This page is provides the reference information for dashboard properties.
Overview
Create application screens by starting with a dashboard. This page has details of dashboard properties.
See Also
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This page is provides the reference information for dashboard properties.
Todo - decide if this should be renamed to Screen. Link in Phixflow will need to be updated.
Overview
Create application screens by starting with a dashboard; see Creating or Opening a Screen.
PhixFlow opens existing screens locked, to prevent accidental editing. To edit a screen,
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it:- either using the toolbar
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This page has the reference documentation for dashboard properties. For information on how to divide a screen into different panes, and how to add things to a screen, see Drag-and-Drop Techniques.
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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 /wiki/spaces/HELP12/pages/9909895169.
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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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- Select
- either Add a new sub-menu
- or Add a new menu item; see Menu
- PhixFlow opens a new properties tab for a menu item or sub-menu; see Menu for details.
To remove a menu, use the toolbar button 
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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
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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
PhixFlow opens screens locked, to prevent accidental editing. To edit a screen,
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Using Screen Options
To edit a screen, right-click and select Unlock Layout. This can be done on the context menu also.
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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:
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| 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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| For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open the properties for the dashboard element. |
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| 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: - Add Vertical Bar
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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. |
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pane | Delete a pane or dashboard element from the layout.
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change to Show in layers?? | 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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| Open the properties tab for the screen. |
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| Display information about the table and its 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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