Instance Dashboard Navigation
This article explains how to navigate through the structure provided on the dashboards.
Drill Down to Related Objects
Drilling down can be performed as follows:
In the left pane, select an object.
In the right pane, double click the Related Objects State widget.
Using Show alerts Function
This function allows seeing an object alert list. To activate this function, select the Show alerts from all events checkbox.
Using Navigation Pane
To move to any location in the path, just click it. To move to the parent view, click the button.
SQL Instance Path Property
A dashboard object path is shown after switching on the Show instance path checkbox in the Settings menu.
The user can search objects in the instance view by the path and name if the Show instance path checkbox is switched on. To perform a search, start entering the name of the object in the Filter field.
Note
The user can search objects in the instance view by the name only if the Show instance path checkbox is switched off.
The user can search objects in the instance view by any part of the object path and by any part of the object name.
A path line of an object without a path is hidden; path lines of all other instances are displayed.
A tooltip with the object name and object path appears when the user hovers over the dashboard object and the Show instance path checkbox is enabled/disabled.
A tooltip with the object name appears only when the user hovers over the dashboard object with the empty path line.
The Filter field is cleared every time the user changes the dashboard level.
A user can use the filter field even if the dashboard group has objects with the empty path line and objects with a path at the path line simultaneously.
Keyboard Navigation
The SQL Server Dashboard management pack allows you to navigate using the keyboard.
The following keys are available:
| Button | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Tab | Navigate to the next section |
| Shift + Tab | Navigate back to the previous section |
| Enter | Enter into the list or element |
| Up | Navigate to the next element of the list |
| Down | Navigate to the previous element of the list |
| Backspace | Collapse or expand the list |
| Left | Navigate to the next tile |
| Right | Navigate to the previous tile |
| A | Navigate to the next spike on the chart |
| D | Navigate back to the previous spike on the chart |