Get to know the Home dashboard
Overview
Use the Home dashboard to orient yourself in the LoadGen web interface. The page shows the main navigation, current status, key dashboard widgets, and entry points for common operator tasks.
Before you begin
- You have a valid user account.
- The web interface can reach the API.
Steps
Step 1
Select Home in the left navigation. The Home item should be highlighted and the main page heading should show Dashboard.
Step 2
Review the left navigation, then check the dashboard widgets. You should see Active Users, Test Status, Total Runs, Agents, Load & Performance Testing, and E2E Monitoring, with quick links such as Run Test, View all, Manage, Open Dashboard, and View Profiles.
The left navigation groups every licensed module under uppercase group labels. In Expert mode the order is MAIN, ANALYTICS, ANALYSE, TESTING, API TESTING, END-TO-END MONITORING, UPTIME MONITORING, SERVICE LEVELS, ALERTING, INSIGHT, SESSIONSIGHT, CONFIGURATION (followed by the CONFIGURATION: LOADGEN AGENTS, SYSTEMS UNDER TEST, API TESTING, TESTING, END-TO-END MONITORING, INSIGHT, SESSIONSIGHT and SERVICE LEVELS subgroups), SYNC, LAUNCHER APPLIANCES, INFRASTRUCTURE and OPERATIONS. Basic mode hides the configuration groups and Sync. Scroll the navigation to see them all. Each module has its own documentation section, see How to use this documentation.
Reading the dashboard
The Dashboard neither stores nor generates data of its own: every counter is read from the same source that backs the individual module pages. So a figure that looks wrong here is wrong at the source, and the fix is on the module page, not on this one.
The counters are only meaningful once the platform has something to count. On a new installation expect
them to stay at zero or -- until agents are registered, at least one scenario is defined, and any
monitoring profiles are active. That is the normal starting state, not a fault.
| Panel | Becomes meaningful once |
|---|---|
| Active Users, Test Status | A test is running. See Create and run a load test |
| Total Runs | At least one run has completed |
| Agents | An agent is registered and heartbeating |
| Load & Performance Testing | A load profile and scenario exist |
| E2E Monitoring | A monitoring profile is active |
A module card that offers Activate instead of operational links is not licensed for this environment; that is a licensing question, not a configuration one.
Where to go next
Each module has an orientation page in the MAIN group of the sidebar. They are the intended starting points: each one draws the module as a diagram, sequences the work as a lifecycle, and links into the pages where each piece is configured. Read the one that matches your question before opening a configuration page.
| Your question | Start here |
|---|---|
| How does the whole platform fit together? | Main: Platform Map |
| Will it cope under load? | Main: Load Testing |
| Is it working right now? | Main: Monitoring and Uptime |
| Does the interface still behave? | Main: API Testing |
| Are we meeting what we promised? | Main: Service Levels |
| What was the infrastructure doing at the time? | Main: Insight |
| How is it actually used and experienced? | Main: SessionSight |
Verify the result
The Home dashboard is open, the Online status is visible, and the main navigation, KPI cards, module cards, user menu, and footer links are available.
Troubleshooting
- If Home is not selected, choose Home from the left navigation to return to the main dashboard.
- If the dashboard shows No active test or Idle, no test is currently running. Use Run Test when you are ready to start one.
- If Total Runs shows --, there may be no completed run data available yet.
- If a module card shows Activate instead of operational links, that module is not currently active for your environment.
- If you cannot find a module, use the Search... field or the left navigation group labels to locate the related entry point.