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This page is for application designers who want different parts of the screen backed by different data views.
Overview
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For new features related to binding data to parts of a screen, see Showing Data on a Screen. |
To bind different parts of the screen with different data views, you can:
- either add data-backed components, such as a form, card, chart, graph or grid
- or create dashboard elements that act as the parent to other components, such as areas or fields.
To create dashboard elements:
- Right-click the screen to show the context menu
- Use the Add Area... options. PhixFlow automatically creates dividers on the dashboard.
- From the palette, drag in the components you require. PhixFlow automatically creates dashboard elements as a container for the components.
In the repository, the components you drag in are listed both:
- as children of the Dashboard (dashboard elements)
- as parents in the list of Components.
Data views that are bound to a dashboard have parameters like short names (aliases). You can use these parameters in expressions to refer to stream-items (records) or data points selected on those views. You can also refer to a data range and or filter to control the list of stream-items (records) shown by the view. Use the dashboard element properties to change those parameters from their default values, which are taken from the original view.
Properties
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| Field | Description |
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| Name | Name of the dashboard element. |
| Name of target | Name of the view backing this dashboard element. |
Data Retrieval Options
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| Refresh If Not Active | If ticked, the screen will refresh even if not active. This means a change in the selection in a driving view causes this screen to refresh. Otherwise it will refresh as soon as it becomes active. | ||||||||
| Use Custom Data Range |
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| Data Range | Available when Use Custom Data Range is ticked.
This value is used instead of the data range specified on the stream that is bound to the dashboard element. | ||||||||
| Use Custom Default Filter | If you tick the check box, you can choose a default filter. This will override the default filter set in the original view, if one has been set. | ||||||||
| Default Filter | The default filter applies to this screen view. | ||||||||
| Refresh When Screen Refreshes? | Select one of:
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Header Options
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| Display Export Button | Toggle the export button on the view in the screen. |
| Display Filter Button | Toggle the filter button on the view in the screen. |
| Display Paging Button | Toggle the paging button on the view in the screen. |
| Display Refresh Button | Toggle the refresh button on the view in the screen. |
| Display Sort Order Button | Toggle the sort order button on the view in the screen. |
Background Filter Rules
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| Evaluate These Filter Rules as an Or | Ticking this field means that the background filter rules will be combined as an "or" filter as opposed to an "and" filter |
| Background Filter Rules | A grid of background filter rules which are combined together (usually as an and conjunction) to create the background filter for the dashboard element. |
| Background Filter Rules have the Following attributes: | |
| Rule Expression | The Expression for this Filter rule, if it evaluates to true then the filter associated with this filter rule will be used. |
| Filter | The Filter that will be used should the Rule Expression evaluate to true. |
| Order | The order in which the filter rules for this dashboard element will be evaluated. |
| Enabled | If not true, this filter will not be used. |
| Stop If True | If true and the Rule Expression evaluates to true then any subsequent filter rules will not evaluated. |
| Description | A description of the filter rule. |