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:
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The grid contains a list of menu items. To add a menu item to the list, click
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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 dashboard.
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Using Screen Options
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- either using the toolbar
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Dividing Screens
A screen can be divided into multiple, resizing panes by adding vertical or horizontal splitter bars. Right-click the pane or any dashboard element on the pane to:
- Add Vertical Bar
- Add Horizontal Bar
Splitter bars can be removed by right clicking on an empty pane and selecting Delete Pane.
Check with David if this is being dropped for 9.
Add Dashboard Element
A dashboard element can be added to a screen by dragging predefined Stream Views onto the screen pane.
Remove Dashboard Element
You can remove a Dashboard Element from the screen by right clicking on the view and going to Screen Options → Remove element from screen
Menus and Toolbars
Screen Toolbar
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Menus and Toolbars
Screen Toolbar
There is a toolbar above the screen canvas. This provides the following options:
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| For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open the properties for the dashboard element. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When dividing a screen layout, specify where you want a new to be added, relative to the currently selected area. A screen can be divided into multiple, resizing panes by adding vertical or horizontal splitter bars. Right-click the pane or any dashboard element on the pane to:
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delete a pane or dashboard element from the layout. todo - Check whether Remove Element from Dashboard is also going | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delete a form component from the layout. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Open the palette to drag in components. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Arrange the selected items | Options to arrange the selected components within a pane:
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| Open the properties tab for the screen. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Display information about the stream (table) and its (stream items) records. todo - Check this option's name has changed?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Select all children | For the selected parent container, select all the child components too. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Show Attributes for <table name> | Open the list of attributes for the table. This option is available when a screen is backed by a table. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Show Attributes for <view name> | Open the list of attributes for the view. This option is available when a screen is backed by a view. |
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