R12.1-2025Jul03

Create Intent Dashboard

A wizard is provided to create the Intent Dashboard. A user can create an Intent Dashboard as follows:

  1. Users can start the Intent Dashboard wizard from a map, map intent, path intent, ADT intent column or a (stand alone) intent.  Or start the wizard from the menu and select intents later. The use cases for these entry points are:
    1. Starting from the Map: For impact analysis of the map devices.

    2. Path/Map/Common intent/ADT intent column: For the transient problem troubleshooting.

    3. Start from the Menu: For PAF and other general purpose.

  2. Intent Dashboard Wizard has following two steps:
    1. Define the basic information such as Name, folder Location, Data Source such as Specified Intent or ADT and Time Range.

    2. Create the Intent Dashboard and choose either to Add the data to observability dashboard or Open Intent Dashboard.
    3. Click Open Intent Dashboard to open it in view mode.
  3. Open the dashboard in Edit mode choosing it from  located on the top right corner to modify the following functionalities:
    1. Add the chart: By default, there are three charts for each type (device information, intent, intent result). You can add more charts. For example, you can add a chart for intent results and another for intent device results.
    2. Edit the chart data: For example, for device information, you can group by the device type (default), site, and vendor/model.
    3. Edit the chart style: Like the standard Dashboard.
    4. Edit the filter: By time range or results (with or without alert).
    5. Edit the drill-down report and action: Like the standard Dashboard.
    6. Set the alert notification: An option to send alert notifications by email.
    7. Manage input: To add an intent group.

  4. Save the changes made in edit mode and view the final Intent Dashboard.
  5. The Intent Dashboard can be saved as a template so that it can be reused to create the Dashboard with the same customization and styles but with different input (intents and time range).