Configuring the Text widget in vRealize Operations Manager

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

You can use the Text widget in vRealize Operations to show text in the user interface. The text appears in the Text widget on the dashboard.

 

The Text widget can read text from a Web page or from a text file. You specify the URL of the Web page or the name of the text file when you configure the Text widget.

Resolution

If you plan to configure the Text widget to read text from a file, you must set a property in the web.properties file to specify the root folder that contains the file.

 

Important: Any vRealize Operations Manager Enterprise user who can view the dashboard, including non-admin users, can read the files in the root folder specified in the web.properties file.

 

To specify the root folder:

1. Add the textDisplay_root property to the /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/conf/web/web.properties file to specify the root folder that contains the text file.
2. Restart the Web service with the command:
   
   service vmware-vcops-web restart

To configure the Text widget:

1. In the vRealize Operations Manager UI, click the tab for the dashboard that contains the Text widget.
2. Click the Edit Widget icon on the widget's toolbar.
3. Type another name in the Widget title text box to customize the name of the widget.
4. Select a Refresh Widget Content option to specify whether the widget refreshes data after a specific time period.
5. If you set Refresh Widget Content to On, type the refresh interval, in seconds, in the Widget Refresh Interval text box.
6. Select a View mode option to specify how the text appears in the widget.
    

   Option	Description
   Text	Select this option to show plain, unformatted text. Note: If the text is in HTML format, the widget shows the source text.
   HTML	Select this option if the text is in HTML format and you want the widget to show the formatted text. For example, if the text is on a Web page, the widget shows the Web page, not the source text.

7. Specify the location of the Web page or file that contains the text to display.
    

   Option	Action
   URL	Type the URL of a Web page for the widget to display, for example, http://www.vmware.com.
   File	Type the name of the text file that contains the text for the widget to display, or click Browse to browse to and select the file.

8. Click Test to test whether the widget can read the Web page or file that you specified.
   
   Note: vRealize Operations Manager returns the error The root folder is not configured in the properties file if the textDisplay_root property is not specified in the web.properties file.
    
9. Click OK to save your changes.