Application List in Aria Ops

[Marcin Putniorz]

Hi all,

I'm working on a dashboard in Aria Operations that should display a list of applications (based on their app keys). The flow I'd like to achieve is:

1. Select an app key from a list.

2. Show all VMs that belong to that application and their health status.

3. Click on a VM to see its resources, performance stats, and ideally whether key services are running.

My current approach:

• I created a vSphere tag for each application and use it to build a custom group in Aria Operations.

• The dashboard then shows a list of all custom groups. Selecting a group shows the related VMs, and selecting a VM shows its metrics.

Challenges:

• For each application, I need to manually create a new custom group, which is not very scalable.

• The widget used to display the list of app keys is not very intuitive. To search for an app, you have to click the "eye" symbol first and then search.

What I'd really like is a more user-friendly way to display the list of applications – ideally as a dropdown list, or at least with the search bar visible right away (without that extra "eye" step).

My questions:

• Is there a way to customize this widget or use a different one to achieve a cleaner dropdown/search experience?

• Has anyone already built a similar dashboard and can share best practices on how to make it more efficient and user-friendly?

Thanks a lot for any advice or examples!

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[mannharry]

Solution 1:

To make the search bar immediately visible when a user opens the dashboard (without clicking the "eye" button), please follow these steps:

1. On the first widget (object list) where custom groups are listed, click the "eye" icon.

2. Save the dashboard.

After these steps, the search bar should be visible immediately upon opening the dashboard.

Solution: 2

1. First, create a custom group and add APP ARIA, APP DELL, and APP NSX. Next, use an object relationship widget.
2. Clicking the main group will display all associated applications in the relationship widget, simplifying selection.
3. Finally, click the eye icon to save the dashboard.

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