Recording for the webinar can be found here: https://youtu.be/zhdMjnwJpq4 This webinar walks viewers through a how-to tutorial covering: - Formatting your data - Charting your data and the various charting options - Adding your charts to Dashboard Panels This video also covers differences between Live versus Interactive Dashboards and optimization of these.

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Creating Charts and Dashboards
December 2015
How-To Webinar

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Agenda
Dashboards and Panels – Overview
Creating Dashboard Panels
Charting Your Data
Live versus Interactive Dashboards
Filters
Drilldowns

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Sumo Logic Data Flow
Data Collection Search & Analyze Visualize & Monitor
Alerts
Dashboards
Collectors
Sources
Operators
Charts
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• Collection of Panels that provide graphical representation of data
– Each Panel processes results of a single search
– Drilldown capability for Additional Analysis
• Drill into the query behind the dashboard
• Drill to another dashboard
Introduction to Dashboards

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• Chart Types
– Table
– Bar
– Column
– Line
– Area
– Pie
– Box Plot
– Google Maps
– Single Value
Providing Context through Visualization

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– Live Dashboards
• Provides a live stream of data
• No back filling of data
– Interactive Dashboards
• Search based (On-Demand)
• Backfilling of data
• Support Filtering
Dashboard Types
No
Interaction
Ability to use
Pre-defined
filters

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Live Dashboards versus Interactive Dashboards
Use Case Examples Dashboard Type
Large screen displays
with streaming updates
Shared Screens for NOC, Operations,
Developers.
Live
Dashboards
Template for Exploring
Data
Operational Investigations (i.e. Root
cause analysis)
Interactive
Dashboards
Historical Reporting and
Investigation
Audits, Failed/successful logins for
certain groups
Interactive
Dashboards

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Dashboards - Adding a Panel
1. Performyour
Search
2. Format your
Results
3. Create a Panel

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Adding a Panel
Add Panel to existing
Dashboard or type
new name for a new
Dashboard

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Editing Your Settings

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Titles and Text Panels
Use titles and text panels
to providedetail about the
dashboard and links to
other relevant dashboards

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Changing the Existing Panel Query
1. Edit your
Search
2. Save back to
Panel

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Interactive Dashboard Properties
Select time range for
individual panels
Select time range
for all panels
Select filters for all
panels
Select filters for
individual panels

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• Filters allow for panels results to be limited dynamically
• Filters can be assigned at:
– Dashboard level
– Panel Level
– Both Panel and Dashboard
• Filters can be string based or numeric
– The * wildcard is supported for non-numeric filters
– Numeric comparison operators supported: >,<,>=,<=
Interactive Dashboard - Filters

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• Sumo Logic attempts to optimize Panels automatically when:
– Users choose a time range > 6 hrs
– Users attempt to share/publish a dashboard
• Optimized Panels can run in parallel improving efficiency; non-optimized Panels
run serially
• Optimization Limitations
– Only certain operators are supported by optimization
– Queries > 6 hrs that cannot be optimized are not supported
• Dashboard Limitation
– There are a few restricted operators when creating dashboards
Interactive Dashboard - Panel Optimization

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Summary
Overview of Dashboards and Panels
Creating Dashboard Panels out of Charts
Live Dashboards versus Interactive Dashboards
Panel Optimization for Interactive Dashboards