LiveTile

A LiveTile is a way to display executive level data regarding, but not limited to, Power, Space, and Cooling. We see LiveTile’s as a dashboard approach to visually display your data. You will choose the appropriate data series to show specific metrics within your LiveTile. These data series include:

• Time to Live – The remaining time before a certain resource has been used up, if it continues to grow at a steady rate
• Scale Max – The maximum amount of the resource that you wish to display (Maximum Ports, Maximum Space, Maximum Power, etc.)
• Scale Min – The minimum amount of the resource that you wish to display (Minimum Power, Minimum Space, etc.)
• Scale Built – Typically for Space tracking within the server cabinet. The amount of RU’s built out for usage. In more generic terms, the amount of a resource that has been built out to be consumed
• Scale Current – The amount of the resource that your data center is currently consuming or any other factor is currently consuming
• Format Override for Max – A Number Format Template to change the suffix of a number in a Data Series to input into a LiveTile
  • Example: 10 Amps to 1 kW, 23 to 23 RU’s, etc.
• Format Override for Min – A Number Format Template to change the Suffix of a number in a Data Series to input into a LiveTile
  • Example: 1 kW to 10 Amps, 30 to 30 RU’s, etc.

Creating a LiveTile

1. On the navigation menu (left-hand side) click “Visuals” and then click “LiveTiles” and this will open a new tab titled “LiveTiles”
2. Within the LiveTiles tab, in the upper left-hand corner click the “Create” button. A new window will open up called “Create LiveTile”
1. Enter the following information under the “Basics” tab
1. Enter the name of the LiveTile in the field titled “Name”
1. Examples: CO2 Summary, Power Summary, PDU Summary, etc.
2. Enter any additional information about the LiveTile in the “Details” field
3. Enter the title of the LiveTile in the “Title” field
1. Examples: Power Summary, Temperature Summary, etc.
2. The title is what is displayed in the image as shown below
4. Enter the subtitle of the LiveTile in the “Subtitle” field
1. Examples: Room Name
2. The subtitle is what is displayed below the title
5. Select a Time to Live for the LiveTile in the “Time to Live” drop-down menu or create a new “Time to Live” record by clicking on the star button (See “Creating a Data Series” section for instructions)

6. Tags: Select from the drop down menu and click the left-hand facing arrow or create a new “Tag” record by clicking the star button (See “Creating a Tag” section for instructions)
7. Operation - Average, Maximum, Median, Minimum, Sum
8. Adjustment Expression
3. Add additional information about the data series in the “Details” field
4. Select the tags that best describe your data series from the drop down menu and clicking the left-hand facing arrow or create a new “Tag” record by clicking on the star button (See “Creating a Tag” section for instructions)
1. To remove a tag from a data series select the tag and click the right-hand facing arrow

5. Select the type of data you want to collect from the drop down list in the “Data Type” field (Date, Number or Text - number is the most commonly used)
1. If you select data type “Number” you will need to select a number format template you want to apply to your data. Pick a template from the drop down menu or create a new “Number Format Template” record by clicking the star button (See “Creating a Number Format Template” section for instructions)
6. Select the “Timing Template” from the drop down menu or create a new “Timing Template” record by clicking the star button (See “Creating a Timing Template” section for instructions))
7. Select the appropriate poll type based on how your data will be collected. If you select manual you can proceed to step g.
1. If you select “Dynamic Set” you will need to fill in additional information. A dynamic set allows you perform a function on a set of data which is categorized by tags, for example Average Cold Aisle temperature would take all data series with the tag "cold aisle" and average them out to give you one data point. The additional information needed is:
1. Data points start date
2. Inclusion - All, Any
3. Tags: Select from the drop down menu and click the left-hand facing arrow or create a new “Tag” record by clicking the star button (See “Creating a Tag” section for instructions)
4. Operation - Average, Maximum, Median, Minimum, Sum
5. Adjustment Expression
2. If you select “Formula” you will need to fill in additional information. A formula data series allows you to apply logic to a number of data series, for example Difference of Power in Cabinet 1 and Cabinet 2 would take these two data series and subtract them from each other to give you one data point. The additional information needed is:
1. Data points start date
2. Formula- what you want to do with the data points outlined in number 3 below, example syntax: v0 - v1, where v0 = Power in cabinet 1 and v1 = Power in cabinet or additional variables can be used in the formula and would be referenced as v3, v4, etc.
3. Values: Select from the drop down menu and click the left-hand facing arrow or create a new “Value” record by clicking the star button (See “Creating a Data Series” section for instructions)
4. Adjustment Expression
3. If you select “Record Count” you will need to fill in additional information. A record count data series allows you to get a count of how many data series contain a specific tag or set of tags. The record count data series leverages the search capability built in to LiveDC. The additional information needed is:
1. Data points start date
2. Search Criteria: Select from the drop down menu or create a new “Search Criteria” record by clicking the star button (See “Creating a Saved Search Criteria” section for instructions)
3. Adjustment Expression
4. If you select “SNMPv1” you will need to fill in additional information. An SNMPv1 data series polls intelligent devices that talk SNMP and you specify the interval at which you want to request this data. The additional information needed is:
1. Collector Assignment - usually use Automatic
2. SNMPV1 Template: Select from the drop down menu or create a new “SNMPv1 Template” by clicking the star button (See “Creating a SNMPv1 Template” section for instructions)
3. Address - IP Address
4. Read Community String - usually by default this is "Public"
5. Regular Expression - usually left blank
6. SNMP OID
5. If you select “Trend” you will need to fill in additional information. A trend data series allows you to look at a standard data series over a period of time, for example if you had the power of a cabinet over the last year you could set up a trend data series to use the power data series and look at a trend over the last 3 months. The additional information needed is:
1. Data points start date
2. Data series to trend. Select from the drop down menu or create a new “Data Series to Trend” record by clicking the star button (See “Creating a Data Series” section for instructions)
3. Trend template: Select from the drop down menu or create a new “Trend Template” record by clicking the star button (See “Creating a Trend Template” section for instructions)
4. Adjustment Expression
6. If you select “URL Scrape” you will need to fill in additional information. A URL Scrape data series allows you to pull information from an unsecured web page using regex to determine the location of the information on the webpage.
1. Collector Assignment - usually use Automatic
2. URL Scrape Template: Select from the drop down menu or create a new “URL Scrape Template” record by clicking the star button (See “Creating a URL Scrape Template” section for instructions)
3. Regular Expression
4. URL - website to find the information
8. Click "Create"
9. You now have a data series that will be collecting data on the interval you specified and the data series will be able to be used in Maps, Graphs and LiveTiles.