Company
Date Published
Author
Angel Aleman, Christoph Enzinger
Word count
1824
Language
American English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Dynatrace has revamped its dashboard creation process to simplify building interactive, AI-powered dashboards for users of all experience levels, aiming to transform raw data into actionable insights. The platform provides ready-made dashboards for various use cases, while allowing for quick and easy custom dashboard creation to meet specific needs. Users can monitor real-time business performance, user interactions, security issues, and IT infrastructure health, while also drilling down to identify root causes of problems. This first installment of a blog series guides users in creating a basic dashboard from scratch, starting with host monitoring metrics such as DNS errors, disk usage, and CPU usage, using different visualization types like single-value charts, tables, and pie charts. The guide also emphasizes the importance of dashboard structure and offers tips on adding titles and organizing charts for better user experience. Future posts in the series promise to enhance dashboards with AI and improve their visual appeal and usability, encouraging users to explore the Dynatrace Playground and other resources to deepen their understanding and skills.