Navigating the web interface

This document outlines the user interface (UI) terminology you encounter in the online documentation, in-product documentation and educational materials.

Page: Contains all dashboards, lists, tables, widgets, graphs, documentation, menus, and other UI elements.
Main menu: The starting point of navigation through the Nexthink web interface and its modules. This menu appears in blue on the left side of the page. If you use Nexthink on a low-resolution or mobile device, and therefore the menu has icons that overflow below the bottom of the screen, scroll down to access all icons.
Navigation panel: A sub-menu you use to navigate to a specific page of a module. This panel appears after you click on the main menu. It has a white background, generally contains a search box at the top, and a link to the module management page at the bottom.
Module: A self-contained component of the Nexthink web interface with specific functionalities, UI, widgets, charts, tables, dashboards, and links to other modules. You can find the modules in the main menu.

Tabs: Help you navigate through the various pages of a module.
Right-side menu: A menu that appears on the right side of the page with links to additional references and content, such as troubleshooting, diagnostics, investigations, or in-product documentation.
Right-side panel: A panel activated by the right-side menu that contains links to other modules, troubleshooting options, or additional information.

Context menus

Context menus provide quick access to relevant actions based on where you are and what you are interacting with.

Click the three vertical dots to open the action menu. This menu is available on widgets across various modules and provides contextual options, such as related dashboards and relevant investigations. Its contents are context-sensitive and depend on the current module and the data you are interacting with.

Use the three dots that appear when you hover over an item or right-click on an item for quick access.

Action bar

Select items from the investigation results to trigger the action bar and use the following options for selected items:

Execute action: Launch a campaign, or execute a remote action or workflow.
Retrieve all: Run an investigation.
Edit: Edit values of the manual custom fields.

Autocomplete

Write NQL queries in the NQL editor with the help of autocomplete.

Charts, components and widgets

Gauge chart

A gauge chart represents quantitative data in the form of a gauge-shaped graphic. The gauge can be color-coded (green, yellow, red) or monochromatic, depending on the information it displays and whether you apply thresholds to it.

Bar chart

A rar chart represents quantitative data in the form of horizontal bars. The bars can be color-coded (green, yellow, red) or monochromatic, depending on the information they display and whether you apply thresholds to them.

Bar chart dropdown list

Customize the bar chart breakdown by selecting a specific property from the drop-down list. For example, you can select different levels in the location hierarchy, such as country or state, to see how the metric is distributed and identify outliers. The available options depend on the module you are currently in and the data context.

Column chart

A column chart represents quantitative data in the form of vertical columns. The bars can be color-coded (green, yellow, red) or monochromatic, depending on the information they display and whether you apply thresholds to them.

Hover over the chart to reveal a popover with additional information.

Line chart

A line chart represents quantitative data in the form of one or multiple, color-coded lines. Refer to the legend below the chart for further details.

Click on the items in the legend to filter the chart.
Hover over the chart to reveal a popover with additional information.

Area chart

An area chart is a variation of the line chart with a color fill between the lines and the horizontal axis.

Key performance indicator (KPI)

A Key performance indicator (KPI) represents a quantifiable measure of performance over time, such as the number of crashes, the number of impacted employees, devices, operating systems, and other types of data.

Table

A table displays data in a structured format using rows and columns. It can display investigation results, such as a list of items with associated metrics, or show content items, including campaigns or remote actions, on the administration pages of various modules.

Click on the column headers to sort the tables in either ascending or descending alphabetical order, depending on the type of data the column displays.

A widget is a self-contained, visual, and logical component that displays the results computed for metrics such as KPIs, charts, gauges, tables, and other metrics.

Dashboard

A dashboard is a collection of tabs, metrics, charts, filters, and widgets on a page.

Filtering capabilities

Timeframe picker

Click on the timeframe picker in the top-right corner of the page to filter the page by a pre-set timeframe or a custom time period.

Filtering bar

Various pages allow you to directly click on items in graphs or tables to apply filters and focus on the insights that matter to you. Activate the filtering bar by clicking on items in a graph or results in a table. The filters are highlighted in yellow and appear at the top of the page.

Click on the Clear filters button to remove them from the page.

Use to filter the page by platform, device, location, hardware, and other parameters configured for the dashboard. You can select multiple items.

Search bar

Use the search bar, available for the entire dashboard or a specific widget, to type in the value you want to find.