Pages

Pages

Overview

Pages are customizable dashboards that display one or more metrics in a single view. They refresh automatically while you are viewing a live time range and can be shared publicly or served through a custom domain.

Creating a Page

To create a new page:

  1. Navigate to the Pages section in the sidebar.
  2. Click the “New Page” button.
  3. Configure the following fields:
    • Name: Enter a descriptive name for your page, like “Quarterly Dashboard” or “Performance”.
    • Time Range: This synchronizes the time range of all metrics on the page.
    • Data Interval: Choose the interval used to group the data. It defaults to Day. Preset time ranges disable intervals that are too small or too large; custom ranges allow any interval.
  4. Click Add Page to save and generate your new dashboard.

Time ranges and live updates

Use the range picker to choose Last hour, Last 24 hours, Past 7 days, Past 14 days, All time, or a custom selection. A page can also have a different saved default range.

Relative ranges, including All time, follow the present. Charts refresh at the interval they display: minute buckets refresh each minute and hourly buckets each hour. If you brush into history or choose fixed custom dates, that selection stays still and automatic refresh pauses. Choose a relative range again to follow new data.

The status page created during onboarding starts with Last hour and one-minute intervals. Its first charts may take a few minutes to prepare. The page is initially private: Open your status page opens the internal page, and Publish page takes you to Sharing settings. Turn on Publish page and save when you want others to see it.

Recent intervals can still be processing. Uptime and calendar cells show those intervals in gray; hover them to see Processing. Line, area, and bar charts shade the unfinished edge. Older gaps remain No data. Pie and radar timelines show completed snapshots, and refresh pauses while you scrub through older snapshots. Stats and gauges keep completed values visible while the next results are processing.

Adding Metrics

Once your page is created:

  1. Click the Settings button on your page.
  2. Navigate to the Layout tab.
  3. Click the Add Metric button. You’ll see a dropdown of all of your available metrics.
  4. Select the metrics you want to display on the page.

Each metric keeps its own chart settings on the page, including the trend lines and forecast saved on its Analysis tab. When forecasts are enabled on both the page and the metric, public line, area, and bar charts show a forecast button. Visitors can change the horizon and model, hide the forecast, or return to the metric default. These choices affect only their current view; they do not change the saved settings.

Layout & Sizing

You can customize the layout of your page by rearranging and resizing metric cards:

  • Drag and Drop: Drag metrics to rearrange their order on the page.
  • Card Sizing: Toggle each metric between full-width and half-width. Use full-width for metrics that need more space (like detailed line charts) and half-width to display two metrics side by side.

Visibility & Sharing

Pages can be shared publicly so that anyone with the link can view them, without requiring authentication.

  • Public: Toggle public visibility from the page settings. When enabled, the page is accessible via a public URL.
  • Access Code: Optionally require a shared access code. Visitors enter it once per browser. Changing or clearing the code requires visitors to enter it again.
  • Show Trend Lines On Public Page: Show or hide trend lines across the public page. Enabled by default; each metric must also have trend lines enabled.
  • Show Forecasts On Public Page: Show or hide forecasts and their controls across the public page. Enabled by default; each metric must also have forecasting enabled.
  • Show Alerts On Public Page: Enable this setting to show monitor alert markers on the public page. Alerts are hidden by default and must also be enabled on the underlying metric.
  • Custom Domain: You can serve pages through your own branded hostname (e.g., status.yourcompany.com). Configure a Page domain once in the Domains section of team settings. Every public page owned by the team is available from that hostname at its permanent generated slug. You can also give a page a readable path such as /weekly-health independently on each custom domain, or set that path to / so the page opens at the hostname root.

Best Practices

  • Use pages to monitor key metrics: Pages are a great way to keep an eye on the most important metrics for your team or project.
  • Share pages with stakeholders: Public pages let stakeholders stay informed without needing a Tailglow account.
  • Customize pages for different teams: Create different pages for different teams to focus on the metrics that matter most to them.
  • Use card sizing strategically: Put high-level summary metrics (stat, gauge) at half-width and detailed time-series charts (line, area) at full-width for the best readability.