Widget Editor - Fields

Overview

On the Resources tab in the Widget Editor you can choose field types to include in a widget, depending on the type of data to represent in the field and the analytics required; that is, the context and purpose of the field and its function. For example, an integer field with a SUM calculation.

Fields may be of type text, integer, calculate, float, epoch date, Json.

Related Topics

• Working with Dashboard Widgets

Text Fields

If the extracted field is a text field, the Field Type value is “Text”.

The Title is automatically populated with the field name from the log. This title can be changed to describe more accurately the data field.

An Operation box provides these options:

Option	Description
Grouping Count	Groups all of the same fields and counts the number of times they occur in the data, for example: Field is Acme Trading and it occurred 35 times. The output will be Acme Trading count of 35.
Select Query	Allows you to choose to output all records from the query without grouping them. Warning: This could result in a tremendous amount of data depending on the topic being analyzed. Example is a call table that could return millions of rows.
Count	Returns the total count of the value. If there are 1000 occurrences of the value “350” the output will be 1000.
Partition By and Partition Order	These two functions are specific to our PostgreSQL database and allow you to show the most recent or the earliest entries in the data. They are utilized with the “Select Query” on the data set.

Integer Fields

If the extracted field is an integer field then it will show Integer in the Field Type. The Title is automatically populated with the field name from the log. This title can be changed to describe more accurately the data field.

An Operation box provides eight options:

Option	Description
Grouping Count	Groups all of the same fields and counts the number of times they occur in the data, for example: Field is the value “350” and it occurred 10 times. The output will be 350 count of 10.
Select Query	Allows you to choose to output all records from the query without grouping them. Warning: This could result in a tremendous amount of data depending on the topic being analyzed. Example is a call table that could return millions of rows.
Count	Will return the total count of the value. If there are 1000 occurrences of the value “350”, the output will be 1000.
Min	Will calculate the minimum value that has occurred in the data and output that value.
Max	Will calculate the maximum value that has occurred in the data and output that value.
Avg	Will calculate the average value of all the data and output that value.
Sum	Will calculate the sum of all the data and output that value.
Variance	Will calculate the variance within the data and output that value. Variance is how far a set of integers are spread out, thus a variance value of zero indicates that all the values are identical.
Stddev	Will calculate the standard deviation within the data and output that value. Standard deviation will quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of the data set. A value close to zero indicates that the data points are close to the mean or the expected value while a high value indicates that the data points are spread out over a wide range of values.
Partition By and Partition Order	These two functions are specific to our PostgreSQL database and allow you to show the most recent or the earliest entries in the data. They are utilized with the “Select Query” on the data set.

Calculated Fields

If the extracted field is a pre calculated field, then it will show Calculated in the Field Type. The Title is automatically populated with the field name used in the database. This title can be changed to describe more accurately the data field.

An Operation box provides two options:

Option	Description
Value	Will output the exact value of the calculated field, for example: The calculation is the count of all failed calls then the output will be that value.
Sum	Will sum up all the values of the calculated filed, for example: The calculation is the call failure ratio then the output will be the sum of all of these values.