Installation and upgrade of visualizations for managed networks

A method comprising:

• receiving, by one or more server devices and from a client device, a request to install or upgrade a performance analytics dashboard of a graphical user interface displayed on the client device, wherein the performance analytics dashboard defines a data visualization in code that specifies how the data visualization causes information about a particular key performance indicator to be displayed in the performance analytics dashboard, wherein the one or more servers are disposed within a remote network management platform and have access to a data model, wherein the data model represents configuration and operational characteristics of computing devices disposed within a managed network, wherein the managed network is managed by the remote network management platform, and wherein the configuration and operational characteristics include key performance indicators;
• determining, by the one or more server devices, that installing or upgrading the performance analytics dashboard includes an update to data within the data model;
• in response to determining that installing or upgrading the performance analytics dashboard includes the update to the data within the data model:
• displaying, by way of the graphical user interface, updated code that corresponds to the data visualization, wherein the graphical user interface is enabled to modify the updated code;
• and
• querying, by way of the graphical user interface, permission to process the update to the data within the data model;
• receiving, by the one or more server devices and by way of the graphical user interface, permission to process the update to the data within the data model;
• and
• in response to receiving permission to process the update to the data within the data model, updating, by the one or more server devices, the data within the data model and installing or upgrading, by the one or more server devices, the performance analytics dashboard, wherein when the data model includes the code, the data visualization is displayable on the graphical user interface to represent the particular key performance indicator.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a client device, a request to install or upgrade a performance analytics dashboard of a graphical user interface displayed on the client device, wherein the performance analytics dashboard defines a data visualization in code that specifies how the data visualization causes information about a particular key performance indicator to be displayed in the performance analytics dashboard, wherein one or more server devices are disposed within a remote network management platform and have access to a data model, wherein the data model represents configuration and operational characteristics of computing devices disposed within a managed network, wherein the managed network is managed by the remote network management platform, and wherein the configuration and operational characteristics include key performance indicators;
• determining that installing or upgrading the performance analytics dashboard includes an update to data within the data model;
• in response to determining that installing or upgrading the performance analytics dashboard includes the update to the data within the data model:
• displaying, by way of the graphical user interface, updated code that corresponds to the data visualization, wherein the graphical user interface is enabled to modify the updated code;
• and
• querying, by way of the graphical user interface, permission to process the update to the data within the data model;
• receiving, by way of the graphical user interface, permission to process the update to the data within the data model;
• and
• in response to receiving permission to process the update to the data within the data model, updating the data within the data model and installing or upgrading the performance analytics dashboard, wherein when the data model includes the code, the data visualization is displayable on the graphical user interface to represent the particular key performance indicator.