Watchful lets you customize the information displayed in several areas of the interface so you can focus on the details that are most useful to you.
The Dashboard, Remote Installer, Updater, and Tags Manager each include table settings that control which columns are displayed. Some table settings also let you control filters and the default sort order.
Customize the Dashboard
The Watchful Dashboard displays useful information about all of your websites, including uptime status, backup status, and pending updates.
To customize the Dashboard, open the Dashboard Table Settings dialog. From here, you can choose which information is displayed and configure the available filter and sorting options.
The same type of customization is available in the Remote Installer, Updater, and, to a lesser extent, the Tags Manager.
Available table columns
The available columns vary depending on which area of Watchful you are viewing, and the list changes depending on the features. Here are some examples of the columns available:
- Actions — Displays available action buttons, such as Update. This column cannot be removed.
- CMS — Shows the CMS used by the website.
- Connection — Shows the connection status between the website and Watchful.
- Core — Shows the installed CMS version.
- Current Version — Shows the currently installed version of an add-on.
- Date — Shows the release date reported by the extension installer.
- Extension Name — Shows the name of the add-on.
- Frequency — Shows the number of sites using a particular tag.
- Go to website — Provides links to open the website frontend or backend in a new window.
- IP — Shows the website IP address.
- Last Backup — Shows the date and time of the most recent backup.
- Messages — Displays post-update messages, including errors. This column cannot be removed.
- MySQL — Shows the MySQL version used by the website.
- Name — Shows the name of a tag.
- Notes — Shows custom notes added in the Site Details area.
- PHP — Shows the PHP version used by the website.
- Monitored — Shows whether Watchful monitoring is enabled for the website. You can temporarily disable monitoring when performing major changes to a website.
- Server — Shows web server information.
- Site Name — Shows the website name. This column cannot be removed.
- Stale Backup — Indicates whether the website has an outdated backup.
- Tags — Shows tags assigned to the website in the Site Details area.
- Target Version — Shows the version that will be installed after a pending add-on update is applied.
- Type — Shows the add-on type, such as Plugin, Component, or Module, depending on the CMS.
- Up — Shows the website uptime status.
- Updates — Shows the number of pending updates for the website.
- URL — Shows the website URL.
Some columns are required by Watchful and cannot be removed from the table.