IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard v1.0.8.5

Note: A more recent version of DPOD is available. See IBM DPOD Documentation for the latest documentation.

User Preferences

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Last updated: Oct 24, 2018 by Amit Munwes
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The user preferences can be accessed by clicking the user name on the Banner, and selecting Preferences from the drop-down list.

Click on the Edit button to configure DPOD’s views defaults.


The following user-editable preferences are available

Preference NameBehavior
ThemeDPOD provides three User Interface themes.
You may choose a light, dark or elegant theme for DPOD’s display.
IDG Home PageLets you configure the page DPOD loads when you log in to the system in IDG view mode or when switching to IDG view mode
and when an auto-navigate Home Interval is used
APIC Home PageLets you configure the page DPOD loads when you log in to the system in APIC view mode or when switching to APIC view mode
and when an auto-navigate Home Interval is used
Auto-reload Interval

When used, DPOD will automatically reload its display according to the interval selected:

  • Every 10 Seconds
  • Every 30 Seconds
  • Every 5 Minutes
  • Or manually (Never auto-reload)

The auto-reload interval selection can also be accessed directly from the banner,
by clicking the auto-reload icon

Auto-navigate Home Interval

Number of seconds of inactivity after which DPOD will reload the home page.
If set, DPOD will navigate the user back to the defined home page after a period of inactivity.

An example of where this is useful would be for NOC display terminals

Internal Alerts Message Interval

This option is only displayed for administrators.

How often internal health notifications will be displayed
The default value is every 1 minute, you can turn the notification off (not recommended)

Store Status Message Interval

This option is only displayed for administrators.

How often the Store status message should be displayed.
The store status message shows the date of the earliest syslog document stored in DPOD.
The default value is every 8 hours, you can turn the notification off.

Default Device FilterYou may enter device name(s) here to automatically set a default Device Filter value for all views. 
Default Domain FilterYou may enter domain name(s) here to automatically set a default Domain Filter value for all views.
Default Service FilterYou may enter service name(s) here to automatically set a default Service Filter value for all views.

IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard (DPOD) v1.0.8.5