Problem Areas: Device Group Mini Status

This dashboard report lists all devices in a group and displays their status by color, allowing you to quickly scan and observe the statuses of devices in a group. Displaying multiple mini status reports within a dashboard view allows you to watch more than one group on your network at once, and can help you monitor important or problem areas more efficiently. You can also optionally display active monitors associated with the devices in a selected group, which is helpful in identifying which services on your network are down.

To help maximize the available viewing area on your monitor, you can change the size of each mini status report. Even if the font size is too small to read at first glance, you can use the mouse over text to find out the identity of a device. The static rows of the mini status also aid in device recognition, as devices always stay in the same row regardless of their current state.

Status icon colors are the same as the WhatsUp Gold state colors:

• Green is Up
• Red is Down
• Gray is Unknown

To configure this dashboard report in WhatsUp Gold:

1. In the title bar of the dashboard report pane, select Menu > Configure. The Configure Report dialog appears.
2. Enter or select the appropriate information for the following fields.
   • Report name. Enter a title for the dashboard report.
   • Device group. Select a device group by clicking the browse (...) button. To select every device on the network, select Every device.
   • Every device. Select this option to display every device in the system. However, only devices that you have permissions to view display.
   • Style. Select the style and size in which you would like the mini status displayed.
     • Normal. Displays device and active monitor status with icons.
     • High Contrast. Displays device and active monitor status with bright colors.
   • Show Active Monitors. Select this option to display the active monitors associated with the group devices.
   • Active Monitors per Row. Select the number of active monitors displayed per row.
   • Active Monitors Cell Width. Enter a cell width in pixels.
3. Click OK to save changes.

See Also Problem Areas reports Problem Areas dashboard reports Problem Areas: Actions Fired in the Last X Hours Problem Areas: All Completely Down Devices Problem Areas: All Down Interfaces Problem Areas: Devices with Down Active Monitors Problem Areas: Devices with Down Critical Monitors Problem Areas: General Error Log General: Summary Counts Problem Areas: Tail of Action Activity Log Problem Areas: Tail of Passive Monitor Error Log Problem Areas: Tail of SNMP Trap Log Problem Areas: Tail of State Change Log Problem Areas: Tail of Syslog Problem Areas: Tail of Windows Event Log Problem Areas: Unacknowledged Devices Problem Areas: Web Alarms