Modules
Modules are the building blocks of dashboards. Modules are customized metrics represented in the form of single values, visuals like charts and tables that allows you to analyze and extract insights from network traffic, traffic patterns, detect anomalies, identify threats. You can add any number of modules to your dashboard.
Trisul has an extensive module library including prebuilt modules that has out of the box functionality that you can leverage without needing to develop custom components.
You can also create your own modules using pre existing module templates. Trisul has 40 different types of modules.
Creating Modules
You can add different types of modules in Trisul to an empty dashboard or an existing dashboard.
To create a new module,
👉 Select Customize→ UI→ Modules→ Add New Module
Figure: Add New Module Options
From the list of module types select one and fill out the fields according to the module template you have selected.
Add Modules to a New/Existing Dashboard
To add modules to an empty dashboard, Create a New Dashboard by clicking New in the All dashboards page.
👉 In the Module Layout→ Click on the Plus icon
You can see the list of modules that you can add to the new dashboard here.
Figure: Module Templates
Similarly, to add modules to an existing dashboard, customize the dashboard and follow the same steps as adding a module to new dashboard.
Alternatively you can also navigate from the list of all dashboards, click on the dashboard toolbar against the dashboard you would like to add the module to and click Customize.
The module positions can also be rearranged in the layout view field in dashboard customization window. You can rearrange by simply clicking and dragging the modules to the desired place.
How to Edit a Module
There are more than one ways to edit a module from a dashboard,
Method 1:
👉 Click Customize on the Ellipsis Menu from the dashboard that contains the module.
Figure: Customize Module
Method 2:
Alternatively you can also edit it from the list of all modules, Click on the three lines on the right side against the module you would like to edit and click Edit.
Clicking on Customize will take you to customization options based on the type of module selected. To see the parameters for different types of modules, check here: Module Templates
How to Clone/Delete a Module from the Dashboard
If you have observed a module that you would like to add as a new module, you can Clone a similar module to create new module. For that, Go to the list of all modules,and from the list of available modules, Click on the three lines on the right side against the module. Now click Clone and edit the required fields.
Figure: Toolbar Showing Options Clone/Delete a Module from the Dashboard
Similarly to delete a module, click Delete.
Creating Modules with Arithmetic Expressions
You can also create modules with the help of arithmetic expressions. You can combine different metrics together and show in a module.
Generally Models are numbered as 1,2,3,etc. Supported operators are +,_,*,%,/,()
For eg. Add two Metrics, You have to enter arithmetic expression as (1+2),(3-4) or Metric 1 as a percentage of 2 and 3 as 1%(2+3)
Figure: Form to Create a Module Using Arithmetic Expression
A custom module dashboard with arithmetic expressions will look like this.
Figure: Arithmetic Expression Module