The live dashboard can be used to visualize live data of data streams using a set of visualizations The entry page of the live dashboard lists all created dashboards as in the screenshot below:
To visualize data streams in the live dashboard, a pipeline must be created that makes use of the so-called Data Lake sink. Any data stream or data processor can serve as an input of the data lake sink. Switch to the pipeline editor, create a pipeline and configure the data lake sink. The visualization name is used to identify the sink in case multiple data lake sinks are used within a single pipeline.
Multiple dashboards can be created, e.g., to organize different assets in a single dashboard view.
A new dashboard can be created by clicking the New Dashboard button, which opens a dialog that requires basic dashboard settings such as the title and description of the new dashboard. Once created, the dashboard will be shown in the overview. Here, the following dashboard actions are available:
Visualizations can be added to each dashboard in form of widgets. To add new visualizations, switch to the dashboard in Edit mode. In edit mode, a button appears that allows to add a new visualization.
Adding a new visualization is supported by a wizard consisting of three steps:
By clicking Create, the new widget is placed on the canvas. Size and positioning of visualizations can be flexibly changed based on the provided grid. To change the widget configuration, the Settings button of each widget can be clicked to re-open the configuration dialog.
Once created, the dashboard provides a live view of all visualizations:
Before the dashboard is closed, make sure to click the Save button to persist the updated dashboard. Changes can be discarded by clicking the Discard button.
The following visualizations are available in the latest release: