[#ZBXNEXT-8683] Honeycomb items widget

[ZBXNEXT-8683] Honeycomb items widget Created: 2023 Sep 04 Updated: 2024 Oct 25 Resolved: 2024 Apr 17
Status:	Closed
Project:	ZABBIX FEATURE REQUESTS
Component/s:	Frontend (F)
Affects Version/s:	None
Fix Version/s:	7.0.0beta3, 7.0 (plan)

Type:

New Feature Request

Priority:

Trivial

Reporter:

Alex Kalimulin

Assignee:

Alexander Shubin

Resolution:

Fixed

Votes:

Labels:

dashboard, widget

Remaining Estimate:

0.2h

Time Spent:

Original Estimate:

0.2h

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zbx_export_hosts(4).yaml

Issue Links:

Causes

Epic Link:

Zabbix 7.0

Team:

Team A

Target end:

2024 Mar 04

Sprint:

Sprint 104 (Sep 2023), Sprint 105 (Oct 2023), Sprint 106 (Nov 2023), Sprint candidates, S2401-1, S2401-2, S24-W6/7, S24-W8/9, S24-W10/11, S24-W12/13

Story Points:

Description

Honeycomb items widget will display items as hexagonal cells of a honeycomb. The widget must have filters by hosts, host groups, host tags, item name pattern and item tags. Each cell must show item/host labels and have color that depends on item's value.

Comments

Comment by Anna Poga [ 2023 Oct 27 ]

Implemented in development branch feature/ZBXNEXT-8683-6.5

Comment by Alexander Shubin [ 2024 Mar 26 ]

Implemented in:

pre-7.0.0beta3 (master) fa569902a5e, c2c131618ba

Comment by Arturs Dancis [ 2024 Apr 11 ]

Documentation (7.0) updated:

Zabbix Manual:

Introduction > What's new in Zabbix 7.0.0
Web interface > Frontend sections > Dashboards > Dashboard widgets > Honeycomb
Appendix > Macros > Supported macros (updated {HOST.*}, {ITEM.*}, {INVENTORY.*} macros)
Appendix > Macros > User macros supported by location

API:

API > Appendix 2. Changes from 6.4 to 7.0 (updated dashboard and templatedashboard API)
API > Method reference > Dashboard > Dashboard object
API > Method reference > Dashboard > Dashboard widget fields > Honeycomb
API > Method reference > Template dashboard > Template dashboard object

Developer Center:

Changes to extension development
Modules > Widgets > Configuration

Comment by Nicola Mauri [ 2024 Apr 28 ]

If a label contains a long string (for example when using {ITEM.VALUE} macro) there's no way to fully see its content, making this visualisation not so useful.

A mouse-hover information should be provided in a such case.

Comment by Nicola Mauri [ 2024 May 09 ]

Usability issue: it's really difficult to browse directly adjacent cells (ie. passing the mouse from a cell to the most right one) because the currently zoomed cell overrides the most adjacent ones. So the user need to move to mouse away to make other cells visible.

honeycomb usability.mov

Comment by Dimitri Bellini [ 2024 Oct 23 ]

Hi DevTeam,

The Honeycomb widget is a valuable tool for highlighting "problems" across multiple hosts in a compact view. However, we've encountered a scaling issue when using it with a large number of hosts. The hexagons remain too large, making it difficult to effectively visualize all the data (see screenshot below).

Additionally, the "3 dots" icon currently lacks informative details when hovered over.

To enhance the widget's usability, I propose:

Adjustable Hexagon Size: Implement a feature to allow users to customize the hexagon size, enabling better scaling for varying numbers of hosts within the widget's dimensions.
Informative "3 Dots" Icon: Provide meaningful information or actions when the user hovers over or clicks on the "3 dots" icon. This could include additional details about the host, related issues, or relevant actions.

Thank you for your excellent work on the Honeycomb widget! We look forward to these improvements to further optimize its effectiveness.

Comment by Alex Kalimulin [ 2024 Oct 25 ]

dimitri.bellini, thanks for your feedback! Can you please create a separate ticket so your suggestions don't get lost, this one is closed.

Comment by Dimitri Bellini [ 2024 Oct 25 ]

Thank you, I have created a new issue ZBXNEXT-9575

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[ZBXNEXT-8683] Honeycomb items widget Created: 2023 Sep 04 Updated: 2024 Oct 25 Resolved: 2024 Apr 17