The console’s home screen. It displays, for the selected period, the number of requests, the average duration, the number of documents returned, the number of errors and the proportion of responses served from the cache. That last figure indicates whether the cache is working properly. If it is low, almost every query goes to the source platform and each query there counts towards the request budget. The tiles refresh automatically, without reloading the page.
What counts as a returned document is shown at Opvragingen. From version 1.4.8 onwards, the tile also includes the results from OpenBesluitvorming, Rechtspraak and Officiële Bekendmakingen. Up to and including version 1.4.7, these were counted as 0. Consequently, for the same level of traffic, the tile and the ‘Documents’ line in the graph are therefore higher than in version 1.4.7.
From version 1.3.32 onwards, the number of requests per minute is displayed at the top. This is a running total for the last sixty seconds, with an arrow showing the difference compared to the previous minute and a small graph for the past hour. The figure updates every second and is independent of the selected time period, as it reflects the current moment rather than the time window. A high figure is not an error: it simply means the system is busy, and the tile does not turn red as a result.
From version 1.3.39 onwards, every tile is a link. The tile opens the screen showing the calls associated with that number, with the time period already filled in. ‘Requests’ and ‘Errors’ open the Calls screen, and ‘Errors’ applies a filter to show only the failed calls. ‘Average duration’ and ‘Documents returned’ open the Overview, next to the table for each tool. ‘Responded from cache’ opens the Response cache. The tile showing requests per minute opens today’s calls, as that number refers to the present and not to the selected period.
Filter calls and overviews by day. A one-hour period therefore covers the whole day, and thus includes more records than the tile can display. The line below the buttons continues to indicate which window the tiles themselves cover.
From version 1.3.54 onwards, the “Live activity” list includes an “Organisation” column. This displays the name that the client sent in the x-organisation header, even for a record that comes in live. A dash indicates that the client did not specify a name. See Logging en Verantwoording.
From version 1.4.8 onwards, only an administrator can view the ‘Live Activity’ list. The live feed requires the same permissions as the dashboard itself. This also applies to the figures displayed behind the tiles. An account that is only permitted to use the explorer will not have access to either. A line entering the live feed is truncated in the same way as the line in the log. The IP address and email address are therefore only shown in truncated form. Up to and including version 1.4.7, anyone who knew the address could monitor live activity. This displayed the full IP address and the untruncated parameters of each request. Up to and including that version, every logged-in account was also shown the figures behind the tiles.
From 1 March 1976, the ‘Requests per period’ graph includes a fourth, dotted line: ‘Interactive search queries’. This line only counts the search queries that visitors type in themselves on the public search screen at /zoeken, one per request, regardless of how many sources that request retrieves a response from. This is because the “Requests” line counts each call to a source separately; therefore, a single search query there already counts as multiple requests. The new line shows what proportion of the total comes from that search screen rather than from an MCP client.
