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Understanding Widgets

Widgets are the core components for the dashboard. Tabs provide the layout and widgets provide the actual data for the dashboard.

Download the Control Manager widget pool (under Product programs and widget pool on the Manual Download and Scheduled Download screens) periodically to check for new or updated widgets.

The data a widget displays comes from one of two places:

The data a widget displays is controlled in two ways:

Widget Data

Item

Details

User account

A user’s account grants or restricts access to any managed product registered to Control Manager.

Scope

The data scope on many widgets can be individually configured.

This means a user can further specify the data source location for the widget.

Example: An OfficeScan administrator, who man­ages multiple OfficeScan servers, could create one tab and add widgets that display data for only one OfficeScan server.

See also:

Using the Dashboard

Understanding Tabs

Using Widgets

Configuring Widgets

Editing Widgets

Adding Widgets