Overview of the dashboards

Viewing the graphs provides an easier and faster method for reading the log information. This helps understand the working of the system and also take decisions faster, such as, understanding the processing load on the cluster and accordingly expanding the cluster by adding nodes, if required.

For more information about the dashboards, refer to OpenSearch Dashboards.

Accessing the Insight Dashboard

The Insight Dashboard appears after logging in. Complete the steps provided here to view the Insight Dashboard.

1. Complete the steps from Login to PPC.

2. Navigate to the PPC FQDN using a web browser.

3. Log in with the username and password.

   The Insight Dashboard is displayed.

   Note: If the Protegrity Agent is installed, then the Protegrity Agent dashboard is displayed. Click Insight to open the Insight Dashboard. For more information about the Protegrity Agent, refer to Using Protegrity Agent.

The data and time are displayed using the UTC format. To update the format, from the Menu, click Dashboards Management > Advanced settings, locate dateFormat:tz (Timezone for date formatting), click Edit, select the required format, and click Save. The appropriate format helps to set the time for scheduled tasks.

Accessing the help

The Insight Dashboard helps visualize log data and information. Use the help documentation provided by Insight to configure and create visualizations.

To access the help:

1. Open the Insight Dashboard.

2. Click the Help icon from the upper-right corner of the screen.

3. Click Documentation.

   Alternatively, refer to OpenSearch Dashboards.