Introduction

The Metrics Explorer feature allows you to enter metric names or keywords and visualize a list of metric tiles, providing quick access to relevant metrics.

Other Key capabilities:

  • Explore different metrics available in the client.
  • Customize queries and tiles using the Tile builder.
  • Add the tiles to your dashboard.

Note: This feature is available only at the client level.

Permissions

The Manage Dashboard permission is required to access the Metrics explorer.

Access the metrics explorer

Follow these steps to access the metrics explorer:

  1. To select your client, click the Client/Partner dropdown from the top-left corner of the dashboards screen. Either type your client’s name in the search bar or select your client from the list.

  2. Click the Search icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.

  3. The METRIC search bar is displayed.


  4. Enter a search string in the search bar and press Enter. A list of relevant metric tiles is displayed in the screen.


    By default, the metric tiles show information for the last hour.

    • You can also select a metric from the dropdown as you type, or enter the metric name directly in the search bar.



    • Select the time range from the calendar icon in the right-top corner of the screen.
      The time range can be selected for:

      • Last Hour
      • Last 4 Hours
      • Last 8 Hours
      • Last 24 Hours
      • Last 7 Days
      • Last 15 Days
      • Last 30 Days
      • Month to Date


      The metric data is displayed based on the time range selected.

Add to dashboard

The Add to dashboard functionality allows you to add tiles to a dashboard.

Follow these steps to add a tile to dashboard:

  1. To select your client, click the Client/Partner dropdown from the top-left corner of the dashboards screen. Either type your client’s name in the search bar or select your client from the list.

  2. Click the Search icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.

  3. The METRIC search bar is displayed.

  4. Enter a metric name in the dropdown and press Enter, or enter a search string and select a metric from the dropdown. The search result is displayed.

  5. Hover over the tile. The + (Add to dashboard) icon is displayed.

  6. Click + and select a dashboard from the Dashboard dropdown.


  7. Click ADD TILE. The tile is added to the dashboard and a confirmation message appears.

Verification: To verify whether the tile has been added to the dashboard:

  1. Click Dashboards menu → Dashboard.
  2. From the Dashboards screen, click the hamburger menu.
  3. Select the dashboard where you added the tile. The metric tile is displayed.


Customize a tile

The Customize option allows you to customize a metric tile.

Follow these steps to customize a tile:

  1. To select your client, click the Client/Partner dropdown from the top-left corner of the dashboards screen. Either type your client’s name in the search bar or select your client from the list.

  2. Click the Search icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.

  3. The METRIC search bar is displayed.

  4. Enter a metric name in the dropdown and press Enter, or enter a search string and select a metric from the dropdown. The search result is displayed.

  5. Hover over the metric tile. The CUSTOMIZE option is displayed.

  6. Click CUSTOMIZE. The Tile builder screen is displayed.


  7. Modify the query, add more queries, or change the visualization of the metric tile.
    See Metric Tile for more information on how to build queries and customize the visualization.

  8. Click ADD TO DASHBOARD.

  9. Select a dashboard from the dropdown and click ADD TILE. The tile is added to the dashboard and a confirmation message appears.