Standalone dashboard workflow

Available in ≥ 3.4.x-funcrel

Overview

This section describes how to work with application results when using the read-only/standalone Dashboard deployment scenario described in Standalone deployment workflow.

These instructions are aimed at users with the default Admin profile or a custom profile with the Administrator role - see User Permissions.

Step 1 - Configure database connections

Export the application result schemas (xxx_central and general_measure) from the CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL instance(s) using pg_dump or CSSAdmin tools defined in the CAST Imaging analysis installation.
The exported schemas then need to be imported into a dedicated CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL instance (using the same tools as used previously for the export) that will be used by the read-only CAST Imaging (CAST Dashboards) deployment.
Connect to the CAST Imaging (CAST Dashboards only) deployment and login with a user that has the default Admin profile or a custom profile with the Administrator role - see User Permissions.
Configure connections to the CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL instance(s) where the imported application schemas are stored:

With regard to the general_measure schema used by the Management Dashboard, you can only configure one schema: use the radio button to choose the instance on which the schema is stored, and ensure that it is named correctly:

Step 2 - Import applications

To make your applications available to end-users for results consumption, you now need to “import” them, i.e. declare them in the UI:

Click the Add an application button in the landing page:

If no database connection setting exists, on clicking Add Application you will be redirected to the Database connection settings option as described previously.

Choose the CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL instance (which you added previously):
Choose the application(s) you want to make available to your users for the Engineering and Security Dashboards:

The general_measure schema for the Management Dashboard was already defined when you added the CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL instance previously.

The application import then begins and on completion the application is listed in the landing page ready for your users to access:

Step 3 - Importing the same application with new results

When a new application analysis has been completed in the separate, dedicated CAST Imaging installation, you will want to import these results into the CAST Imaging (CAST Dashboards only) deployment so that end-users can consult them. To do so:

Export and import the relevant schemas using pg_dump or CSSAdmin tools.
Connect to the CAST Imaging (CAST Dashboards only) deployment and login with a user that has the default Admin profile or a custom profile with the Administrator role - see User Permissions.
In the Admin center, use the Synchronize action to ensure the latest results are made available: