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Understanding the Dashboard Screen

The Dashboard screen is accessed from the Navigation bar on the left panel of the CA ARCserve Central Reporting application. You can view details of your protected environment in a single central view of status roll-ups and summary reports. With each of the reports you can expand and drill down into specific computers, which can help you determine the root causes of problems.

The Dashboard screen lets you filter your reports in two perspectives: Global and Local.

• Global Filters--Lets you specify the filter to display for all reports.
  • Servers
    • All (default)--Displays results on all nodes registered with the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager server.
    • CA ARCserve Backup--Select All or specific CA ARCserve Backup nodes registered with the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager server for you to select.
    • CA ARCserve D2D--Select All or specific CA ARCserve D2D nodes registered with the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager server for you to select.
  • Groups

    The Groups filter displays application types and names of CA ARCserve Backup and CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager default and custom groups. This selection is applied to all reports listed in the Report List.

  • Last Number of Days

    The Last Days field contains a drop-down menu with a preset listing of the most commonly used data collection time periods (1, 3, 7 (default), and 30 days) to select from. You can also manually enter a value in this field.

  • Node Tier

    Specifies the tier category for the nodes you want to monitor. This filters all reports based upon the selected node tier that you want to monitor.

    The node tiers are configured into three categories: High Priority, Medium Priority, and Low Priority.

    Note: The Node Tier for CA ARCserve D2D nodes is Medium Priority.

• Global Actions--Lets you select one of the following icons to apply to all reports. For more details on these icons, see the Reporting Tasks section.

  

• Local Filters--Lets you specify the filter for the selected report. For more details on each filter, see the desired report in the CA ARCserve Central Reporting Types section.
• Local Actions--Lets you select one of the following icons to apply to the selected report. For more details on the icons, see the Reporting Tasks section.

  

• Reports View Window--Displays the results for the selected report.

  Note: All reporting data is obtained from CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager where each node is registered and synchronized. For more details, see section on 'What You Can Do With Nodes' in the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager User Guide.

• All Reports Selection Panel--Displays the types of reports CA ARCserve Central Reporting has to offer. For more information on each report, see CA ARCserve Central Reporting Types.