Visualizing operational activities through dashboards

Visualizing Operational Activities through Dashboards

Shiroshica Kulatilake([email protected]) - Software ArchitectRanga Siriwardene([email protected]) - Senior Software Engineer

Gayan Dhanushka([email protected]) - Software Engineer

About WSO2

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•Global corporation with offices in USA, UK & Sri Lanka- 200+ employees and growing

•Business model of selling comprehensive support & maintenance for our products

150+ globally positioned support customers

Agenda

● Importance of visualizing data ● Activity points in WSO2 App Factory● Why use WSO2 App Factory dashboards● Data categories● Underlying Technology● Demonstration● Next steps

Importance of Visualizing data


● Large amount of data is available due to complex systems in enterprises

● This data can be a collection of○ facts such as values and measurements○ numbers ○ observations○ descriptions

● Need arises to see this data in a pictorial or graphical format



● Visualization enables to○ find links between data○ find relevance of data to a particular event○ communicate the data ○ predict the future

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● Creates an environment of responsive IT which enables enterprise agility

Activity points in WSO2 App Factory

Why use WSO2 App Factory dashboards

● Provides snapshot of what is happening within your enterprise

● Role based dashboards enables decision making at several levels

● Through activity monitoring operational procedures can be fine tuned

● Gives a representation which enables decision making and thus move towards enterprise agility

Data categories

Application data● Application creation

○ e.g. applications created by type, application creation trend

● Application ownership○ e.g. applications per application owner

● Application membership○ e.g. applications per team member

Data categories

Team data● Team composition

○ e.g. team members per application

Application activity data● Commits

○ e.g. commits per application● Builds

○ e.g. builds per application● Issues

○ e.g. issues by stage, issues per application version● Governance

○ e.g. application versions per lifecycle stage

Underlying Technology

● Data Publishing ○ Event publishing through Appfactory

● Data Monitoring and Storage○ WSO2 Business Activity Monitor○ Data repositories in WSO2 AppFactory

● Data Summarization○ Hive Queries○ External MySql database

● Data Visualization○ WSO2 User Engagement Server

■ Dashboards■ Gadgets

Underlying Technology

Demonstration

What next ...

● Publishing and visualizing many more activities

● Dashboards for different roles

● A gadget store

● Customizable dashboards for each user in each role.

Questions?

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