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This page is provides the reference information for dashboard properties.

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Where dashboard elements are bound to data, you can link them, so that the data in one dashboard element drives the data in another; see Linked and Driving Views.

Menu Items

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons and:

  •  Image Modified Show stream actions (record-actions)
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    _filter
    _filter
    nopaneltrue

The grid contains a list of menu items. To add a menu item to the list, click 

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_add
_add
nopaneltrue

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To remove a menu, use the toolbar button  Delete Everywhere.

Mappings

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of mappings between attributes that are the same but have different names in different streams (tables) or views. PhixFlow will evaluate all the mapped datasets when it runs an action on the dashboard. Todo - check this is the correct mapping.

Unreachable Actions

Todo - New feature related to actionflows?

Actions

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid displays a list of actions and/or (todo - check) stream item actions (record-actions) that are linked to the screen.

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_access
_access
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_description
_description
nopaneltrue

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_audit
_audit
nopaneltrue

Menus and Toolbars

Screen Toolbar

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_layout_unlock
_layout_unlock
nopaneltrue
Unlock a screen to edit its layout.
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_layout_lock
_layout_lock
nopaneltrue
Lock a screen to prevent accidental edits and to display the data content.
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_context_parameters
_context_parameters
nopaneltrue
For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open a window listing the context parameters in alphabetical order. todo- check if going away
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_element_show
_element_show
nopaneltrue
For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open the properties for the dashboard element.
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_area_above
_area_above
nopaneltrue

Use these options to divide a screen into multiple, resizable panes. Select the option to add a pane relative to the currently selected pane.

To remove a pane, use the pop-up menu options 

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_delete
_delete
nopaneltrue
 Pane.

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_area_right
_area_right
nopaneltrue
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_area_below
_area_below
nopaneltrue
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_area_left
_area_left
nopaneltrue
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_area_lock_width
_area_lock_width
nopaneltrue
Fix the height or width of the selected pane. You will no longer be able to resize a pane by dragging its dividing line.
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_area_lock_height
_area_lock_height
nopaneltrue
Fix the width of the selected pane.
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_delete
_delete
nopaneltrue

When a specific component is selected, delete the component.

Other delete options that may be available relate to specific types of component in the selected pane.

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_delete_item
_delete_item
nopaneltrue
 

Delete options depend on the selected item. Examples are:

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    _delete_item
    nopaneltrue
     selected objects
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    _delete_item
    nopaneltrue
     pane
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    _delete_item
    _delete_item
    nopaneltrue
     form 
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_element_delete
_element_delete
nopaneltrue
Delete a dashboard element.
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_form_new
_form_new
nopaneltrue
Create a new form in the current area.
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_pin_unpin
_pin_unpin
nopaneltrue

Pin a component to fix its position; see Pinning and Unpinning.

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_palette
_palette
nopaneltrue

Open the palette to drag in components.
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_autosize
_autosize
nopaneltrue

Toggle whether or not the currently selected component is automatically auto sized when an application window is resized by the user.

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Using this option, or manually resizing a component may change the state of the Layout → Style Settings → Auto Size property.

Arrange the selected items


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_arrange_components
_arrange_components
nopaneltrue

Options to arrange the selected components within a pane:

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_align_left
_align_left
nopaneltrue

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_align_right
_align_right
nopaneltrue

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_align_top
_align_top
nopaneltrue

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_align_bottom
_align_bottom
nopaneltrue

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_distribute_horizontal
_distribute_horizontal
nopaneltrue

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_distribute_vertical
_distribute_vertical
nopaneltrue


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_repository_find
_repository_find
nopaneltrue

Open the repository with to see the selected component in the list. This can be useful if you want to move a component.
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_screen_properties
_screen_properties
nopaneltrue
Open the properties tab for the screen.
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_record_show
_record_show
nopaneltrue
Display information about the stream (table) and its (stream items) records.
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_mapping
_mapping
nopaneltrue
Opens a new mapping element properties tab where you can map attributes with different names to components.
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_children
_children
nopaneltrue
For the selected parent container, select all the child components.
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_table_properties
_table_properties
nopaneltrue

or Show the Stream Configuration
Open the properties for the stream (table).

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_attributes_show
_attributes_show
nopaneltrue
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Show the list of attributes that are bound to the component. The attributes can be from a stream or view. This is shown in the option:

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    _attributes_show
    nopaneltrue
     
    for stream
    (table)<name>
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    _attributes_show
    nopaneltrue
     
    for view <name>

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