Sentinel 4.2.0 Web Dashboard User Guide Getting started with Web Dashboards Sentinel enables you to design and use dashboards that can be displayed as a web page or on a mobile device. Your dashboards provides users with up-to-date information in a centrally managed, easily accessed, location. For example, users can view file transfers, B2B transactions, web services and APIs in one central location. Getting Oriented with the Web Dashboard UI When you log into the Sentinel Web Dashboard UI, the main menu is displayed: From this menu you can design and manage your Sentinel Web Dashboard. Web Dashboard main menu folders Depending upon the user, the main menu folders can have different options. The following provides an example of the options you have in each folder: Main Menu folder Options Administration Control group Folder Menu item System preferences User Management Entity Personalized field Workspace Data Management Data dictionary Excel import Field group Driver World Dashboard Design Control panel Dashboard Dynamic Link External component Form Metric Perspective Report Strategic map Strategic objective Text Look and Feel Color list Page Page Layout Stroke and dot type Style Theme My Documents Activity Reports Product log Latest notifications All notifications Transfer details User Guide Control Controls Strategy Map Metric Task Task Task group Task manager Design a Web Dashboard To design a Web Dashboard, you perform the following steps: Create a world A world is the data source that will contain the data you collect using Sentinel. Once your world is defined, you can use it to setup data dictionaries. To get started with your world, from the Main menu, select Data management > World. Build a data dictionary Data dictionaries are used to extract data from worlds. The data dictionary represents the data structure where Reports, Metrics, Alerts, and Dashboards are based. To get started with your data dictionary, from the Main menu, select Data management > Data dictionary. Set up reports The reports, alerts, and metrics are based on your data dictionaries. To get started with your report, from the Main menu, select Dashboard design > Report. Create a Web Dashboard Once you have created reports, you can create Dashboards to display them. To get started with your dashboard, from the Main menu, click Dashboard design > Dashboard. After you create your dashboard, a user of your Web Dashboard can monitor the system. Related Links
Getting started with Web Dashboards Sentinel enables you to design and use dashboards that can be displayed as a web page or on a mobile device. Your dashboards provides users with up-to-date information in a centrally managed, easily accessed, location. For example, users can view file transfers, B2B transactions, web services and APIs in one central location. Getting Oriented with the Web Dashboard UI When you log into the Sentinel Web Dashboard UI, the main menu is displayed: From this menu you can design and manage your Sentinel Web Dashboard. Web Dashboard main menu folders Depending upon the user, the main menu folders can have different options. The following provides an example of the options you have in each folder: Main Menu folder Options Administration Control group Folder Menu item System preferences User Management Entity Personalized field Workspace Data Management Data dictionary Excel import Field group Driver World Dashboard Design Control panel Dashboard Dynamic Link External component Form Metric Perspective Report Strategic map Strategic objective Text Look and Feel Color list Page Page Layout Stroke and dot type Style Theme My Documents Activity Reports Product log Latest notifications All notifications Transfer details User Guide Control Controls Strategy Map Metric Task Task Task group Task manager Design a Web Dashboard To design a Web Dashboard, you perform the following steps: Create a world A world is the data source that will contain the data you collect using Sentinel. Once your world is defined, you can use it to setup data dictionaries. To get started with your world, from the Main menu, select Data management > World. Build a data dictionary Data dictionaries are used to extract data from worlds. The data dictionary represents the data structure where Reports, Metrics, Alerts, and Dashboards are based. To get started with your data dictionary, from the Main menu, select Data management > Data dictionary. Set up reports The reports, alerts, and metrics are based on your data dictionaries. To get started with your report, from the Main menu, select Dashboard design > Report. Create a Web Dashboard Once you have created reports, you can create Dashboards to display them. To get started with your dashboard, from the Main menu, click Dashboard design > Dashboard. After you create your dashboard, a user of your Web Dashboard can monitor the system.