Patent ID: 9596146
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G06T,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: causing display of a dashboard template in a graphical interface having an identifier for a KPI at a designated location, the KPI defined by a search query that derives one or more values for the KPI from machine data identified in stored entity definitions for one or more entities that perform a service, the one or more values reflecting a measure of the service; wherein the KPI and the designated location are based on dashboard specification information in computer storage, the dashboard specification information based at least in part on prior user input; wherein each stored entity definition identifies machine data generated by or about a corresponding one of the entities, and is associated with a stored service definition for the service; wherein the machine data is produced by one or more components within an information technology environment and reflects activity within the information technology environment; and wherein the method is performed by a computer system comprising one or more processors coupled to the computer storage.