I have an idea for a simple widget that I think would be helpful to teams troubleshooting an issue, and it should be easy to build.
Root Cause Widget
Shows the possible root cause of an issue by presenting you with which dependent Health Rule is violating within a defined subset of Health Rules.
It could work like this:
1. Have two columns of text boxes. The left column is labeled "Cause" and the right is labeled "Effect"
2. Each text box can contain a health rule name, like this:
3. The widget would show the HRV from the "Cause" column only when both the cause and effect are in violation. This effectively would list any problems that were identified as likely causes of an issue in the past.
Something like this:
@Anonymous wrote:
Carl, is causation in this case manually set by the user? Could this be accomplished by a simple table that allowed you to place both health rules in that table?
Yes, the causation is set manually by the user. If both the 'cause' and 'effect' health rules in the pair are violating, it would show up in the dashboard widget:
You would need to allow adding many cause-effect 'pairs' of health rules, and display whichever pairs are violating simultaneously.
If only one rule was violating, or no rules were violating, it would just show blank:
Just an idea. I'm not sure if people will use this widget but I sure would. It would be great for setting up cause/effect relationships between health rules and drilling to root cause more quickly.
