# Monitor Group Widgets Monitor group widgets summarize an entire monitor group, rather than individual monitors, on a dashboard. Use them to build management-level views of applications, business services, or sites that are organized as monitor groups, business views, or topology/geographic maps. Applications Manager groups seven widgets under this category. - [Availability and Health Status](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/monitor-group-widgets.html#availability-and-health-status) - [Business View Widget](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/monitor-group-widgets.html#business-view-widget) - [Last 24 Hours / 30 Days Availability History](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/monitor-group-widgets.html#mg-availability-history) - [Last 24 Hours / 30 Days Health History](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/monitor-group-widgets.html#mg-health-history) - [Monitor Groups - Tree View](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/monitor-group-widgets.html#monitor-groups-tree-view) - [Topology Map View](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/monitor-group-widgets.html#topology-map-view) - [World Map View](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/monitor-group-widgets.html#world-map-view) ## Availability and Health Status Shows a current-status snapshot for one or more monitor groups. This is the monitor-group-scoped counterpart of [Availability & Health Status - Multiple Monitors](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/availability-and-health-widgets.html#availability-health-status-multiple-monitors). ### Configuration options | Option | Description | |---|---| | Widget Name | Name that appears on the dashboard for this widget. | | Description | Optional text to describe the widget's purpose. | | Show Monitor Groups From | *All Monitor Groups*, or a configured custom field expression to pick a dynamic subset of monitor groups. | | Include Subgroups | Includes child (sub) monitor groups of the selected groups, shown once a custom field expression is chosen. | | Show Today's Availability | Adds a column showing each monitor group's availability for the current day. | | Show Monitors Status | Adds a rollup of member monitor statuses. Visible only to Enterprise/MSP administrators. | | Exclude unmanaged Monitor Groups | Leaves unmanaged monitor groups out of the snapshot. | | Severities to include | *Only Critical* or *Warning and Critical*, controls which severities count toward the group's status. | ## Business View Widget Embeds an existing Business View, a logical, drag-and-drop layout of [monitors and monitor groups](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/working-with-monitor-groups.html) representing a business service, directly inside a dashboard cell. ### Configuration options | Option | Description | |---|---| | Widget Name | Name that appears on the dashboard for this widget. | | Description | Optional text to describe the widget's purpose. | | Available Business Views | Choose one of the Business Views already created for your monitor groups. | **Note:** If no Business Views have been configured yet, the dropdown shows *No Business Views Configured* and the widget cannot be saved until one is created. ## Last 24 Hours / 30 Days Availability History Plots the availability history of one or more monitor groups over a selected time period as a graph. ### Configuration options | Option | Description | |---|---| | Widget Name | Name that appears on the dashboard for this widget. | | Description | Optional text to describe the widget's purpose. | | Select Time Period | Time range for the history graph: Last 1/3/6/12 hours, Last 24 hours, Today, Yesterday, This week, Last 7 days, Last week, This month, Last 30 days, or Last month. | | Show Additional Options | Reveals *Show Duration* (add an Uptime/Downtime duration column), *Exclude Full Availability* (hide monitor groups that were up for the entire period), and *Show Availability Percentage Chart* (add a percentage-availability chart alongside the history graph). | | Show Monitor Groups From | *All Monitor Groups* or a configured custom field expression. | ## Last 24 Hours / 30 Days Health History The health counterpart of the availability history widget. Plots the health trend of one or more monitor groups over a chosen time period as a graph. ### Configuration options | Option | Description | |---|---| | Widget Name | Name that appears on the dashboard for this widget. | | Description | Optional text to describe the widget's purpose. | | Select Time Period | Time range for the history graph: Last 1/3/6/12 hours, Last 24 hours, Today, Yesterday, This week, Last 7 days, Last week, This month, Last 30 days, or Last month. | | Show Monitor Groups From | *All Monitor Groups* or a configured custom field expression. | ## Monitor Groups - Tree View Displays your [monitor groups](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/working-with-monitor-groups.html) as an expandable tree, with each node color-coded by severity, so you can drill from a high-level rollup down into a specific group's members. ### Configuration options | Option | Description | |---|---| | Widget Name | Name that appears on the dashboard for this widget. | | Description | Optional text to describe the widget's purpose. | | Show Monitor Groups From | *All Monitor Groups* or a configured custom field expression. | | Select severity | Multi-select of health severities (Critical, Warning, Clear, Unknown) used to color-code each node in the tree. | | Sort By | Order the monitor groups in the tree. | | Show Top | Maximum number of monitor groups to display (10, 25, 50, 100, 250, or All). | ## Topology Map View Embeds an existing Topology Map, a network/dependency-style layout of monitors, directly inside a dashboard cell. ### Configuration options | Option | Description | |---|---| | Widget Name | Name that appears on the dashboard for this widget. | | Description | Optional text to describe the widget's purpose. | | Available Topology Maps | Choose one of the topology maps already created for your monitor groups. | **Note:** If no topology maps exist yet, the dropdown shows *No topology maps added* and the widget cannot be saved until one is created. ## World Map View Plots monitor groups on a [world map](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/world-map.html), color-coded by severity. Useful when monitor groups represent geographically distributed sites, data centers, or offices. ### Configuration options | Option | Description | |---|---| | Widget Name | Name that appears on the dashboard for this widget. | | Description | Optional text to describe the widget's purpose. | | Show Monitor Groups From | *All Monitor Groups* or a configured custom field expression. At least one monitor group must be selected. | | Select severity | Multi-select of health severities (Critical, Warning, Clear, Unknown) used to color-code each monitor group's marker on the map. | ## Related links - [Dashboards and Widgets](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/dashboards-widgets.html) - [Performance Widgets](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/performance-widgets.html) - [Availability and Health Widgets](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/availability-and-health-widgets.html) - [Alarm Widgets](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/alarm-widgets.html) - [Utility Widgets](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/help/utility-widgets.html)