Dynamically-configured dashboard

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to automatically display a dynamic dashboard on a display screen by performing the following operations:

• during operation of a data storage system management application, repeatedly calculating, by the computing device, relevancy scores for a plurality of available data storage system widgets based on expected needs of a user;
• during operation of the data storage system management application, repeatedly selecting, by the computing device, a set of widgets having highest calculated relevancy scores from the plurality of available widgets;
• and
• during operation of the data storage system management application, repeatedly displaying the selected set of widgets to the user on a display screen, the displayed widgets each presenting data storage system management data to the user.

An apparatus comprising:

• memory;
• a user interface connected to a display screen;
• and
• a controller, the controller being configured to automatically display a dynamic dashboard on the display screen by performing the following operations:
• during operation of a data storage system management application, repeatedly calculating relevancy scores for a plurality of available data storage system widgets based on expected needs of a user;
• during operation of the data storage system management application, repeatedly selecting a set of widgets having highest calculated relevancy scores from the plurality of available widgets;
• and
• during operation of the data storage system management application, repeatedly displaying the selected set of widgets to the user on a display screen via the user interface, the displayed widgets each presenting data storage system management data to the user.