Widgets

Complete tasks and view data in the dashboard

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Actionable orders

Lists up to 10 orders that are pending approval or paused by flow control. Orders waiting for your approval are listed first, followed by your orders.

Each row has icon buttons for available actions, such as View, Approve, Deny, Remind, Cancel, and Resume. Select See all orders to open the Orders page.

Blueprints

Shows blueprints you ordered recently or most often. Select Order on a card to order that blueprint, or See all to open the catalog.

Use the filter box to search by name, and the dropdown to switch between Recently ordered and Most ordered. Super Admins can also switch between My order history and Globally most ordered.

Expiring soon

Lists your servers and resources that expire soon, with the soonest first. The Expires badge turns yellow, then red, as the expiration date approaches. You can change the time window and the badge thresholds in the widget settings.

To add a Run action button to each row, enter the global ID of a server or resource action in Server action (global id) or Resource action (global id) in the widget settings.

Groups

Ranks your top groups by active resources or by recent orders. Use the Resources and Orders buttons to switch between them. Select a group name to open the group, or select See all to open the Groups page.

Infrastructure providers

Lists your resource handlers with their type, resource count, connection status, and last sync date. Hover over the connection icon to see the status. Select a name to open the resource handler, or select See all resource handlers.

Use the icon buttons in the Actions column to verify a connection, sync VMs, or view the resource handler.

Jobs

Shows the total number of jobs, with counts of successful and failed jobs, and a daily chart of successful and failed jobs. Hover over the chart to see the daily breakdown. To change the time period, use the widget settings.

Pending approvals

Lists the same orders and actions as Actionable Orders, with the requester and group for each order.

Quick actions

Shortcuts to common tasks: Order from Catalog, Add infrastructure provider, and Browse Content Library.

Shortcuts to common admin pages.

Recent activity

Shows the 10 most recent events for your orders, servers, and resources. Use the dropdown to filter by event type. Super Admins can switch the feed from My activity to System / audit. Super Admins and Global Viewers can select See All History to open the full history.

Recently viewed

Lists items you viewed recently, grouped by type.

Reports

Shows buttons for reports that are set to appear on the dashboard.

Resources by type

Shows a chart of your active resources by type, and a total count. Servers appear as their own category, and the smallest categories are combined into Other. Hover over a section to see its count.

Servers

Shows status and environment charts for servers, with a card for each server. Select My Servers, Newest, Oldest, Highest Rate, or Lowest Rate from the dropdown. Select Order New Server or See All Servers.

UI extensions

Select Manage Extensions to open the UI Extensions admin page.

UI extension widgets

Enabled UI extensions of the dashboard type appear in the Manage Displayed Widgets dialog. New extension widgets are hidden until you add them.