Widget types reference

VerOps provides 20+ widget types across six categories. Pick the type that matches the question, then configure it in its panel.

Time-series charts

Widget	Description	Best for
Line chart	Continuous data over time	CPU usage, request rates, latency trends
Area chart	Filled line chart showing volume	Memory usage, throughput, cumulative metrics
Bar chart	Discrete time buckets	Error counts, deployment frequency

Statistical widgets

Widget	Description	Best for
Stat	Single value with optional sparkline	Current CPU %, active users, error rate
Gauge	Circular progress indicator	Capacity utilization, SLA compliance
Pie chart	Proportional distribution	Traffic by region, errors by type
Top list	Ranked list of values — shows the top N items (default 20; raise via the widget's Max items setting, up to 500)	Top endpoints by latency, busiest services

Advanced visualizations

Widget	Description	Best for
Heatmap	Color-coded matrix	Request latency distribution, error density over time
Funnel chart	Stage-by-stage conversion	User journey analysis, pipeline stages
Table	Tabular data with sorting, filtering, and a configurable page size	Log summaries, metric breakdowns
Time-series table	Table with time-based columns	Comparing metrics across time windows
Heartbeat	Availability status indicators	Service uptime, endpoint health

Content widgets

Widget	Description	Best for
Markdown	Rich text with Markdown support	Notes, runbooks, team documentation
Iframe	Embedded external content	External panels, status pages

RUM widgets

Widget	Description	Best for
RUM Funnel	User conversion funnel from RUM data	Page flow analysis, drop-off detection
RUM Health	Application health overview from RUM	Core Web Vitals, error rates
RUM User Flow	Visual user journey paths	Navigation pattern analysis

RUM widgets draw on real user monitoring data — see Real User Monitoring.

Alert widgets

Widget	Description	Best for
Active Alerts	Currently firing alerts	Operations dashboards, NOC screens
Alerts by Severity	Alert distribution by severity	Risk assessment, trend analysis

Data sources

Each widget connects to one or more data sources.

Source	Description	Query language
ClickHouse Metrics	Time-series metrics stored in ClickHouse	SQL
ClickHouse Logs	Log data	SQL
ClickHouse Traces	Distributed trace data	SQL
RUM Analytics	Real user monitoring events	SQL
Alerts	Alert history and statistics	SQL
Custom SQL	Direct ClickHouse queries	SQL

Queries for the ClickHouse-backed sources follow a few conventions (allowed tables, metric_name filters, label map access, time macros) — see Writing widget queries for the full reference and the Query Workbench.