--- title: "Home Dashboards" canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios85/35750994/Home%20Dashboards" format: markdown --- You can view the overall summary of DNS, DHCP, and IPAM activities in the **Home** **Dashboard** page. This page presents a summary view of the following: - **DDI** **Summary**: Presents statistical information about the DNS, DHCP, and IPAM activities of all Grid members. - **DNS**: Displays the statistical summary of DNS activities. You can export the search results, open in search, and refresh. - **DHCP**: Displays the statistical summary of DHCP activities. You can export the search results, open in search, and refresh. - **IPAM**: Displays the summary of the *Top** 10** IPAMv4** Utilized** Networks* dashboard. - **Reporting**** Health**: You can view the license usage by the reporting server: - **Today's ****License ****Usage**: Current license usage by the indexer. - **License** **Usage** **Trend** **per** **Member**: License usage by the indexer per member. > ⚠️ **Note** > ⚠️ > ⚠️ When you click **Open** **in** **Search** for a report, dashboard, or alert, the content of the entire page is encoded and displayed in the **Search** page. To avoid encoding, go to **Activity** tab -> **Jobs**. The **Jobs** page lists the search job history in the form of links. The top one is the latest search job executed by the alert or dashboard or report. The search string is not encoded when you click this link to run the search. *Figure* *40.9* *Reporting* *Home* *Dashboard* ![image](media://bea17dcf-c4c0-4145-be2b-7b10e67257dd) On the Home Dashboard, you can also work with searches as described in the following sections: - [*About Searches*](#HomeDashboards-AboutSearches) - [*Best Practices for Customizing Searches*](#HomeDashboards-BestPracticesforCustomizingSearches) - [*Creating Reports from a Search*](#HomeDashboards-CreatingReportsfromaSearch) - [*Saving a Search as a Dashboard Panel*](#HomeDashboards-SavingaSearchasaDashboardPanel) - [*Exporting Search Results*](#HomeDashboards-ExportingSearchResults) - [*Saving Search as Alerts*](#HomeDashboards-SavingSearchasAlerts) # > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) About Searches Searches are criteria that the reporting server uses to save reports and dashboard panels. Each predefined report has an associated search. For more information, refer to the official Splunk documentation: [*http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation*](http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation). To run a search: 1. From the **Reporting** tab, select the **Search** tab. 2. Enter the search criteria. Use the auto-open search tips from Splunk. 3. If necessary, select a time range in the time range picker at the end of the search bar. By default, it is set to **Last 24 Hours**. 4. Click the Search icon. The search results are based on the most seen events for the dashboards listed in *[Table](#HomeDashboards-bookmark3022)*[ ](#HomeDashboards-bookmark3022)*[40.7](#HomeDashboards-bookmark3022)*. To know more about dedup searches, reports, or dashboards, refer to [*http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.6/SearchReference/Dedup*](http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.6/SearchReference/Dedup). > Macro (anchor) *Table* *40.7* *Dashboards* *and* *Deduplicate* *Key(s)* | **Dashboard** | **Deduplicate**** ****Key(s)** | | --- | --- | | *[Inactive](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-InactiveIPAddresses)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-InactiveIPAddresses)*[IP](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-InactiveIPAddresses)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-InactiveIPAddresses)*[Addresses](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-InactiveIPAddresses)* | Network view + IP address | | *[DHCPv4](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DHCPv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DHCPv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[Top](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DHCPv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DHCPv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[Utilized](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DHCPv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DHCPv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[Networks](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DHCPv4TopUtilizedNetworks)* | Network view + network | | *[DNS](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperDNSView)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperDNSView)*[Statistics](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperDNSView)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperDNSView)*[per](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperDNSView)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperDNSView)*[DNS](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperDNSView)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperDNSView)*[View](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperDNSView)* | DNS view | | *[DNS](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperZone)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperZone)*[Statistics](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperZone)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperZone)*[per](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperZone)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperZone)*[Zone](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-DNSStatisticsperZone)* | DNS view + DNS zone | | *[IPAMv4](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4NetworkUsageStatistics)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4NetworkUsageStatistics)*[Network](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4NetworkUsageStatistics)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4NetworkUsageStatistics)*[Usage](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4NetworkUsageStatistics)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4NetworkUsageStatistics)*[Statistics](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4NetworkUsageStatistics)* | Network view + Network | | *[IPAMv4](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[Top](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[Utilized](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4TopUtilizedNetworks)*[Networks](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/267747333/Predefined+Dashboards#PredefinedDashboards-IPAMv4TopUtilizedNetworks)* | Network view + Network | *Figure* *40.10* *Sample* *Search* *Summary* > Macro (drawio) The search results are displayed in the **New** **Search** panel, as illustrated in the *[New](#HomeDashboards-bookmark3023)*[ ](#HomeDashboards-bookmark3023)*[Search](#HomeDashboards-bookmark3023)*[ ](#HomeDashboards-bookmark3023)*[View](#HomeDashboards-bookmark3023)*. In the **New** **Search** panel, you can save search results as **Report**, **Dashboard** **Panel**, and **Alert**. When you deploy reporting clustering, we enable Splunk configuration to prevent data loss from forwarders, which may cause duplicated events in the indexer under certain circumstances. When you view reports and dashboards, the events that are already deduped are not duplicated again. However, if you view raw search events (such as write your own search against the indexed data directly), you may still see the duplicated events. > Macro (anchor) *Figure* *40.11* *New* *Search* *View* > Macro (drawio) # > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) Best Practices for Customizing Searches You can optimize the performance of your reporting server and more efficiently view and manage your reports. Depending on the type of search and the data you want to search for, Infoblox recommends that you use the following guidelines: - Specify shorter start and end times whenever possible. - Time range is one of the most important factors for search performance. Depending on the number of events that need to be loaded from the disk, it might take a long time when you specify a wider time range as it involves a large amount of data. - Be specific about the fields you use. - Rare searches are faster than dense searches, so be specific whenever possible. - Start a search from a smaller dataset and then gradually apply it to bigger dataset. - When experimenting searches, start with a small date and time range, and then apply it to a bigger time range only when it is optimized. - If a search is running for a long time, you can use the **Pause** and **Stop** buttons. - You can tune the search criteria and run it again if you stop an ongoing search job. - Configure the panels to display data only if you have specific input instead of adding too many panels to the dashboard. - Scheduling expensive searches. - You can configure reports and dashboards by scheduling searches because prefetched search results are displayed each time the reports and dashboards are opened. This reduces the workload on the reporting server without data freshness. - Stagger scheduled searches. Try to stagger your searches whenever possible. When you define how often the reporting server runs a search, be aware of other searches that the server is running. When you schedule the server to run many searches at the same time, the server performance can be negatively affected. # > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) Creating Reports from a Search You can create reports by saving a search as a report. To save a search as a report: 1. From the **Reporting** tab, select the **Search** tab. 2. Enter the search criteria and then click the Search icon. The search results are displayed in the **New** **Search** panel. 3. From the **Save** **As** drop-down list, click **Report** to generate a report. 4. Enter title and description. 5. Click **Save**. 6. Do one of the following in the *Your* *report* *has* *been* *created* dialog box: - Click **View** to view your report on the Report page. - Click **Continue** **Editing** to edit. - Click **Add** **to** **Dashboard** to add new report to the dashboard panel. You can also complete the following settings in the *Your* *report* *has* *been* *created* dialog box: - **Permissions**: Click this to edit permissions for your report, as described in *[Editing](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35848436/Administrative+Permissions+for+Reporting+and+Analytics#AdministrativePermissionsforReportingandAnalytics-EditingPermissions)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35848436/Administrative+Permissions+for+Reporting+and+Analytics#AdministrativePermissionsforReportingandAnalytics-EditingPermissions)*[Permissions](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35848436/Administrative+Permissions+for+Reporting+and+Analytics#AdministrativePermissionsforReportingandAnalytics-EditingPermissions)*. - **Schedule**: Click this to schedule a report. For information about scheduling reports, see *[Scheduling](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35384167/About+Reports#AboutReports-SchedulingReports)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35384167/About+Reports#AboutReports-SchedulingReports)*[Reports](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35384167/About+Reports#AboutReports-SchedulingReports)*[.](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35384167/About+Reports#AboutReports-bookmark3039) - **Acceleration**: For more information, refer to the Splunk documentation. # > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) Saving a Search as a Dashboard Panel You can save a search as a dashboard panel. Do the following to save a search as a dashboard panel: 1. On the **Reporting** tab, select the **Search** tab. 2. Enter the search criteria and then click the Search icon. The search results are displayed in the **New** **Search** panel. 3. From the **Save** **As** drop-down list, choose **Dashboard** **Panel** to create a dashboard panel. 4. In the *Save As Dashboard Panel *dialog box, complete the following: 1. In the **Dashboard Title** field, enter a title. 2. In the **Dashboard ID** field, enter an ID. It should only contain letters, numbers, and underscores. 3. In the **Dashboard Description** field, type a description. 5. Click **Save**. 6. When prompted, click **View** **Dashboard** to view the dashboard in the **Dashboard** panel. For more information, see *[About Dashboards](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35751081)*[.](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35750994) # > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) Exporting Search Results You can export the data in the selected search in CSV (comma separated value) or XML format. Note that this may take a long time depending on the amount of data you want to export. To schedule the export of search results to an FTP, SCP, or TFTP server configured on the **Set** **up** page, select **File** **Transfer** **Action** when creating a scheduled alert, as described in *[Creating](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-bookmark3030)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-bookmark3030)*[Scheduled](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-bookmark3030)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-bookmark3030)*[Alerts](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-bookmark3030)*. To export data in a selected search: 1. From the **Reporting** tab, select the **Search** tab. 2. Enter the search criteria and then click the Search icon. The search results are displayed in the **New** **Search** panel. 3. Click the Export icon to export search results. 4. In the *Export* *Results* dialog box, complete the following: - **Format**: Select **CSV** or **XML** from the **Format** drop-down list. - **File** **Name**: Specify a file name for the export file. This is optional. - **Number** **of** **Results**:(**Limited** or **Unlimited**). If you select **Limited**, enter the number of results to be exported in the **Max** **Results** field. 5. Click **Export**. # > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) Saving Search as Alerts To save a search as an alert: 1. From the **Reporting** tab, select the **Search** tab. 2. Enter the search criteria and then click the Search icon. 3. From the **Save** **As** drop-down list, click **Alert**. 4. In the **Save** **As** **Alert** dialog box, specify all alert settings. For information about scheduling alerts, see *[Creating](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-bookmark3030)* *[Scheduled](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-bookmark3030)*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-bookmark3030)*[Alerts](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios85/pages/35417205/About+Alerts#AboutAlerts-bookmark3030)*. 5. Click **Save**.