Zabbix collects a huge amount of operational data—metrics, alerts, host status, and performance trends. But turning that data into dashboards people actually use is a different challenge. Most teams start with the built-in dashboards. Then the requests start coming: At that point, basic dashboards aren’t enough. Teams start looking for ways to augment Zabbix visualization with tools that improve usability, sharing, and flexibility.

One of the most common requests we’ve gotten since launching custom dashboards is deceptively simple: “How do I put this on a TV?” Teams want their dashboards on wall-mounted screens in NOCs, war rooms, and open office spaces. The dashboard is already built. The data is already there. They just need a way to display it on a screen that nobody is logged into, without exposing the full Netdata Cloud interface. TV mode does exactly this.

Alerts are meant to help teams respond quickly to problems, but too often they arrive without enough context to be immediately useful. An alert that says “CPU usage is high” still leaves the on-call engineer asking critical follow-up questions: Which service? Which environment? Where do I look next? Validating the alert and triaging the situation is the first step for every engineer. It's a manual step that takes time, extending every potential incident.

ServiceNow holds a wealth of operational data—but turning that data into dashboards people actually use is a different challenge altogether. Most teams start with what’s available out of the box. Then come the requests: At that point, dashboarding stops being simple. It then has to be “augmented” - with easy shareability, ease of use, contextualization and hierarchy.