Design: Metrics dashboard startup screen
Problem to solve
Currently, when our users enable Metrics (aka enable Prometheus), they get an out of the box dashboard with some basic metrics for their application. The pros of this approach is that functioning dashboard validates proper Prometheus configuration and provides some value to the user right away. The catch is that due to implementation constraints the OOTB dashboard is read only which limits it usefulness to the user.
We want to explore alternative solutions to the Metrics first time experience, for example a startup screen that includes dashboard templates the user can preview and add to their dashboards, rather a live OOTB dashboard.
Metrics startup screen idea |
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Intended users
User experience goal
As a user I want to quickly understand what Metrics has to offer, decide whether it'd be useful for me, and get enable Metrics with the dashboards I like.
Proposal
Explore whether/ how Metrics experience could be improved by using templates as part of enabling Metrics, as well as the overall Metrics experience.