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Create folders from the Operations Manager web console

You can create folders by using the System Center Operations Manager web console and then store dashboards inside them.

In Operations Manager 2016 and later, you can create a folder and place dashboards and views inside it by using the operations console. However, this feature isn't available from the web console. With Operations Manager 2019 UR2, by using the web console, you can create folders and place dashboards inside them. These folders can be saved in unsealed management packs.

In Operations Manager, you can create a folder and place dashboards and views inside it by using the operations console and the web console. You can also create folders and place dashboards inside them. These folders can be saved in unsealed management packs.

Folders and views created from the operations console can be viewed in the web console, but the dashboards created from the web console aren't visible in the operations console.

Create a folder

  1. Open the web console and go to Monitoring.

  2. Select New dashboard. This step opens a pane where the Monitoring folder is selected by default.

    Screenshot of the pane for creating a new dashboard, with the Monitoring folder selected.

  3. In the Management Pack dropdown list, select the management pack where you want to save your new folder. In the current example, Client Monitoring Overrides Management Pack is selected.

  4. Select New folder, and then enter the name of the new folder. In the current example, the new name is Folder_in_client.

    Screenshot that shows entering a new folder name.

  5. Select OK.

    The new folder is saved in the selected management pack, and it appears in the list of folders.

    Screenshot of a new folder appearing in a list of folders.

Note

You can save a folder inside a preexisting folder. In the preceding steps, select the desired folder instead of Monitoring. These folders can be deleted from the operations console.

Save a dashboard inside a folder

  1. Open the web console and go to Monitoring.

  2. Select New dashboard.

  3. Enter the name of the dashboard.

  4. In the list, select the folder where you want to store the dashboard. Management pack selection is based on the root folder.

    Screenshot of selections for creating a new dashboard.

    Note

    You can create a dashboard at the root monitoring level by not selecting any folder and selecting the monitoring root.

  5. Select Save. The dashboard is stored inside the selected folder and appears on the left pane.

Create folders in the web console by using the REST API

You can use the following REST API requests to create folders in the web console and save dashboards inside them.

This feature is applicable only to Operations Manager 2019 UR2 and later versions.

Data/monitoringTreeForRootFolders

Data/monitoringTreeForRootfolders is a GET request that returns all the folders stored in unsealed management packs where you can store dashboards and folders. You can use the output of this request for the following POST requests.

monitoring/folder

You can use the monitoring/folder request of type POST to create a new folder inside a management pack. Here are the required parameters:

Name Type Definition
path string Name of the new folder.
mpId string ID of the management pack where you want to create the new folder.

You can also use the monitoring/folder request of type POST to create a new folder inside a preexisting folder. Here are the required parameters:

Name Type Definition
component ID string Folder ID of the parent where you want to store the new folder.
path string Name of the new folder.

monitoring/dashboard/

You can use the monitoring/dashboard/ request of type POST to save a dashboard inside a new folder. Here are the required parameters:

Name Type Definition
name string Name of the new dashboard.
path string Folder ID where you want to save the new dashboard.

You can also use the monitoring/dashboard/ request of type POST to save a dashboard inside the root monitoring. Here are the required parameters:

Name Type Definition
mpId string ID of the management pack where you want to store the dashboard.
name string Name of the new dashboard.

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