Hi team, Here are some items that I think would make dashboard variables more powerful.  Would love to see some solutions for these in a future release. Ability to use Variables with any metric or metric path For example, I want a variable that lists every CLR Garbage Collection metric so I can use this in a graph. Application Infrastructure Performance|$Tier|CLR|Garbage Collection|GC Time Spent (%) If I could define a variable to take the contents of an arbitrary metric path, like Application Infrastructure Performance|$Tier|CLR|Garbage Collection|*, I could then use that variable to switch graphs between metrics that I'm interested in. Ability to use regex to extract values for a Variable from any metric path.   For example, if I want a list of all my clusters listed in Custom Metrics|Extension|ClusterName|Latency, I could create a filter or something, like Custom Metrics|Extension|/(.*)/|Latency.  This would create a variable that contained a selection of ClusterName1, ClusterName2, etc. Another example: I want a Variable that listed the applications that are called by my $Application,  I could I could create a filter or something, like Overall Application Performance|$Tier|External Calls|Call-HTTP to Discovered backend call - /(.*)/|Calls per Minute.   This would create a list that contained the discovered backend calls.  E.g. MyApp:80, somesite.com:443, etc..   I could then use this for a cross-application breakdown of Calls per Minute to a particular resource.  This would be very handy for a number of use cases. I could use this to show incoming transaction metrics from upstream applications, downstream metrics to a particular application, and this would allow me to quickly show the cross-application impact of dependent applications. Ability to specify an arbitrary list of strings as the contents of a variable Ability to define an arbirtrary list of strings or values for a variable (e.g. for use with switching between a predefined variety of custom metrics). For example, I could toggle between my favorite metrics to compare across multiple applications.  Ability to reference a variable within another variable I have a variety of application portfolios.  I would like to be able to switch between groups of applications instead of making a user select 10-20 applications each time, or having to click on a different dashboard for each portfolio. For example: Let's say I define a variable called eCommerce and set it to all of my eCommerce applications.  Then I define a variable called Sales, and set it to all of my Sales applications.  I would like to be able to define a variable called Portfolio, and add $Sales and $eCommerce to the list.    Then in my widgets, I could use $Portfolio to toggle between multiple pre-defined groups of applications. Ability to use a variable in numerical value fields I want to adjust the 'Time Shift' offset across multiple widgets using a single variable.  I would like to be able to define a variable called $timeshift, with the values of 60,360,720,1440.  Then in the widgets, instead of specifying a value, I could specify $timeshift and allow the user to choose what data to offset.  If I used this value in the dashboard's relative time range, I could automatically shift between 1 hour, 1 day, 7 day, 30 day views showing the appropriate time shfit windows. Ability to reference Variable contents in Widget Titles It useful to be able to label what each widget is showing.  Being able to define a title and reference the contents of a $Variable would make the widgets easier to identify. Ability to define a Filter or Scope It would be useful to have a text box that could be used to quickly fill in an Application Name, BT, Tier, or Server Name to filter the contents of a dashboard. Example: I want to only see Business Transactions that contain the match '*search*'.   If there was a text box  variable that I could type in, I could quickly filter my widgets to show only the BTs that are related to my search functionality. Ability to mulit-select values in a Variable (on roadmap) Ability to define Variable defaults (on roadmap) ... View more

The Image widget is nice for design elements and branding, but it is static and doesn't add much to a dashboard's functionality.  It could be made more useful by making a "Health Image Widget". If you could tie the Image Widget to the Health Widget's functionality, it could be used to provide pictograph capabilities to dashboards. Allowing us to specify 3 images to represent the state of a Health Rule, it would give us the ability to provide a more dynamic visual experience. e.g.  or simply health-sensitive icons like this: ... View more

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: ... View more