Platform Dashboard Overview
The Platform dashboard provides a single page snapshot of the current status of your network. The Platform provides the standard tools or workspaces the Junos Space administrator uses to manage the basic network components and operations—devices, jobs, logs, users, and administration. The Platform dashboard appears when you click the Platform application icon from Application Chooser or switch to it from the Application Switcher. An example of the Platform dashboard is shown here.
The sections that follow describe the parts of the Platform Dashboard.
Parts of Platform Dashboard
Task Ribbon
The task ribbon contains the workspaces that provide network management tasks for an application. To view a workspace click its icon. The tasks to perform in that workspace appear in the task ribbon. Table Table 1 describes each Platform workspace.
Table 1: Workspace Icons
Icon | Workspace Name | Task |
|---|---|---|
 | Devices | Manage devices, including adding, discovering, importing, and updating them. See Device Management Overview. |
 | Jobs | Monitor the progress of ongoing jobs. See Job Management Overview. |
 | Audit Logs | View and filter system audit logs. See Junos Space Audit Logs Overview. |
 | Users | Add, manage, and delete users. See Understanding How to Configure Users to Manage Objects in Junos Space. |
 | Administration | Add network nodes, backup your database, or troubleshoot. SeeManaging Nodes in the Fabric, Database Backup and Restore Overview, Downloading the Troubleshooting Log File from the UI, Downloading the Troubleshooting Log File In Maintenance Mode. |
Dashboard Gadgets
The Platform dashboard contains gadgets, such as graphs and charts, that display statistics that depict the overall health and functionality of that application. For example, the Platform dashboard gadgets provide an at-a-glance view of the system health , which includes the a gauge for the overall system condition and graphs that display the fabric load and active user history. For an explanation of the data shown in these gadgets, see Understanding Overall System Condition and Fabric Load.
All dashboard gadgets are visible for all users.
Gadget information is updated automatically and immediately.
You can move gadgets on the dashboard or change the size of them. Changes in location or size of dashboard gadgets persist on returning to the dashboard, even after logging back into the system.
Click a gadget or gadget elements to drill down to more detailed information. Typically, clicking a gadget element takes you either to the statistics page of the associated workspace, or to an inventory page. Some gadgets let you filter information by selecting a specific segment or bar from a chart, or a specific line of a table. For example, if you select the red segment on the Status of Tasks run gadget, you navigate to the manage tasks inventory page that displays only failed tasks.
 | Note: If you do not have user privileges to view certain application data, you will not be able to view more detailed information if you double-click a gadget. |
Table 2 describes the mouse-over and double-click operations you can perform on dashboard gadgets.
Table 2: Gadget Mouse-Over and Double-Click Operations
Gadget | Mouse-Over Information | Double-Click Navigation |
|---|---|---|
Overall System Condition guage | N/A | Double-click a graph data point to display the Administration workspace Manage Fabric > Fabric Monitoring page. Click Home to return to the Platform dashboard. For more information about fabric monitoring, see Viewing Nodes in the Fabric. |
Fabric Load History graph | Mouse over a graph data point to view the CPU Usage (average usage percentage) | Double-click a graph data point to display the Administration workspace Manage Fabric > Fabric Monitoring page. Click Home to return to the Platform dashboard. For more information about fabric monitoring, see Viewing Nodes in the Fabric. |
Active User History graph | Mouse over a graph data point to view the Active user (total count) | Double-click the graph data point display the Users workspace statistics page used to view the Number of Users by Assigned Role bar chart. Click Home to return to the Platform dashboard. For more information about the Users workspace, see Viewing User Statistics. |
Job information pie chart | Mouse over the pie chart to view the number of successful jobs. | Double-click the pie chart to display the Job Management Manage Jobs inventory page. Click Home to return to the Platform dashboard. For more information about the Job Management Manage Users inventory page, see Viewing Scheduled Jobs. |
