Using dashboards

General¶

Dashboards are very useful for online monitoring of several slices simultaneously. You can create any number of your own dashboards and add any number of your slices to them. Users with extended access permissions already have one Default Dashboard.

Creating new Dashboards¶

Click the Dashboard drop-down menu on the u-Slicer navigation panel.

Select the appeared Create new dashboard option.

Enter the desired dashboard name ( default in this example) and click <???> or press Enter.

The default dashboard is added to the Dashboard drop-down menu.

Adding Slices to Dashboards¶

To add a slice to a Dashboard:

Create a slice which you want to add to a Dashboard.
Click the Dashboard drop-down menu on the u-Slicer navigation panel.

Select the Put current view into a dashboard option from this drop-down menu.

The slice is added to the dashboard.
Click the dashboard name to see your slice in the dashboard.

If several Dashboards exist, select the required Dashboard from the drop-down list.

You can also add slices to Dashboards by selecting them from the Import new dashboard item drop-down box on the navigation panel (If such slices are added to Bookmarks).
Click the button to save the current Dashboard item. Autosave is DISABLED.

Setting Chart Background Colors¶

To set a background color for a particular chart:

Click the <???> button of the target Dashboard Item.
Place your mouse pointer over the Change chart background color option in the appeared drop-down menu.

Select the desired chart background color.
Click thebutton to save the changes if Auto-save feature is disabled. You can also enable Auto-save feature by clicking the Toggle Auto-save ON option.

Displaying/Hiding Chart Legends of Dashboard Items¶

To display/hide a certain chart legend:

Select/deselect the Show legend checkbox.

Displaying/Hiding Data Tables of Dashboard Items¶

To display/hide a certain data table:

Click the button.

Displaying/Hiding Charts of Dashboard Items¶

To display/hide a certain Chart:

Click the button.

Removing Slices from Dashboards¶

To remove a certain slice from a Dashboard click the corresponding button.

Editing Charts in Dashboard Items¶

To edit the Chart for a Dashboard slice:

Place your mouse pointer over the target chart.
Click the button on the target chart.
Make the required changes.
Click the button to hide the Chart editing toolbar (if necessary).

Using the Advanced Filter in Dashboard Items¶

To use the advanced filter for a Dashboard item:

Click the button in the target Dashboard item.
Use the advanced filter in the same manner, as in your common slicer.

Open the dashboard to be shared.

Click the appeared Share link in the upper left corner.
Take the appeared dashboard short URL and share it with other concerned users.
If a particular user doesn't have access to dashboard items the corresponding error message is displayed.