The Designer canvas page offers an icon to access the supported connectors page to establish a data connection for the dashboard creation.
Navigate to the Dashboard canvas.
Click the Data Connectors icon.
A page opens displaying various options to establish data connections.
Refer the pages given under the Dashboard Connections section for the further details.
The Designer canvas page offers an icon to access the supported charting components for the dashboard creation.
Navigate to the Dashboard canvas.
Click the Component Library icon.
A panel opens displaying various charting options to choose from.
Refer the Charts Gallery section for the further details on the charting components.
Learn about the Dashboard Objects and manage them using this option.
Every component in the dashboard is considered as an object. The Designer canvas page offers an icon to access the Dashboard Objects and the various related properties to manage the dashboard components.
Navigate to the Dashboard canvas.
Click the Manage Dashboard Components icon.
A panel opens displaying various icons for the used dashboard objects (The following image displays empty dashboard, so no objects are mentioned).
Refer the pages given under the section for the further details.
It covers the major options provided on the Designer Canvas page through a guided tour pop-up window.
The user can avail a guided tour to the Designer canvas page using the Guided Tour icon provided on the right side panel.
Navigate to the Designer Canvas page.
Click the Guided Tour icon.
A dialog box appears next to the major options of the Designer Page. It begins from the Homepage.
Click the Next option to move forward.
It redirects the users on the icon to open the Dashboard Canvas page.
Click the Prev option to go to the back page.
Click the End tour option to close the guided tour window at any given point.
Please Note:
The Dashboard canvas page opens for the selected dashboard while navigating to the Dashboard option using the Guided Tour window.
The user can choose the Next option from the Dashboards guided tour window to move ahead on the various options on the Designer Canvas page.
The Designer module offers a scripting mechanism in the Designer plugin to help the users experience the next level of customization in dashboard creation.
Pre-requisite: The users require basic scripting knowledge to use the Component Variable and Script option for creating interactive governed dashboards using the Designer module.
The scripting mechanism makes the creation of complex dashboards easy and quick. The users get an icon to access the scripting window on the Designer Canvas page.
Navigate to the Dashboard canvas.
Click the Component Variable and Script icon.
The user gets redirected to the scripting window displaying the Components and Connections tabs to open the related panel for the each option. The Components tab opens by default.
Refer the description given under the Script Window section for the further details.
