Status grid visualization (SmartViz)

Important

This feature is in beta and subject to change. Reach out to support with any issues.

The Status grid visualization renders one colored block per item, colored by health state. It's the SmartViz equivalent of the classic Blocks visualization, with added support for grouping, sorting, multiple status columns per row, and clickable blocks.

When to use a status grid

A status grid answers "what's broken right now?" across many items at once. Each item becomes a colored block, so a hundred healthy services read as a wall of green and the single red block finds itself.

SCOM Health and Monitors, Azure Availability, and AWS EC2 Instance Health all map directly.

Group by a column to break the grid into sections, by region or environment.

For how that state changed over time rather than what it is now, use Health history.

Try it out

Change the settings below and see how the chart updates. Select a dataset from the dropdown to see different use cases.

Interactive example
Showing

One block per service, with no Group set, so the blocks flow in a single wall. All five states appear, including the pale unknown and unmonitored ones.

Status grid: In error: payments-api

Status grid settings

Data mapping

Setting
Description
Label
Required. Select the column naming each block.
Status
Select a single column holding each item's health state.
Statuses
Select multiple status columns to produce several status marks per item. Use this instead of Status when each row carries more than one state.
Group
Select a column to group the blocks into sections.
Value
Select a numeric column to show as the block's secondary text.
Link
Select a column containing a URL to make each block clickable.

Legend & labels

Setting
Description
Label Font Size (px)
Enter the font size for the block's label text, from 6 to 72.
Label Color
Choose the text color for the label.

Status grid

Setting
Description
Columns Per Row
Enter the number of blocks to lay out across the tile before wrapping, from 1 to 50.
Block Gap (px)
Enter the space between blocks, from 0 to 40.
Sub-label Font Size (px)
Enter the font size for the block's sub-label text, from 6 to 72.
Label Template
Enter an Expression to format the block's label text.
Sub-label Template
Enter an Expression to format the block's sub-label text.
Sort By Column
Enter the name of the column to order the blocks by.
Sort Direction
Select the sort direction. Choose from: Ascending or Descending.
Wrap Label Text
Enable to wrap long labels onto multiple lines instead of truncating them.
Max Block Height (px)
Enter a cap on how tall each block can stretch to fill the tile, from 50 to 310. Leave empty to use all available height.

Series / status colors

Pin a status value to a specific color. Enter the status name, then choose its color. Use this to override the standard health colors.

Status normalization

Map raw status values from your data onto SquaredUp's built-in health states, so that a value such as degraded_performance colors correctly.

Setting
Description
Raw status value
Enter the status string exactly as it appears in your data.
Health state
Select the built-in health state to map the raw value to.

Any status value you don't map falls back to Unmonitored (gray).

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