optimization Limitations– Only certain operators are supported by optimization– Queries > 6 hrs that cannot be optimized are not supported
• Dashboard Limitation– There are a few restricted operators when creating dashboards
Interactive Dashboard - Panel Optimization